Pnyx hill

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archaeological site hill historic site

Pnyx hill is an ancient Athenian meeting place where citizens gathered to hold democratic assemblies and debate public affairs.

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All labels observed (4)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ hill ⓘ historic site ⓘ
associatedWith	Assembly of the People ⓘ Athenian democracy ⓘ Ecclesia ⓘ surface form: ekklesia
category	Ancient Greek political institutions ⓘ Archaeological sites in Athens ⓘ Hills of Athens ⓘ
coordinateSystem	WGS84 ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
era	Classical Greece ⓘ
governanceBody	Athenian Assembly (Ekklesia) ⓘ surface form: Athenian Assembly
governedBy	Athens ⓘ surface form: City of Athens
hasFunction	meeting place for Athenian citizens ⓘ seat of the Athenian ekklesia ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage	Πνύκα ⓘ
hasPart	bema ⓘ semi-circular auditorium ⓘ speaker's platform ⓘ
hasView	Saronic Gulf ⓘ
heritageStatus	important site of democratic history ⓘ
languageOfName	Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Athens ⓘ Attica ⓘ Greece ⓘ
material	rock-cut terrace ⓘ
near	Acropolis of Athens ⓘ surface form: Acropolis Agora hill ⓘ surface form: Philopappos Hill
overlooks	Acropolis of Athens ⓘ Athens ⓘ surface form: ancient city of Athens
partOf	Classical Athens ⓘ surface form: ancient Athens
periodOfUse	4th century BCE ⓘ 5th century BCE ⓘ
politicalSystem	direct democracy ⓘ
presentDayUse	archaeological park ⓘ public open space ⓘ
significance	one of the earliest known sites of formal democracy ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
usedBy	male Athenian citizens ⓘ
usedFor	civic decision-making ⓘ democratic assemblies ⓘ political gatherings ⓘ popular assembly meetings ⓘ public debates ⓘ

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

Ecclesia → meetsAt → Pnyx hill ⓘ

Athenian Assembly (Ekklesia) → meetingPlace → Pnyx hill ⓘ

Bouleuterion on the Athenian Agora → isDistinctFrom → Pnyx hill ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pnyx assembly area

polis of Athens → hasPart → Pnyx hill ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pnyx

Assembly of the Demos → location → Pnyx hill ⓘ

archaeological landscape of central Athens → hasPart → Pnyx hill ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pnyx Hill