Lower City

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Lower City is the main residential and administrative quarter of the ancient Hittite capital Hattusa, containing key temples, houses, and public buildings.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lower City canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
urban district ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence architectural remains ⓘ
ceramic finds ⓘ
clay tablets ⓘ
seal impressions ⓘ
associatedWithEvent collapse of the Hittite Empire ⓘ
capitalOf Hittite Empire ⓘ
civilization Hittite Empire ⓘ
comparedWith Upper City of Hattusa ⓘ
contains Great Temple of Hattusa ⓘ
Temple 1 ⓘ
linked to: Temple I

public buildings ⓘ
residential houses ⓘ
storage facilities ⓘ
workshops ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
dedicatedTempleDeities Storm-god of Hatti ⓘ
Sun-goddess of Arinna ⓘ
distinguishedBy higher density of residential buildings ⓘ
presence of Great Temple complex ⓘ
eraEnd around 1200 BCE ⓘ
excavatedBy German Archaeological Institute ⓘ
excavationStart early 20th century ⓘ
flourishedDuring 13th century BCE ⓘ
14th century BCE ⓘ
hasFeature administrative buildings ⓘ
broad streets ⓘ
courtyard houses ⓘ
massive temple precinct ⓘ
hasFunction administrative center ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
residential area ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
locatedIn Boğazkale District ⓘ
Hattusa ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
Çorum Province ⓘ
partOf Hattusa ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site Hattusha ⓘ
religion Hittite religion ⓘ
linked to: Anatolian paganism
role main administrative quarter of Hattusa ⓘ
main residential quarter of Hattusa ⓘ
timePeriod Late Bronze Age ⓘ
urbanLayout planned city quarter ⓘ

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 → Lower City ⓘ
Upper City → viewOver → Lower City ⓘ