Elis region

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historical region region of Greece

The Elis region is a historical area in western Peloponnese, Greece, known in antiquity for encompassing the city-state that administered the sanctuary of Olympia and the ancient Olympic Games.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Elis (region)	2
Elis region canonical	2
Ossa region	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical region ⓘ region of Greece ⓘ
agriculturalProduct	citrus fruits ⓘ grapes ⓘ olives ⓘ
ancientEthnicGroup	Eleans NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsTo	Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian NERFINISHED ⓘ
borders	Achaea region NERFINISHED ⓘ Arcadia region NERFINISHED ⓘ Ionian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Messenia region NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Pyrgos NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
connectedByFerryTo	Kefalonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Zakynthos NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Amaliada NERFINISHED ⓘ Andravida NERFINISHED ⓘ Gastouni NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyllini NERFINISHED ⓘ Olympia NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyrgos NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
governed	Olympia sanctuary in antiquity ⓘ organization of the Olympic Games in antiquity ⓘ
hasMountain	Erymanthos Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPort	Kyllini port NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRiver	Alfeios River NERFINISHED ⓘ Pineios River NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalCapital	Elis (ancient city) NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	administration of the ancient Olympic Games ⓘ administration of the sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ agricultural production ⓘ archaeological site of Olympia NERFINISHED ⓘ fertile plains ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Peloponnese ⓘ southern Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ western Peloponnese NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Ionian Sea coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ
modernAdministrativeUnit	regional unit of Elis ⓘ
partOf	Peloponnese peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Periphery of Western Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousCenter	Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	ancient Greece ⓘ classical antiquity ⓘ
tourismAttraction	Ionian Sea beaches ⓘ Olympia archaeological museum NERFINISHED ⓘ archaeological site of Olympia NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Ancient Elis → locatedIn → Elis region ⓘ

Ancient Elis → politicalCenterOf → Elis region ⓘ

Elis (city) → locatedIn → Elis region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elis (region)

Elis (city) → capitalOf → Elis region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elis (region)

city of Larissa → nearMountainRange → Elis region ⓘ

subject surface form: Larissa

this entity surface form: Ossa region