Frombork

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Frombork is a historic town in northern Poland best known as the place where astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus lived, worked, and was buried, and for its prominent cathedral complex overlooking the Vistula Lagoon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeStatus gmina seat ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
distanceFrom about 30 km southwest of Braniewo ⓘ
about 80 km northwest of Olsztyn ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
local services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
famousFor Nicolaus Copernicus ⓘ
cathedral complex ⓘ
foundedInCentury 13th century ⓘ
GermanName Frauenburg ⓘ
grantedTownRights 1310 ⓘ
hasFeature harbor ⓘ
medieval fortifications ⓘ
observatory ⓘ
hasFestival events commemorating Nicolaus Copernicus ⓘ
hasFunction cathedral town ⓘ
hasLandmark Bishop’s Palace ⓘ
Cathedral Hill complex ⓘ
Copernicus Museum ⓘ
Copernicus Tower ⓘ
Frombork Cathedral ⓘ
Old Town ⓘ
hasMuseum Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Andrew the Apostle ⓘ
heritageStatus protected historic town ⓘ
historicalRegion Warmia ⓘ
isBurialPlaceOf Nicolaus Copernicus ⓘ
isSeatOf Gmina Frombork ⓘ
locatedIn Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship ⓘ
northern Poland ⓘ
locatedNear Baltic Sea ⓘ
locatedOn Baltic coast ⓘ
Vistula Lagoon ⓘ
overlooks Vistula Lagoon ⓘ
partOf Braniewo County ⓘ
populationApprox about 2500 inhabitants ⓘ
postWarReconstruction reconstructed cathedral complex ⓘ
regionCapitalOf Warmian cathedral chapter (historically) ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholic ⓘ
sufferedEvent damage in World War II ⓘ
destruction during Swedish wars ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
wasResidenceOf Nicolaus Copernicus ⓘ
wasWorkplaceOf Nicolaus Copernicus ⓘ

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

Frombork Cathedral → locatedIn → Frombork ⓘ
Frombork Cathedral → locatedOn → Cathedral Hill in Frombork ⓘ
linked to: Frombork
Vistula Lagoon → borderedBy → town of Frombork ⓘ
linked to: Frombork
Pieniężno → nearbyCity → Frombork ⓘ
Elbing → nearbyCity → Frombork ⓘ
Braniewo → hasRailConnectionTo → Frombork ⓘ
Braniewo → nearbyCity → Frombork ⓘ
Frisches Haff → hasCityOnShore → Frombork ⓘ
Chapter of Warmia → locatedIn → Frombork ⓘ
Copernicus Tower → locatedIn → Frombork ⓘ
Copernicus Tower → partOf → Frombork fortified hill complex ⓘ
linked to: Frombork
Copernicus Museum → locatedIn → Frombork ⓘ
Bishop’s Palace (Frombork) → locatedIn → Frombork ⓘ
subject linked to: Bishop’s Palace
Bishop’s Palace (Frombork) → partOf → Frombork fortified hill complex ⓘ
subject linked to: Bishop’s Palace
linked to: Frombork
Bishop’s Palace (Frombork) → partOf → Frombork historic center ⓘ
subject linked to: Bishop’s Palace
linked to: Frombork
Gmina Frombork → hasUrbanPart → Frombork ⓘ
Gmina Frombork → hasSeat → Frombork ⓘ
Frauenburg → hasPolishName → Frombork ⓘ
Bishop of Warmia → seat → Frombork ⓘ
Warmia → historicalCapital → Frombork ⓘ
Warmia → majorCity → Frombork ⓘ
Warmia → hadSeatOfBishopsAt → Frombork ⓘ
Warmia → CopernicusWorkedIn → Frombork ⓘ