Arta

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Arta is a historic city in northwestern Greece, known for its medieval stone bridge over the Arachthos River and its Byzantine monuments.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Arta canonical 19
Arta municipality 1
city of Arta 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
administrativeStatus seat of the Municipality of Arta
capitalOf Arta regional unit
surface form: Regional Unit of Arta
climate Mediterranean climate
country Greece
demonym Artini
Artinos
economyBasedOn agriculture
services
trade
elevation approximately 30 meters
hasAreaCode +30 26810
hasCulturalTradition Epirote music
folk dances
hasHeritage Byzantine architecture
hasLandmark Arta Archaeological Museum
Bridge of Arta
Byzantine castle of Arta
Church of Agia Theodora
Church of Panagia Parigoritissa
hasMythOrLegend legend of the Bridge of Arta
hasPostalCodeRange 47100
hasUniversityDepartment University of Ioannina branches
historicalName Ambracia
historicalRegion Epirus
knownFor Byzantine monuments
medieval stone bridge
locatedIn Epirus
surface form: Epirus region

northwestern Greece
locatedInAdministrativeUnit Arta regional unit
surface form: Regional Unit of Arta
locatedNear Ambracian Gulf
locatedOnRiver Arachthos River
nearbyCity Ioannina
Preveza
partOf Epirus periphery
populationEstimate about 20,000–25,000 inhabitants
primaryLanguage Greek
regionCapitalOf Arta regional unit
religionMajority Eastern Orthodox Christianity
roadConnection connected by Greek National Road 21
connected by Greek National Road 5
timeAsCapitalEnd 15th century
timeAsCapitalStart 13th century
wasCapitalOf Despotate of Epirus

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Referenced by (22)

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

Epirus containsCity Arta
Arta regional unit containsMunicipality Arta
this entity surface form: Arta municipality
Arachthos River crosses Arta
this entity surface form: city of Arta
Epirus front nearbyCity Arta
Arta Region capital Arta
Ambracia near Arta
this entity surface form: modern city of Arta
Ambracia modernSite Arta
town of Arta locatedIn Arta
subject surface form: Bridge of Arta
Amvrakikos Gulf (part) near Arta
subject surface form: Amvrakikos Gulf
Church of Panagia Parigoritissa (in Arta) locatedIn Arta
subject surface form: Church of Panagia Parigoritissa (Arta)
Filippiada near Arta
northwestern Greece containsCity Arta
subject surface form: Northwestern Greece