Vergina

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Vergina is a village in northern Greece renowned for its ancient royal tombs, including those attributed to the Macedonian kings, and is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage archaeological site.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Vergina canonical 13
Aegae (Vergina) 2
Aigai (Vergina) 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
village ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavationsLedBy Manolis Andronikos ⓘ
associatedWith Alexander the Great ⓘ
King Philip II of Macedon ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
discoveryPeriod 1970s archaeological excavations ⓘ
distanceFromThessaloniki approximately 75 km southwest ⓘ
elevation approximately 120 m above sea level ⓘ
governingBody Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFeature Great Tumulus (Megali Toumba) ⓘ
remains of a monumental palace ⓘ
royal necropolis of Aigai ⓘ
theatre of Aigai ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance burial place of Macedonian royal family ⓘ
evidence for early urban organization in Macedon ⓘ
hasFind elaborate wall paintings ⓘ
gold larnax with Vergina Sun symbol ⓘ
royal armor and weaponry ⓘ
hasMuseum Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai ⓘ
hasStructure Byzantine and post-Byzantine churches ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site "Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina)" ⓘ
historicalCapitalOf ancient Kingdom of Macedon ⓘ
linked to: Macedon
historicalSiteOf ancient Aigai ⓘ
knownFor Tomb of Philip II of Macedon ⓘ
archaeological site of Aigai ⓘ
richly furnished burial chambers ⓘ
royal palace remains ⓘ
royal tombs of Macedonian kings ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Central Macedonia ⓘ
Imathia regional unit ⓘ
northern Greece ⓘ
linked to: Northern Greece
locatedNear Aliakmon River ⓘ
linked to: Aliakmonas River
nearbyCity Veroia ⓘ
partOf municipality of Veroia ⓘ
region Macedonia ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia (Greece)
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 780 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1996 ⓘ

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Referenced by (19)

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

Amyntas I of Macedon → capital → Aegae (Vergina) ⓘ
linked to: Vergina
Aegae → locatedNear → Vergina ⓘ
Aegae → modernName → Vergina archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Vergina
Caranus of Macedon → associatedWithCity → Aegae (Vergina) ⓘ
linked to: Vergina
theatre of Aigai → locatedIn → Vergina ⓘ
Veroia → locatedNear → Vergina ⓘ
Manolis Andronikos → associatedWith → Vergina archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Vergina
Ancient Macedonian → hasCapital → Aigai (Vergina) ⓘ
linked to: Vergina
Macedonia (region) → hasHistoricalCity → Aigai (Vergina) ⓘ
subject linked to: Macedonia region
linked to: Vergina