Upper Town

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Upper Town is the historic fortified upper quarter of the medieval Greek town of Monemvasia, known for its Byzantine ruins and panoramic views over the sea.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Upper Town canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fortified settlement ⓘ
historic district ⓘ
medieval town quarter ⓘ
accessedFrom Lower Town (Monemvasia) ⓘ
linked to: Monemvasia
architecturalStyle Byzantine architecture ⓘ
contains Byzantine churches ⓘ
cisterns ⓘ
fortification walls ⓘ
gates ⓘ
ruined houses ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
elevationRelativeTo higher than Lower Town (Monemvasia) ⓘ
hasCharacteristic Byzantine ruins ⓘ
elevated ⓘ
fortified ⓘ
largely uninhabited ⓘ
panoramic sea views ⓘ
hasViewOf Lower Town (Monemvasia) ⓘ
linked to: Monemvasia

Peloponnesian coast ⓘ
surrounding sea ⓘ
heritageStatus part of protected archaeological site of Monemvasia ⓘ
historicalPeriod Byzantine era ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
knownFor Byzantine ruins ⓘ
historic atmosphere ⓘ
panoramic views over the sea ⓘ
locatedIn Greece ⓘ
Laconia ⓘ
Monemvasia municipality ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
locatedOn Monemvasia rock ⓘ
linked to: Monemvasia

island of Monemvasia ⓘ
linked to: Monemvasia
municipality Monemvasia municipality ⓘ
overlooks Myrtoan Sea ⓘ
partOf Monemvasia ⓘ
medieval town of Monemvasia ⓘ
region Peloponnese region ⓘ
linked to: Peloponnese
tourismAttraction yes ⓘ
usedFor defense ⓘ
military garrison ⓘ
refuge for inhabitants ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Monemvasia → hasPart → Upper Town ⓘ