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 (3)

Label Occurrences
Trikka canonical 5
Tricca 1
Trikke 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 ⓘ

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