Kavala

E70869
city

Kavala is a historic coastal city in northern Greece known for its strategic harbor, Ottoman and Byzantine landmarks, and role as a major gateway to the Aegean.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Kavala (regional unit) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
administrativeStatus municipality ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
connectedBy Egnatia Odos (Greek motorway) ⓘ
surface form: Egnatia Odos motorway
country Greece ⓘ
economy fishing ⓘ
services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasAirport Kavala International Airport Megas Alexandros ⓘ
hasFeature coastal city ⓘ
natural harbor ⓘ
hasLandmark Imaret of Kavala ⓘ
Kavala Aqueduct ⓘ
Kavala Castle ⓘ
Mohammed Ali Pasha House ⓘ
Municipal Tobacco Warehouse ⓘ
Old Town Panagia ⓘ
Tobacco warehouses ⓘ
hasPort Port of Kavala ⓘ
hasReligiousSite Churches from Byzantine and post-Byzantine periods ⓘ
Ottoman mosques (historic) ⓘ
hasUniversityFacility campuses of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology ⓘ
historicalName Christoupolis ⓘ
Neapolis ⓘ
isCapitalOf Kavala regional unit ⓘ
isPartOf Kavala regional unit ⓘ
joinedGreeceIn 1913 ⓘ
knownFor Byzantine landmarks ⓘ
Ottoman landmarks ⓘ
historic architecture ⓘ
strategic harbor ⓘ
tobacco trade history ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Macedonia and Thrace ⓘ
northern Greece ⓘ
locatedOn Aegean Sea ⓘ
Bay of Kavala ⓘ
namedAfter nearby ancient city of Neapolis and Christoupolis heritage ⓘ
near Thasos ⓘ
surface form: Thasos Island
role gateway to the northern Aegean ⓘ
regional commercial center ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
timezone Eastern European Time ⓘ
timezoneDST Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
wasIncorporatedInto Kingdom of Greece ⓘ
wasRuledBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Thasos → connectedByFerryTo → Kavala ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kavala (regional unit)
Aegean Sea → hasPort → Kavala ⓘ
subject surface form: Ploiești
Ravenna → twinnedWith → Kavala ⓘ