Kotte

E407284
former capital city historic city

Kotte is a historic Sri Lankan city that once served as the capital of a medieval kingdom and later gave its name to the modern administrative capital, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kotte canonical 11
King of Kotte 1

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former capital city ⓘ
historic city ⓘ
associatedDynasty Kingdom of Kotte ⓘ
surface form: Kotte dynasty
associatedWith Parakramabahu VI ⓘ
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
capitalOf Kingdom of Kotte ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
gaveNameTo Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
hasHeritageType archaeological site ⓘ
historic settlement ⓘ
hasNameOrigin Kingdom of Kotte ⓘ
surface form: Kotte Kingdom
historicalEra medieval Sri Lanka ⓘ
languageOfToponym Sinhala ⓘ
locatedIn Western Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedNear Colombo ⓘ
modernAdministrativeContext part of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council area ⓘ
notableFor influence on the modern administrative capital’s name ⓘ
role as capital of a medieval Sinhalese kingdom ⓘ
partOf Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
surface form: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte urban area
politicalStatus former royal capital ⓘ
region Western Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: western Sri Lanka
religionHistoricallyDominant Buddhism ⓘ
servedAsCapitalFrom 15th century ⓘ
servedAsCapitalUntil 16th century ⓘ
successorCapital Colombo ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte → formerName → Kotte ⓘ
Kingdom of Kotte → capital → Kotte ⓘ
Kingdom of Kotte → namedAfter → Kotte ⓘ
Kingdom of Kotte → partitionedInto → Kotte ⓘ
King of Kandy → follows → Kotte ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Kotte
unicameral Parliament of Sri Lanka → district → Kotte ⓘ
subject surface form: Parliament of Sri Lanka
Diyawanna Lake → near → Kotte ⓘ
Treaty of 1518 with the Portuguese → appliesToTerritory → Kotte ⓘ
Parakramabahu VI → capital → Kotte ⓘ
Bhuvanekabahu VII → placeOfRule → Kotte ⓘ
Bhuvanekabahu VII → deathPlace → Kotte ⓘ
Dharma Parakramabahu IX → capital → Kotte ⓘ