Apollonia

ancient city in modern Albania

Organization ruins Q505703

Facts

13 properties

Instance of: ruins, Ancient Greek archaeological site, ancient city, polis^[4]^[5]^[6]
Inception: 588 BC^[9]
Country: Albania^[3]
Location: Illyria^[8]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 40.722°, 19.473°, 🗺️ 40.717°, 19.467°
Culture: Ancient Greece^[18]
Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]
Heritage designation: Cultural Monument of Albania, Tentative World Heritage Site^[14]^[15]
Located in the administrative territorial entity: Fier District^[2]
Named after: Apollo^[7]
Native label: Απολλωνία^[16]
Time period: Ancient Greece^[17]
World Heritage criteria: (ii), (iii), (x)^[19]^[20]^[21]

🏷️ Also known as

en Archaeological Park Apollonia en Mint of Apollonia, Illyria en Archaeological Park of Apollonia en Apollonia en Apollonia, Illyria ar أبولونيا cs Apollonie da Apollonia (Illyrien) el Απολλωνία η Ιλλυρική es Apolonia de Iliria es Apolonia fa آپولونیا (ایلریا) fr Apollonie d'Illyrie he אפולוניה hu Apollónia hu Apollonia ja アポロニア ko 아폴로니아 pl Apollonia Illiryjska pt APolónia

🔖 Identifiers · 27

Library of Congress authority ID: sh90002019
GND ID: 4002444-1
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Appolonia Albania.jpg ↗
De Agostini ID: Apollònia+di+Illìria
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID: 21415
Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica ID: apollonia-2, 2-apollonia
Enciclopedia dell'Arte Medievale ID: apollonia
FAST ID: 1897347
Freebase ID: /m/05xd5y
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 1824608
Grove Art Online ID: T003446
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID: 3345

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Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis ID: 77
Kulturenvanteri monument ID: 292999
MANTO ID: 9358744
NL CR AUT ID: ge1265212
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007551317205171
Nomisma ID: apollonia_illyria
Pleiades ID: 481728
Proleksis enciklopedija ID: 9137
Topic's main category: Category:Apollonia (Albania)
ToposText place ID: 407195PApo
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID: apollonia-d-illiria
Trismegistos Geo ID: 3603
Vici.org ID: 2109
World Heritage Tentative List ID: 5885
Yale LUX ID: place/43820922-c0dd-4e18-a734-e5e2059a90ab

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🔗 Connections

Described by source 3

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Pauly–Wissowa

Instance of 2

polis, ruins

Country 1

Albania

Culture 1

Ancient Greece

Heritage designation 1

Tentative World Heritage Site

Located in the administrative territorial entity 1

Fier District

Located in this place 1

Museum of Apollonia

Named after 1

Apollo

Time period 1

Ancient Greece

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Summary

Apollonia is a ruins^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[3] ↑ Apollonia — country (P17): Albania. Nomisma. Retrieved 2024-07-15. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Apollonia — instance of (P31): Ancient Greek archaeological site. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Apollonia — instance of (P31): ancient city. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Apollonia — instance of (P31): polis. Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Apollonia — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Fier District. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Apollonia — named after (P138): Apollo. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Apollonia — location (P276): Illyria. Nomisma. Retrieved 2024-08-19. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Apollonia — inception (P571): 588 BC. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Apollonia — described by source (P1343): Pauly–Wissowa. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Apollonia — described by source (P1343): Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Apollonia — described by source (P1343): Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Apollonia — described by source (P1343): Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Apollonia — heritage designation (P1435): Cultural Monument of Albania. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Apollonia — heritage designation (P1435): Tentative World Heritage Site. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Apollonia — native label (P1705): Απολλωνία. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Apollonia — time period (P2348): Ancient Greece. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Apollonia — culture (P2596): Ancient Greece. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Apollonia — World Heritage criteria (P2614): (ii). wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Apollonia — World Heritage criteria (P2614): (iii). wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Apollonia — World Heritage criteria (P2614): (x). wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Apollonia is an instance of ruins (Q109607) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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