Zaria City Walls

E328708

cultural heritage site defensive wall historic fortification

Zaria City Walls are historic defensive fortifications in Zaria, Nigeria, built by the Hausa kingdom to protect the ancient city and control access.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Zaria City Walls canonical	1
Zaria walls	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural heritage site ⓘ defensive wall ⓘ historic fortification ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Hausa architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Emir of Zazzau ⓘ trans-Saharan trade routes ⓘ
builtBy	Hausa city-states ⓘ surface form: Hausa kingdom
condition	partially preserved ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
countryCapitalOf	false ⓘ
culture	Hausa ⓘ
function	protection against invasion ⓘ protection of royal palace area ⓘ regulation of trade routes ⓘ
governedBy	National Commission for Museums and Monuments of Nigeria ⓘ surface form: National Commission for Museums and Monuments (Nigeria)
hasHeritageStatus	candidate for UNESCO World Heritage List ⓘ
hasPart	city gates ⓘ moats ⓘ
hasType	city wall ⓘ earthen rampart ⓘ
heritageDesignation	national monument of Nigeria ⓘ
heritageOf	Hausa people ⓘ
languageOfPlace	Hausa ⓘ
locatedIn	Zaria ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	Kaduna State ⓘ
locatedInContinent	Africa ⓘ
locatedInFormerEntity	Zazzau Emirate ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Northern Nigeria ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	West Africa Time ⓘ
locatedNear	Ahmadu Bello University ⓘ surface form: Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
materialUsed	earth ⓘ laterite ⓘ mud ⓘ
namedAfter	Zaria ⓘ
partOf	Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria ⓘ surface form: ancient city of Zaria
religionHistoricallyAssociated	Islam ⓘ
significantFor	history of Hausa city-states ⓘ urban development in Northern Nigeria ⓘ
significantPeriod	Hausa city-states period ⓘ pre-colonial era ⓘ
surrounds	Zaria ⓘ surface form: old city of Zaria
threatenedBy	erosion ⓘ lack of maintenance ⓘ urban expansion ⓘ
touristAttraction	true ⓘ
use	city defense ⓘ control of access ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Zaria → hasLandmark → Zaria City Walls ⓘ

Kofar Kibo gate → associatedWith → Zaria City Walls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaria walls