Lydda

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ancient city historical settlement populated place

Lydda, historically known as Lod, is an ancient city in central Israel/Palestine that has served as a significant crossroads and administrative center since antiquity.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lydda canonical 32
Lydda (Greek: Λύδδα) 1
Lydda–Haifa 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
historical settlement ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
associatedWithSaint Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
surface form: Saint George
country Israel ⓘ
surface form: State of Israel
function administrative center ⓘ
crossroads ⓘ
governedBy Lod Municipality ⓘ
hasAirportNearby Ben-Gurion Airport ⓘ
surface form: Ben Gurion International Airport
hasAncientName Diospolis ⓘ
Lydda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lydda (Greek: Λύδδα)
hasChurch Church of Saint George, Lod ⓘ
hasMosque Al-Omari Mosque, Lod ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatus city ⓘ
hasName Lod ⓘ
Lydda self-link ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage Lod (Hebrew) ⓘ
al-Lidd (Arabic) ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Lod railway station ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificance Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
hasSynagogue Great Synagogue of Lod ⓘ
historicalEvent Arab–Israeli War of 1948 ⓘ
surface form: 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Lydda and Ramle exodus ⓘ
surface form: 1948 Lydda death march

1948 depopulation of most Palestinian Arab inhabitants ⓘ
inhabitedSince Bronze Age ⓘ
locatedIn Central District, Israel ⓘ
Sharon plain ⓘ
historical region of Palestine ⓘ
locatedNear Ben-Gurion Airport ⓘ
surface form: Ben Gurion Airport
locatedNorthwestOf Jerusalem ⓘ
locatedSoutheastOf Jaffa ⓘ
Tel Aviv ⓘ
modernOfficialName Lod ⓘ
nearbyArchaeologicalSite Tel Lod ⓘ
onTradeRoute Via Maris region ⓘ
road between Jaffa and Jerusalem ⓘ
partOf Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
surface form: British Mandate of Palestine

Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima ⓘ
Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form: Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem

Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Roman province of Judea ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
surface form: State of Israel

Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
timeDepth ancient ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

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

Palestine Post → operatedPostOfficesIn → Lydda ⓘ
Palestine Railways → servedCity → Lydda ⓘ
Palestine Airways → operatedRoute → Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lydda–Haifa
Lod → hasAncientName → Lydda ⓘ
Church of Saint George, Lod → locatedInFormerly → Lydda ⓘ
Diospolis → hasAncientName → Lydda ⓘ
Diospolis → hasAlternativeName → Lydda ⓘ
Operation Danny → location → Lydda ⓘ
Lydda and Ramle exodus → location → Lydda ⓘ
George Habash → placeOfBirth → Lydda ⓘ
Lydda Airport → nearbyTownFormerName → Lydda ⓘ
Lydda → hasName → Lydda self-link ⓘ
Lydda → hasAncientName → Lydda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lydda (Greek: Λύδδα)
Haifa–Lydda–Jerusalem line → connects → Lydda ⓘ
Haifa–Lydda–Jerusalem line → passesThrough → Lydda ⓘ
Haifa–Lydda–Jerusalem line → formerNameOfCityOnRoute → Lydda ⓘ
Lydda railway junction → locatedIn → Lydda ⓘ
Lydda railway junction → servedCity → Lydda ⓘ
Lydda–Beirut → connects → Lydda ⓘ
Lydda–Beirut → originatesFrom → Lydda ⓘ
Lydda–Beirut → namedAfter → Lydda ⓘ
Haifa–Lydda–Gaza–Rafah line → passesThrough → Lydda ⓘ
Haifa–Lydda–Gaza–Rafah line → connectsWith → Lydda ⓘ
Haifa–Lydda–Gaza–Rafah line → connectsCity → Lydda ⓘ
Lydda–Alexandria → connects → Lydda ⓘ
Lydda–Alexandria → terminusA → Lydda ⓘ
Lydda–Alexandria → namedAfter → Lydda ⓘ
Lydda–Alexandria → departureCity → Lydda ⓘ
Lydda–Cyprus → connects → Lydda ⓘ
Lydda–Cyprus → startPoint → Lydda ⓘ
Lydda–Cyprus → servedCity → Lydda ⓘ
Lydda–Baghdad → routeStart → Lydda ⓘ
Lydda–Baghdad → connectsCity → Lydda ⓘ
Ramla Subdistrict (British Mandate period) → containsSettlement → Lydda ⓘ