Piccadilly Circus

road junction and public place in London, England, UK
Place road_junction Q215255
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Piccadilly Circus

Summary

Piccadilly Circus is a road junction[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of road_junction entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (745 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Piccadilly Circus is located in City of Westminster[3].
  • Piccadilly Circus is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Piccadilly Circus's image is recorded as Picadilly Circus, London (9308789313).jpg[5].
  • Piccadilly Circus's instance of is recorded as road junction[6].
  • Piccadilly Circus's instance of is recorded as tourist attraction[7].
  • Piccadilly Circus's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 192942726[8].
  • Piccadilly Circus's GND ID is recorded as 1054035024[9].
  • Piccadilly Circus's locator map image is recorded as Piccadilly Circus - London (localisation) (cropped).jpg[10].
  • Piccadilly Circus's IdRef ID is recorded as 122310314[11].
  • Piccadilly Circus's designed by is recorded as John Nash[12].
  • Piccadilly Circus's Commons category is recorded as Piccadilly Circus[13].
  • +1819-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Piccadilly Circus[14].
  • Piccadilly Circus's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.51, 'lon': -0.13444444444444}[15].
  • Piccadilly Circus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01hc6q[16].
  • Piccadilly Circus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Piccadilly Circus[17].
  • Piccadilly Circus's Commons gallery is recorded as Piccadilly Circus[18].
  • Piccadilly Circus's MusicBrainz place ID is recorded as 01400d01-990d-4bf5-94c0-a4501ac1007a[19].
  • Piccadilly Circus's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000333086[20].
  • Piccadilly Circus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Piccadilly-Circus[21].
  • Piccadilly Circus's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6944338[22].
  • Piccadilly Circus's BBC Things ID is recorded as 9df34f5d-39b9-4111-a447-b2f88c5a49b8[23].
  • Piccadilly Circus's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Piccadilly Circus'}[24].
  • Piccadilly Circus's connects with is recorded as Regent Street[25].
  • Piccadilly Circus's connects with is recorded as Piccadilly[26].
  • Piccadilly Circus's connects with is recorded as Shaftesbury Avenue[27].

Body

Geography

Piccadilly Circus is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in City of Westminster[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include road junction[6] and tourist attraction[7].

History and Context

+1819-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Piccadilly Circus[14].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Piccadilly Circus include it tube station[28], a London Underground station[29], in United Kingdom[30].

Why It Matters

Piccadilly Circus ranks in the top 5% of road_junction entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (745 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for it include it tube station[28], a London Underground station[29], in United Kingdom[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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