Laconia

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historical region regional unit of Greece

Laconia is a historical region in the southeastern Peloponnese of Greece, best known as the homeland of ancient Sparta.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
regional unit of Greece ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf decentralized administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian ⓘ
surface form: Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian
alternativeName Lakonia ⓘ
borders Arcadia ⓘ
Argolis ⓘ
Laconian Gulf ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Messenia ⓘ
Messenian Gulf ⓘ
capital Sparta ⓘ
contains Elafonisos ⓘ
Eurotas River ⓘ
Gytheio ⓘ
Mani Peninsula ⓘ
Monemvasia ⓘ
Mystras ⓘ
Neapoli Voion ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
ethnonym Doric Greek ⓘ
surface form: Laconian
geographicalFeature coastal ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Aegean Sea ⓘ
Ionian Sea ⓘ
hasHistoricalCity Amyclae ⓘ
Gytheio ⓘ
surface form: Gytheion
hasMainRiver Eurotas River ⓘ
hasPart Parnon mountain range ⓘ
Mount Taygetus ⓘ
surface form: Taygetus mountain range
historicalCapital Sparta ⓘ
historicalEra Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine period

Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Roman period
historicalPeople Dorians ⓘ
surface form: Lacedaemonians
knownFor Sparta ⓘ
surface form: Spartan civilization

Spartan military society ⓘ
being homeland of ancient Sparta ⓘ
languageOriginOf term laconic ⓘ
locatedIn Peloponnese ⓘ
southeastern Peloponnese ⓘ
southern Greece ⓘ
locatedOn Peloponnese ⓘ
surface form: Peloponnese peninsula
modernAdministrativeStatus regional unit in the Peloponnese Region of Greece ⓘ
partOf Peloponnese ⓘ
surface form: Region of Peloponnese
religionHistorically ancient Greek religion ⓘ
wasPartOf ancient Laconia ⓘ
surface form: ancient region of Lacedaemon

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

Taygete → associatedPlace → Laconia ⓘ
Arcadia → borderedBy → Laconia ⓘ
Argolid → borders → Laconia ⓘ
Mani Peninsula → borders → Laconia ⓘ
Sparta → capitalOf → Laconia ⓘ
Peloponnese → contains → Laconia ⓘ
Southern Greece → contains → Laconia ⓘ
Apollo Karneios → cultRegion → Laconia ⓘ
Eurotas River → locatedIn → Laconia ⓘ
Sparta → locatedIn → Laconia ⓘ
Spartan army → locatedIn → Laconia ⓘ
Doric Greek → region → Laconia ⓘ
Mount Taygetus → region → Laconia ⓘ
Strait of Kythira → region → Laconia ⓘ
Hyacinthus → regionOfMyth → Laconia ⓘ
Tsakonian → spokenIn → Laconia ⓘ