Christoupolis

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Christoupolis is the historical name of the coastal city now known as Kavala in northern Greece, which has long served as an important regional port and trading center.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Christoupolis canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former name of city ⓘ
historical city name ⓘ
coastalCity true ⓘ
country Byzantine Empire ⓘ
etymology Greek for "city of Christ" ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity maritime trade ⓘ
regional commerce ⓘ
hasFeature port ⓘ
trading center ⓘ
hasRole maritime trade node ⓘ
regional commercial hub ⓘ
historicalNameOf Kavala ⓘ
historicalRegion Thrace–Macedonia frontier ⓘ
linked to: Thrace
languageOfName Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Macedonia (historical region) ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia region

Northern Greece ⓘ
locatedInMunicipality Kavala (modern city) ⓘ
linked to: Kavala
locatedOn Aegean Sea ⓘ
Bay of Kavala ⓘ
partOf Via Egnatia trade network ⓘ
portCity true ⓘ
presentDayCountry Greece ⓘ
region Eastern Macedonia ⓘ
religion Christianity (dominant) ⓘ
replacedBy Kavala ⓘ
strategicImportance controlled access between Thrace and Macedonia ⓘ
successor Kavala ⓘ
usedInPeriod Byzantine period ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Kavala → historicalName → Christoupolis ⓘ
Cavalla → usedToBeCalled → Christoupolis ⓘ