Koules Fortress

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coastal fortification fortress historic monument tourist attraction

Koules Fortress is a Venetian-era coastal stronghold guarding the harbor of Heraklion on the Greek island of Crete.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Firkas Fortress	1
Koules Fortress canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coastal fortification ⓘ fortress ⓘ historic monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Castello a Mare ⓘ Koules ⓘ Rocca a Mare ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Venetian military architecture ⓘ
builder	Venetians ⓘ
builtBy	Republic of Venice ⓘ
constructionPeriod	early 16th century ⓘ
controlledBy	Kingdom of Greece ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Republic of Venice ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
hasFunction	coastal defense ⓘ harbor defense ⓘ prison (historical) ⓘ storage of provisions (historical) ⓘ tourist site ⓘ
hasPart	Venetian coats of arms (reliefs) ⓘ bastions ⓘ casemates ⓘ cells ⓘ gun emplacements ⓘ inner courtyard ⓘ main gate ⓘ ramparts ⓘ storage rooms ⓘ thick sea-facing walls ⓘ
heritageDesignation	listed monument ⓘ protected cultural property of Greece ⓘ
languageOfName	Greek ⓘ
locatedAtMouthOf	Port of Heraklion ⓘ surface form: old harbor of Heraklion
locatedIn	Heraklion ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
locatedInCountry	Greece ⓘ
locatedInHarbor	Port of Heraklion ⓘ surface form: Heraklion harbor
locatedInMunicipality	Municipality of Heraklion ⓘ surface form: Heraklion municipality
locatedInRegion	Crete ⓘ surface form: Region of Crete
locatedOn	Crete ⓘ
materialUsed	stone ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
operator	Greek state ⓘ
replaced	earlier medieval fortifications ⓘ
significance	symbol of Heraklion ⓘ
tourism	popular sightseeing destination in Crete ⓘ
usedFor	control of maritime traffic ⓘ protection of Heraklion harbor ⓘ

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

Heraklion → hasLandmark → Koules Fortress ⓘ

Maritime Museum of Crete → locatedInBuilding → Koules Fortress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Firkas Fortress