Portus Cale

ancient town and port in current-day northern Portugal
Place roman_city Q1982979
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Portus Cale

Summary

Portus Cale is a Roman city[1]. It draws 89 Wikipedia views per month (roman_city category, ranking #7 of 49).[2]

Key Facts

  • Portus Cale is located in Porto[3].
  • Portus Cale is located in Vila Nova de Gaia[4].
  • Portus Cale is in the country of Portugal[5].
  • Portus Cale is in the country of Ancient Rome[6].
  • Portus Cale's image is recorded as Vila Nova de Gaia seen from Porto.jpg[7].
  • Portus Cale's instance of is recorded as Roman city[8].
  • Portus Cale's location is recorded as Gallaecia[9].
  • Portus Cale's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.13333333, 'lon': -8.61666667}[10].
  • Portus Cale's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03b_xsb[11].
  • Portus Cale's facet of is recorded as history of Porto[12].
  • Portus Cale's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2732544[13].
  • Portus Cale's Pleiades ID is recorded as 236396[14].
  • Portus Cale's Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID is recorded as 13696[15].
  • Portus Cale's time period is recorded as Roman Empire[16].
  • Portus Cale's Who's on First ID is recorded as 101752095[17].
  • Portus Cale's ToposText place ID is recorded as 411000UCal[18].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Portugal[5], a sovereign state[19], in Portugal[20], founded in 1139[21] and Ancient Rome[6], a historical country[22], founded in -0753[23]. Located in include Porto[3], a municipality of Portugal[24], in Portugal[25] and Vila Nova de Gaia[4], a municipality of Portugal[26], in Portugal[27].

Designation and Status

Portus Cale's instance of is recorded as Roman city[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Portus Cale include Portugal[28], a sovereign state[29], in Portugal[30], founded in 1139[31].

Why It Matters

Portus Cale draws 89 Wikipedia views per month (roman_city category, ranking #7 of 49).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for it include Portugal[28], a sovereign state[29], in Portugal[30], founded in 1139[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . GeoNames. 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. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [31] . 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. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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