Thermopylae
ancient fortified passage in central Greece
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Thermopylae is a narrows[1]. Thermopylae draws 5,267 Wikipedia views per month (narrows category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lamia Municipality[3]
- Country: Greece[4]
- Instance of: archaeological site[5]
- Location: Thermopiles[6]
- Commons category: Thermopylae[7]
- Coordinate location: 38.79555555555555, 22.536666666666665[8]
- Significant event: Battle of Thermopylae[9]
- Described at URL: http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=4961[10]
- Described by source: Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[14], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16], The New Student's Reference Work[17], Meyer’s Universum, Sechzehnter Band[18]
- Heritage designation: archaeological site in Greece[19]
- Native label: Θερμοπύλες[20]
- Different from: Thermopiles[21]
- Culture: Ancient Greece[22]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Thermopylae[23]
Why It Matters
Thermopylae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Thermopylae is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]