Velia

ancient city of Magna Graecia
Organization polis Q272968
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Velia

Summary

Velia is a polis[1]. Velia ranks in the top 8% of polis entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (105 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Velia is located in Ascea[3].
  • Velia is in the country of Italy[4].
  • Velia's image is recorded as Velia Excavation and Tower.jpg[5].
  • Velia's instance of is recorded as polis[6].
  • Velia's instance of is recorded as Ancient Greek archaeological site[7].
  • Velia's maintained by is recorded as soprintendenza[8].
  • Velia's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 244167583[9].
  • Velia's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 31144647647439525786[10].
  • Velia's GND ID is recorded as 4235410-9[11].
  • Velia's GND ID is recorded as 4711627-4[12].
  • Velia's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh95003310[13].
  • Velia's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12126882v[14].
  • Velia's IdRef ID is recorded as 029701236[15].
  • Velia's Commons category is recorded as Velia (ancient town)[16].
  • Velia's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[17].
  • Velia's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[18].
  • -0538-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Velia[19].
  • Velia's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.159444444444, 'lon': 15.154444444444}[20].
  • Velia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06_qgr[21].
  • Velia's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge131248[22].
  • Velia's official website is recorded as https://parchipaestumvelia.cultura.gov.it/[23].
  • Velia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Velia (town)[24].
  • Velia's Commons gallery is recorded as Velia (town)[25].
  • Velia's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000835323[26].
  • Velia's Vatican Library ID is recorded as ADV10050160[27].

Body

Founding

-0538-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Velia[19].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Velia include Eleatics[28], a philosophical schools and traditions[29].

Why It Matters

Velia ranks in the top 8% of polis entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (105 views/month).[2] Velia has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Velia is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Velia include Eleatics[28], a philosophical schools and traditions[29].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis. wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Library of Congress Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . viaf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . viaf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . 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

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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