Antakya

E189735
ancient city city former imperial city

Antakya is a city in southern Turkey, historically known as Antioch, renowned as an important center of Hellenistic, Roman, and early Christian civilization.

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Label Occurrences
Antakya canonical 12

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
city ⓘ
former imperial city ⓘ
associatedWith Apostle Peter ⓘ
surface form: Saint Peter
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
ethnicCompositionIncludes Arabs ⓘ
Turks ⓘ
foundedAs Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
foundedBy Seleucus I Nicator ⓘ
foundedInCentury 4th century BC ⓘ
hasLandmark Antakya Archaeology Museum ⓘ
Church of St Peter ⓘ
Habib-i Neccar Mosque ⓘ
Roman mosaics collection ⓘ
historicalName Antioch ⓘ
importantFor Hellenistic period ⓘ
surface form: Hellenistic culture

Roman urbanism ⓘ
early Christianity ⓘ
isCapitalOf Hatay Province ⓘ
knownFor culinary traditions of Hatay ⓘ
historical bazaars ⓘ
multi-religious heritage ⓘ
locatedIn Hatay Province ⓘ
southern Anatolia ⓘ
surface form: southern Turkey
locatedOnRiver Orontes River ⓘ
mentionedIn Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
mergedInto Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Turkey
mergedIntoYear 1939 ⓘ
nearBorderWith Syria ⓘ
partOf Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ⓘ
surface form: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon

Hatay Province ⓘ
surface form: Hatay State

Hellenistic period ⓘ
surface form: Hellenistic civilization

Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Principality of Antioch ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Seljuk Empire ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
populationApproximate over 200000 inhabitants before 2023 earthquakes ⓘ
religiousCommunitiesInclude Alevism ⓘ
surface form: Alevi Muslims

Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Christians

Sunni Islam ⓘ
surface form: Sunni Muslims
religiousSignificance early Christian center ⓘ
Patriarchate of Antioch ⓘ
surface form: patriarchate of Antioch
sufferedEvent 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes ⓘ
sufferedSevereDamageIn February 2023 ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Byzantine theme of Syria ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine theme of Antioch

Principality of Antioch ⓘ
Roman Syria ⓘ
surface form: Roman province of Syria

Roman Syria ⓘ
surface form: Roman province of Syria Coele

Referenced by (12)

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

Antioch → modernLocation → Antakya ⓘ
Antioch on the Orontes → modernCityNear → Antakya ⓘ
Free Syrian Army → headquartersLocation → Antakya ⓘ
Latin Patriarchate of Antioch → locatedInPresentDay → Antakya ⓘ
School of Antioch → locatedInPresentDay → Antakya ⓘ
Patriarchate of Antioch → associatedWithModernCity → Antakya ⓘ
Hatay Province → capital → Antakya ⓘ
Hatay Province → largestCity → Antakya ⓘ
Hatay Province → containsCity → Antakya ⓘ
Aalen → twinTown → Antakya ⓘ
Patriarch of Antioch → associatedWithModernCity → Antakya ⓘ
Council of Antioch → locatedInPresentDay → Antakya ⓘ