Trikka

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Trikka (also known as Trikala) is an ancient city in Thessaly, Greece, traditionally regarded as the birthplace and principal cult center of the healing god Asclepius.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Trikka canonical 2
Tricca 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
archaeological site
alsoKnownAs Tricca
linked to: Trikka

Trikala
Trikkaia
associatedWith Asclepiads (mythical family of physicians)
country Greece
hasCultType healing cult
hasCulturalSignificance center of Asclepius worship in Thessaly
hasDeity Asclepius
hasEtymologyPossiblyFrom pre-Greek toponym
hasGreekName Τρίκαλα
Τρίκκα
hasHistoricalPeriod Classical antiquity
Hellenistic period
Roman period
linked to: Roman Antiquity
hasMythologicalAssociation healing
medicine
hasTypeOfSanctuary Asclepieion
linked to: Temple of Asclepius
locatedIn Thessaly
ancient Thessaly
linked to: Thessaly
locatedInModernAdministrativeRegion Thessaly periphery
linked to: Thessaly
locatedInPresentDayMunicipality Trikala
locatedOnRiver Litheos River
mentionedBy Homer
mentionedIn Iliad
linked to: Homer's Iliad
modernSuccessor city of Trikala
partOf ancient Greek world
ancient Thessalian tetrarchy of Estiaiotis
principalCultCenterOf Asclepius
religion ancient Greek religion
traditionallyRegardedAs birthplace of Asclepius
worshipCenterOf Asclepius

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Asclepiades associatedWithPlace Trikka
Trikala historicalName Trikka
Trikka alsoKnownAs Tricca
linked to: Trikka