Arta

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Arta is a historic city in northwestern Greece, known for its medieval stone bridge over the Arachthos River and its Byzantine monuments.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Arta canonical 19
Arta municipality 1
city of Arta 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
administrativeStatus seat of the Municipality of Arta
capitalOf Regional Unit of Arta
linked to: Arta regional unit
climate Mediterranean climate
country Greece
demonym Artini
Artinos
economyBasedOn agriculture
services
trade
elevation approximately 30 meters
hasAreaCode +30 26810
hasCulturalTradition Epirote music
folk dances
hasHeritage Byzantine architecture
hasLandmark Arta Archaeological Museum
Bridge of Arta
Byzantine castle of Arta
Church of Agia Theodora
Church of Panagia Parigoritissa
hasMythOrLegend legend of the Bridge of Arta
hasPostalCodeRange 47100
hasUniversityDepartment University of Ioannina branches
historicalName Ambracia
historicalRegion Epirus
knownFor Byzantine monuments
medieval stone bridge
locatedIn Epirus region
linked to: Epirus

northwestern Greece
locatedInAdministrativeUnit Regional Unit of Arta
linked to: Arta regional unit
locatedNear Ambracian Gulf
locatedOnRiver Arachthos River
nearbyCity Ioannina
Preveza
partOf Epirus periphery
populationEstimate about 20,000–25,000 inhabitants
primaryLanguage Greek
regionCapitalOf Arta regional unit
religionMajority Eastern Orthodox Christianity
roadConnection connected by Greek National Road 21
connected by Greek National Road 5
timeAsCapitalEnd 15th century
timeAsCapitalStart 13th century
wasCapitalOf Despotate of Epirus

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Referenced by (22)

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

Epirus containsCity Arta
Arta regional unit containsMunicipality Arta municipality
linked to: Arta
Arachthos River crosses city of Arta
linked to: Arta
Epirus front nearbyCity Arta
Arta Region capital Arta
Ambracia near modern city of Arta
linked to: Arta
Ambracia modernSite Arta
Bridge of Arta locatedIn Arta
subject linked to: town of Arta
Amvrakikos Gulf near Arta
subject linked to: Amvrakikos Gulf (part)
Church of Panagia Parigoritissa (Arta) locatedIn Arta
Filippiada near Arta
Northwestern Greece containsCity Arta
subject linked to: northwestern Greece