Tongeren

E238388
city municipality

Tongeren is a historic city in eastern Belgium, known as the country’s oldest town and for its well-preserved Roman and medieval heritage.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tongeren canonical 13
Tongeren Roman heritage 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
foundedInPeriod Roman era ⓘ
governedBy municipal council of Tongeren ⓘ
hasCityRightsSince Middle Ages ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritageStatus protected cityscape areas ⓘ
hasDemonym Tongenaar ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity retail trade ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasFestival local religious and historical processions ⓘ
hasLandmark Basilica of Our Lady, Tongeren ⓘ
Beguinage of Tongeren ⓘ
Gallo-Roman Museum (Tongeren) ⓘ
Moerenpoort city gate ⓘ
Roman city walls of Tongeren ⓘ
statue of Ambiorix ⓘ
hasMarket Sunday antique and flea market ⓘ
hasMuseum Gallo-Roman Museum (Tongeren) ⓘ
hasNotableFigure Ambiorix (commemorated by statue) ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.tongeren.be/ ⓘ
hasPostalCode 3700 ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Basilica of Our Lady, Tongeren ⓘ
hasTransport Tongeren railway station ⓘ
hasTypeOfFortification Roman walls ⓘ
medieval walls ⓘ
hasUNESCOStatus Flemish Béguinages (Beguinage of Tongeren included) ⓘ
heritage Roman heritage ⓘ
medieval heritage ⓘ
historicalEvent Roman conquest of the region of the Tungri ⓘ
historicalRegion Civitas Tungrorum ⓘ
isOldestTownOf Belgium ⓘ
isPartOf Arrondissement of Tongeren ⓘ
language Dutch ⓘ
locatedIn Flemish Region ⓘ
Limburg Province ⓘ
eastern Belgium ⓘ
namedAfter Atuatuca Tungrorum (Tongeren) ⓘ
surface form: Atuatuca Tungrorum (Roman name)
nearBorderWith Netherlands ⓘ
region Haspengouw (Hesbaye) ⓘ
religiousJurisdiction Roman Catholic Diocese of Hasselt ⓘ
surface form: Diocese of Hasselt
roadConnection E313 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ
N79 road ⓘ
touristAttraction Roman archaeological sites ⓘ
historic city center ⓘ
medieval streets and squares ⓘ
wasRomanCityOf Atuatuca Tungrorum ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Cailliau → placeOfBirth → Tongeren ⓘ
subject surface form: Robert Cailliau
County of Loon → hasCity → Tongeren ⓘ
Flemish Limburg → hasMunicipality → Tongeren ⓘ
Flemish Limburg → hasHistoricCity → Tongeren ⓘ
Roman province of Germania Inferior → majorCity → Tongeren ⓘ
subject surface form: Germania Inferior
Limburg (Belgium) → contains → Tongeren ⓘ
Limburg (Belgium) → historicalSite → Tongeren ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tongeren Roman heritage
Diocese of Liège → episcopalSeeTransferredFrom → Tongeren ⓘ
Limburg Province → contains → Tongeren ⓘ
Limburg Province → hasMunicipality → Tongeren ⓘ
Lauffeld → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Tongeren ⓘ
Borgloon → borderedBy → Tongeren ⓘ
Loon → hasCity → Tongeren ⓘ
subject surface form: County of Loon
Looz → hasNotableSettlement → Tongeren ⓘ