Fort Duquesne

colonial fort at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in Pennsylvania
AdministrativeArea fort Q209679
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Fort Duquesne

Summary

Fort Duquesne is a fort[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of fort entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (319 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fort Duquesne is located in Pittsburgh[3].
  • Fort Duquesne is in the country of United States[4].
  • Fort Duquesne's image is recorded as Fortduquesne.jpg[5].
  • Fort Duquesne's instance of is recorded as fort[6].
  • Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville is named after Fort Duquesne[7].
  • Fort Duquesne's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 136140128[8].
  • Fort Duquesne's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n87890334[9].
  • Fort Duquesne's Commons category is recorded as Fort Duquesne[10].
  • +1754-07-03T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Fort Duquesne[11].
  • Fort Duquesne was dissolved in +1758-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Fort Duquesne's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.441627777778, 'lon': -80.010944444444}[13].
  • Fort Duquesne's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0m7j_[14].
  • Fort Duquesne's described by source is recorded as FortWiki[15].
  • Fort Duquesne's described by source is recorded as Starforts[16].
  • Fort Duquesne's replaced by is recorded as Fort Pitt[17].
  • Fort Duquesne's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Fort-Duquesne[18].
  • Fort Duquesne's Canadian Encyclopedia article ID is recorded as fort-duquesne[19].
  • Fort Duquesne's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007562420405171[20].
  • Fort Duquesne's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/6c8c96a0-865c-4385-8b3e-3de5aa2b62c5[21].

Body

Geography

Fort Duquesne is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Pittsburgh[3].

Designation and Status

Fort Duquesne's instance of is recorded as fort[6].

History and Context

+1754-07-03T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Fort Duquesne[11]. Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville is named after it[7].

Why It Matters

Fort Duquesne ranks in the top 2% of fort entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (319 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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