Valley of the Temples

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UNESCO World Heritage Site archaeological park archaeological site tourist attraction

The Valley of the Temples is a renowned archaeological park near Agrigento in Sicily, famous for its exceptionally well-preserved ancient Greek temples and classical ruins.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Valley of the Temples canonical	12
Valley of the Temples archaeological park	3
Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico della Valle dei Templi	2
Valle dei Templi	2
Archaeological Area of Agrigento	1
Valley of the Temples archaeological complex	1
Valley of the Temples complex	1
Valley of the Temples in Agrigento	1
Villa Romana del Casale	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ archaeological park ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Doric ⓘ
associatedWith	ancient city of Akragas ⓘ
category	Greek temple complex ⓘ
constructionStartDate	5th century BC ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ
foundedBy	Greek colonists from Gela ⓘ
governingBody	Valley of the Temples self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico della Valle dei Templi
hasPart	Olympeion field ⓘ Temple of Asclepius ⓘ Temple of Castor and Pollux ⓘ Temple of Concord ⓘ surface form: Temple of Concordia Temple of Demeter ⓘ Temple of Hephaestus ⓘ Temple of Hera Lacinia ⓘ Temple of Heracles ⓘ Temple of Juno Caelestis ⓘ surface form: Temple of Juno Temple of Olympian Zeus ⓘ agora ⓘ city walls ⓘ early Christian basilica remains ⓘ gates ⓘ necropolis ⓘ
heritageCriteria	UNESCO criterion (i) ⓘ UNESCO criterion (ii) ⓘ UNESCO criterion (iii) ⓘ UNESCO criterion (iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionYear	1997 ⓘ
knownFor	classical ruins ⓘ panoramic views over Agrigento and the sea ⓘ well-preserved Greek Doric temples ⓘ
languageOfName	Italian ⓘ
locatedIn	Akragas ⓘ surface form: Agrigento Sicily ⓘ ancient Akragas ⓘ southern Italy ⓘ
locatedOn	hill ridge ⓘ
near	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
officialName	Valley of the Temples self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Valle dei Templi
partOf	Valley of the Temples self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Archaeological Area of Agrigento
period	Classical Greece ⓘ
significantEvent	Carthaginian destruction in 406 BC ⓘ Roman conquest of Akragas ⓘ conversion of temples into Christian churches ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	831 ⓘ
visitorAttraction	major tourist destination in Sicily ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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

Sicily → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Valley of the Temples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Villa Romana del Casale

Southern Italy → contains → Valley of the Temples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valley of the Temples in Agrigento

Valley of the Temples → partOf → Valley of the Temples self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Archaeological Area of Agrigento

Valley of the Temples → governingBody → Valley of the Temples self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico della Valle dei Templi

Valley of the Temples → officialName → Valley of the Temples self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valle dei Templi

Akragas → knownFor → Valley of the Temples ⓘ

Akragas → archaeologicalSite → Valley of the Temples ⓘ

Temple of Demeter → locatedIn → Valley of the Temples ⓘ

subject surface form: Temple of Demeter (Agrigento)

Olympeion field → locatedIn → Valley of the Temples ⓘ

Olympeion field → partOf → Valley of the Temples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valley of the Temples archaeological park

Olympeion field → management → Valley of the Temples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico della Valle dei Templi

Ἀκράγας → knownFor → Valley of the Temples ⓘ

Ἀκράγας → UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePart → Valley of the Temples ⓘ

UNESCO World Heritage Site (as Valley of the Temples, Agrigento) → alsoKnownAs → Valley of the Temples ⓘ

subject surface form: Valley of the Temples, Agrigento

this entity surface form: Valle dei Templi

UNESCO World Heritage Site (as Valley of the Temples, Agrigento) → alsoKnownAs → Valley of the Temples ⓘ

subject surface form: Valley of the Temples, Agrigento

Temple of Hera Lacinia → locatedIn → Valley of the Temples ⓘ

Temple of Hera Lacinia → partOf → Valley of the Temples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valley of the Temples archaeological complex

Temple of Heracles → locatedIn → Valley of the Temples ⓘ

Temple of Heracles → locatedWithin → Valley of the Temples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valley of the Temples archaeological park

Temple of Olympian Zeus → locatedIn → Valley of the Temples ⓘ

subject surface form: Temple of Olympian Zeus (Akragas)

Temple of Olympian Zeus → partOf → Valley of the Temples ⓘ

subject surface form: Temple of Olympian Zeus (Akragas)

this entity surface form: Valley of the Temples archaeological park

Temple of Concordia → locatedIn → Valley of the Temples ⓘ

Byodo-In Temple → partOf → Valley of the Temples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valley of the Temples complex