Ancient Messene

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ancient_city
gptkbp:abandoned medieval period
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Ithome
gptkbp:coordinates 37.1756°N 21.9181°E
gptkbp:destroyedBy Spartans (in earlier history)
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Petros_Themelis
gptkb:Theodoros_Ortholithi
gptkbp:features gptkb:city
gptkb:stadium
gptkb:theatre
gptkb:Sanctuary_of_Zeus_Soter
gptkb:Agora
gptkb:Asklepieion
fountain house
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Epaminondas
gptkbp:foundedIn 369 BC
gptkbp:functionedAs cathedral
political center
economic center
gptkbp:hasMonument gptkb:statue_of_Artemis_Orthia
gptkb:statue_of_Zeus_Soter
gptkb:statue_of_Asklepios
gptkb:statue_of_Demeter
statue of Hermes
gptkbp:hasMuseum gptkb:Archaeological_Museum_of_Messene
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ancient Messene
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Greece
gptkb:Messenia
gptkb:Peloponnese
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Messene_(mythological_queen)
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Mavromati
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:sculpture
public buildings
urban planning
fortification walls
epigraphic inscriptions
gptkbp:openToPublic yes
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Hellenistic_Greece
gptkb:Roman_Greece
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Ancient_Greek_religion
gptkbp:repopulatedBy gptkb:Epaminondas
gptkbp:significance well-preserved ancient Greek city
gptkbp:status gptkb:archaeological_site
gptkbp:surroundedBy gptkb:Mount_Ithome
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list 2014
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite tentative
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:Pausanias_(2nd_century_AD)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Messenia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5