Attica

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administrative region of Greece historical region

Attica is a historical region of central Greece that includes the capital city of Athens and has been a core center of Greek civilization since antiquity.

Aliases (1)

Attica periphery ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative region of Greece → historical region →
borders	Boeotia → Corinthia → Peloponnese (across the Isthmus of Corinth) →
capital	Athens →
coastlineOn	Aegean Sea → Saronic Gulf →
contains	Athens → Athens metropolitan area → Cape Sounion → Central Athens regional unit → East Attica regional unit → Eleusis → Laurium → Marathon → North Athens regional unit → Piraeus → Piraeus regional unit → Salamis Island → South Athens regional unit → West Athens regional unit → West Attica regional unit →
country	Greece →
governedBy	Region of Attica administration →
hasClimate	Mediterranean climate →
hasHighestPoint	Mount Parnitha →
hasMajorIndustry	services → shipping → tourism →
hasMountain	Mount Aigaleo → Mount Hymettus → Mount Pentelicus →
historicalPeriod	Classical Greece →
joined	modern Greek state →
knownFor	ancient monuments → philosophy and arts in antiquity → role in development of democracy →
locatedIn	central Greece →
officialLanguage	Greek →
partOf	Greek mainland →
timeZone	Eastern European Time →
timeZoneDST	Eastern European Summer Time →
wasCenterOf	Athenian democracy → Classical Greek civilization → ancient Athenian polis →
wasPartOf	Byzantine Empire → Mycenaean civilization → Ottoman Empire → Roman Empire →

Referenced by (63)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Academy of Athens (ancient) → Acropolis of Athens → Alcmaeonid family → Ancient Agora of Athens → Athens → Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos → Athens Metro → Benaki Museum → Cape Sounion → Classical Athens → East Attica regional unit → Eleusis → Hadrian's Arch (Athens) → Holy Synod of the Church of Greece → Laurium → Lyceum of Aristotle → Marathon → Megara → National Archaeological Museum of Athens → National and Kapodistrian University of Athens → Panathenaic Stadium → Parthenon → Penteli quarries → Piraeus → Propylaea → Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece → Telesterion at Eleusis →	locatedIn
Acropolis Museum → Athenian drachma → Hydra → Iphicrates → Long Walls → National Garden →	region
Aeschylus → Sophocles → Xenophon →	birthPlace
Boeotia → Corinthia → Saronic Gulf →	borders
Athenian army → Battle of Marathon → Varkiza Agreement →	location
Mount Aigaleo → Salamis Island → West Attica regional unit ("Attica periphery") →	partOf
Maximos Mansion → Syntagma Square →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Daphni Monastery → Temple of Olympian Zeus →	locatedInRegion
Hellenic Ministry of Culture → Pentelic marble →	locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Greece →	contains
Central Greece →	containsRegion
Pausanias’ Description of Greece →	describes
Classical period →	hasMainTerritory
Agariste →	historicalRegion
Ion →	linkedRegion
Boutes →	locationContext
Attica region →	namedAfter
Athenian cavalry →	primaryTheater
Callicrates →	regionOfActivity
Attic Greek →	spokenIn
Artemis →	worshippedIn