Williamsburg

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city independent city

Williamsburg is a historic colonial city in Virginia renowned for its well-preserved 18th-century architecture and living-history museum, Colonial Williamsburg.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Williamsburg, Virginia 18
Williamsburg, Virginia, United States 2
Williamsburg City Council 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
independent city ⓘ
associatedWithEvent American Revolutionary War era activities ⓘ
becameCapitalOf Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Colony of Virginia
capitalOfFrom 1699 ⓘ
capitalOfUntil 1780 ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
economyBasedOn higher education ⓘ
hospitality industry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
founded 1632 ⓘ
foundedAs Middle Plantation ⓘ
governingBody Williamsburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Williamsburg City Council
governmentType council–manager government ⓘ
hasAttraction Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Bruton Parish Church

Capitol building (colonial) ⓘ
Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ
surface form: Colonial Williamsburg historic area

Duke of Gloucester Street ⓘ
Governor's Palace ⓘ
hasInstitution Busch Gardens Williamsburg (nearby theme park) ⓘ
College of William & Mary ⓘ
Muscarelle Museum of Art ⓘ
William & Mary Law School ⓘ
hasNearbyRiver James River ⓘ
York River ⓘ
hasOrganization Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ
surface form: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
hasTransportation Williamsburg Transportation Center ⓘ
heritage colonial American history ⓘ
historicDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
surface form: National Historic Landmark District (parts of city)
knownFor 18th-century architecture ⓘ
Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ
historic preservation ⓘ
living-history museum ⓘ
locatedIn James City County ⓘ
surface form: James City County, Virginia
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter William III of England ⓘ
surface form: King William III of England
near Jamestown ⓘ
surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

Yorktown ⓘ
surface form: Yorktown, Virginia
partOf Hampton Roads ⓘ
surface form: Hampton Roads metropolitan area

Colonial National Historical Park ⓘ
surface form: Historic Triangle of Virginia
precededAsCapitalBy Jamestown ⓘ
renamed Williamsburg ⓘ
servedBy Amtrak ⓘ
Interstate 64 NERFINISHED ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
succeededAsCapitalBy Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
tourismRegion Colonial National Historical Park ⓘ
surface form: Virginia's Historic Triangle

Referenced by (29)

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

Yorktown → associatedWith → Williamsburg ⓘ
Old Dominion → associatedWithCity → Williamsburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
Peyton Randolph → birthPlace → Williamsburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
College of William & Mary → city → Williamsburg ⓘ
Virginia Peninsula → contains → Williamsburg ⓘ
James River → flowsThrough → Williamsburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
this entity surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg → governingBody → Williamsburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Williamsburg City Council
House of Burgesses → hasCapital → Williamsburg ⓘ
Virginia → hasHistoricSite → Williamsburg ⓘ
Lawrence Taylor → highSchoolLocation → Williamsburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
Peninsula Campaign → keyCity → Williamsburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
College of William & Mary → locatedIn → Williamsburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
House of Burgesses → locatedIn → Williamsburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
Fort Eustis, Virginia → locatedNear → Williamsburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
Virginia Convention → location → Williamsburg ⓘ
subject surface form: Fifth Virginia Convention
this entity surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
Virginia Convention → location → Williamsburg ⓘ
subject surface form: First Virginia Convention
this entity surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
Virginia Convention → location → Williamsburg ⓘ
subject surface form: Fourth Virginia Convention
this entity surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
this entity surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
Jamestown → nearbyCity → Williamsburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
Edmund Randolph → placeOfBirth → Williamsburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
Lawrence Taylor → placeOfBirth → Williamsburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
L.T. → placeOfBirth → Williamsburg ⓘ
subject surface form: Lawrence Taylor
this entity surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Francis Fauquier → placeOfDeath → Williamsburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
Jamestown → replacedAsCapitalBy → Williamsburg ⓘ
Francis Fauquier → residence → Williamsburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
Peyton Randolph → residence → Williamsburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia