Massalia

ancient predecessor of Marseilles
Organization greek_colony Q2566850
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Massalia

Summary

Massalia is a Greek colony[1]. Massalia has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Massalia is in the country of France[3].
  • Massalia's instance of is recorded as Greek colony[4].
  • Massalia's instance of is recorded as polis[5].
  • Massalia's Commons category is recorded as Massilia[6].
  • 600 BC marks the founding of Massalia[7].
  • Massalia began on 600 BC[8].
  • Massalia's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 43.296346, 'lon': 5.369889}[9].
  • Massalia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Massilia[10].
  • Massalia's replaced by is recorded as Marseille[11].
  • Massalia's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Μασσαλία'}[12].
  • Massalia's culture is recorded as Ancient Greece[13].
  • Massalia's has works in the collection is recorded as Musée Saint-Raymond[14].

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Founding

600 BC marks the founding of Massalia[7].

Why It Matters

Massalia has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Massalia is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Archaeology & Language. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id 3997
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 3997, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107286176|Massalia (#107286176)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Dictionar"
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