Watts Towers

towers in Los Angeles
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Watts Towers
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Watts Towers

Summary

Watts Towers is a visionary environment[1]. It draws 949 Wikipedia views per month (visionary_environment category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Watts Towers is the creator of Simon Rodia[3].
  • Watts Towers is located in Los Angeles[4].
  • Watts Towers is in the country of United States[5].
  • Watts Towers's instance of is recorded as visionary environment[6].
  • Watts Towers's instance of is recorded as tower[7].
  • Watts Towers's architect is recorded as Simon Rodia[8].
  • Watts is named after Watts Towers[9].
  • The location of Watts Towers was Watts[10].
  • Watts Towers's Commons category is recorded as Watts Towers[11].
  • Watts Towers's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.938739, 'lon': -118.241047}[12].
  • Watts Towers's official website is recorded as http://www.wattstowers.org/[13].
  • Watts Towers's heritage designation is recorded as National Historic Landmark[14].
  • Watts Towers's heritage designation is recorded as National Register of Historic Places listed place[15].
  • Watts Towers's heritage designation is recorded as California Historical Landmark[16].
  • Watts Towers's heritage designation is recorded as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument[17].
  • Watts Towers's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Craft[18].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Watts Towers is the creator of Simon Rodia[3].

Material and Period

The location of Watts Towers was Watts[10].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Watts Towers include 103rd Street/it[19], a tram stop[20], in United States[21], founded in 1990[22].

Why It Matters

Watts Towers draws 949 Wikipedia views per month (visionary_environment category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for it include 103rd Street/it[19], a tram stop[20], in United States[21], founded in 1990[22].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . National Register of Historic Places. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] . 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. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · DontCallMeLateForDinner · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates
    On focus list of wikimedia project WikiProject Craft
    Named after
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Los Angeles
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14582]]: 15, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/295156681|Towers of Simon Rodia (Watts Towers) (#295156681)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8087"
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