open city

in war, a city in which one side abandons all defensive efforts
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open city

Summary

open city is a concept[1]. It draws 257 Wikipedia views per month (concept category, ranking #187 of 912).[2]

Key Facts

  • open city's instance of is recorded as concept[3].
  • open city's main regulatory text is recorded as Geneva Conventions[4].
  • open city's subclass of is recorded as law of war[5].
  • open city's part of is recorded as international humanitarian law[6].
  • open city's has use is recorded as armed conflict[7].
  • open city's has part is recorded as Paris[8].
  • open city's has part is recorded as Rome[9].
  • open city's has part is recorded as Manila[10].
  • open city's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0685zs[11].
  • open city's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as international law[12].
  • open city's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0168722[13].
  • open city's subject has role is recorded as political movement[14].
  • open city's NE.se ID is recorded as öppen-stad[15].
  • open city's De Agostini ID is recorded as città+aperta[16].
  • open city's Lex ID is recorded as åben_by[17].
  • open city's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as ciutat-oberta[18].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for open city include Rome, Open City[19], a film[20], directed by Roberto Rossellini[21].

Why It Matters

open city draws 257 Wikipedia views per month (concept category, ranking #187 of 912).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Entities named for it include Rome, Open City[19], a film[20], directed by Roberto Rossellini[21].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . 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

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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). open city. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/open-city
MLA “open city.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/open-city.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_open-city_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{open city}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/open-city}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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