St. Gereon's Basilica

church in Cologne
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St. Gereon's Basilica

Summary

St. Gereon's Basilica is a church building[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of church_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (74 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • St. Gereon's Basilica's religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].
  • St. Gereon's Basilica is located in Altstadt-Nord[4].
  • St. Gereon's Basilica is in the country of Germany[5].
  • St. Gereon's Basilica's image is recorded as St. Gereon Köln - Ostseite (2520).jpg[6].
  • St. Gereon's Basilica's instance of is recorded as church building[7].
  • St. Gereon's Basilica's instance of is recorded as monastery[8].
  • Gereon is named after St. Gereon's Basilica[9].
  • St. Gereon's Basilica's architectural style is recorded as Romanesque architecture[10].
  • St. Gereon's Basilica's architectural style is recorded as Gothic architecture[11].
  • St. Gereon's Basilica's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 157558345[12].
  • St. Gereon's Basilica's GND ID is recorded as 5057174-6[13].
  • St. Gereon's Basilica's GND ID is recorded as 4104450-2[14].
  • St. Gereon's Basilica's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr96008840[15].
  • St. Gereon's Basilica's location is recorded as Altstadt-Nord[16].
  • St. Gereon's Basilica's Commons category is recorded as St. Gereon (Köln)[17].
  • St. Gereon's Basilica's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20029448[18].
  • +1201-01-17T00:00:00Z marks the founding of St. Gereon's Basilica[19].
  • St. Gereon's Basilica's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.943225, 'lon': 6.945967}[20].
  • St. Gereon's Basilica's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h4nqz[21].
  • St. Gereon's Basilica's diocese is recorded as Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne[22].
  • St. Gereon's Basilica's dedicated to is recorded as Gereon[23].
  • St. Gereon's Basilica's official website is recorded as https://www.stgereon.de[24].
  • St. Gereon's Basilica's topic's main category is recorded as Category:St. Gereon (Köln)[25].
  • St. Gereon's Basilica's Commons gallery is recorded as St. Gereon (Köln)[26].
  • St. Gereon's Basilica's heritage designation is recorded as architectural heritage monument in North Rhine-Westphalia[27].

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Geography

St. Gereon's Basilica is in the country of Germany[5]. It is located in Altstadt-Nord[4].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include church building[7] and monastery[8]. St. Gereon's Basilica's heritage designation is recorded as architectural heritage monument in North Rhine-Westphalia[27]. Its religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].

History and Context

+1201-01-17T00:00:00Z marks the founding of St. Gereon's Basilica[19]. Gereon is named after it[9].

Why It Matters

St. Gereon's Basilica ranks in the top 2% of church_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (74 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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