Upper City

E199932

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 1

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 (1)

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

Boğazköy (Hattusa) hasPart Upper City