Upper City

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Upper City is the southern, later-developed religious and administrative district of the ancient Hittite capital Hattusa, notable for its large temples and monumental architecture.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Upper City canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
urban district ⓘ
architecturalStyle Hittite architecture ⓘ
capitalOfWhichEmpire Hittite Empire ⓘ
chronologicalRelationWithinCity later-developed district ⓘ
contains Temple 1 of Upper City ⓘ
linked to: Temple I

Temple 2 of Upper City ⓘ
administrative complexes ⓘ
multiple Hittite temples ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
storerooms ⓘ
culture Hittite ⓘ
developedDuringCentury 13th century BCE ⓘ
14th century BCE ⓘ
developedDuringPeriod Late Bronze Age ⓘ
directionWithinCity southern part of Hattusa ⓘ
excavatedBy German Archaeological Institute ⓘ
excavationBegan 20th century ⓘ
hasFeature city gates ⓘ
large temples ⓘ
massive fortification walls ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
official buildings ⓘ
storage buildings ⓘ
temple precincts ⓘ
hasFunction administrative district ⓘ
religious district ⓘ
hasRoadConnection processional routes linking temples and gates ⓘ
locatedIn Hattusa ⓘ
locatedInAncientRegion Central Anatolia ⓘ
Hatti ⓘ
locatedInCountry Turkey ⓘ
locatedInOrNearModernSettlement Boğazkale ⓘ
linked to: Boğazköy
locatedInRegion Boğazkale District ⓘ
Çorum Province ⓘ
notableFor dense concentration of temples ⓘ
monumental temple courtyards ⓘ
planned urban layout ⓘ
partOf Hattusa ⓘ
partOfUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Hattusha: the Hittite Capital ⓘ
religiousSignificance major cult center within Hattusa ⓘ
topographicalPosition elevated plateau south of the Lower City ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatusSince 1986 ⓘ
urbanRelationToLowerCity later expansion beyond the older Lower City ⓘ
usedFor imperial administration ⓘ
religious festivals ⓘ
state cult activities ⓘ
storage of tribute and goods ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Boğazköy (Hattusa) → hasPart → Upper City ⓘ
Temple 2 of Upper City → locatedIn → Upper City ⓘ