Canterbury

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cathedral city city historic city

Canterbury is a historic cathedral city in Kent, England, renowned for its medieval architecture and status as a major center of Christian pilgrimage.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Canterbury canonical	204
City of Canterbury	5
Canterbury World Heritage Site	2
Canterbury, Kent	2
CANTERBURY	1
Canterbury (constituency)	1
Canterbury City Council	1
Canterbury UNESCO World Heritage Site	1
Canterbury, England	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cathedral city ⓘ city ⓘ historic city ⓘ
associatedWithAuthor	Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ surface form: Thomas Becket
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
economicActivity	education ⓘ retail and services ⓘ tourism ⓘ
famousFor	Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ The Canterbury Tales ⓘ medieval architecture ⓘ
foundedBy	Romans ⓘ
governedBy	Canterbury District ⓘ surface form: Canterbury City Council
hasArchbishop	Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
hasCathedral	Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution	Canterbury Roman Museum ⓘ The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge ⓘ The Marlowe Theatre ⓘ
hasDialCode	01227 ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	University for the Creative Arts (Canterbury campus) ⓘ
hasLandmark	Canterbury Castle ⓘ surface form: Canterbury Castle (ruins) St Augustine's Abbey ⓘ St Martin's Church ⓘ Westgate Towers ⓘ medieval city walls ⓘ
hasPostcodeArea	CT ⓘ
hasStatus	World Heritage Site component ⓘ
hasTransport	Canterbury East railway station ⓘ Canterbury West railway station ⓘ
hasTwinTown	Bloomington, Indiana ⓘ Esztergom ⓘ Lille ⓘ Reims ⓘ Vladimir ⓘ
hasUniversity	Canterbury Christ Church University campus ⓘ surface form: Canterbury Christ Church University University of Kent ⓘ
historicalEvent	murder of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfGrowth	medieval period ⓘ
locatedIn	Kent ⓘ South East England ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	River Stour ⓘ
partOf	England ⓘ
pilgrimageDestinationSince	12th century ⓘ
region	historic county of Kent ⓘ
religiousRole	ecclesiastical centre of the Church of England ⓘ seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion ⓘ
religiousSignificance	major centre of Christian pilgrimage ⓘ
RomanName	Durovernum Cantiacorum ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponent	Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ surface form: Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church

Referenced by (218)

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

Archbishop John Sharp → residence → Canterbury ⓘ

subject surface form: John Sharp

South East England → hasHistoricTown → Canterbury ⓘ

Sandwich, Kent, England → near → Canterbury ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canterbury, Kent

North Downs → traditionallyConnects → Canterbury ⓘ

subject surface form: Pilgrims’ Way

Archbishop of Canterbury → locatedIn → Canterbury ⓘ

Archbishop of Canterbury → hasSecondaryCathedralCity → Canterbury ⓘ

See of Canterbury → locatedIn → Canterbury ⓘ

Murder in the Cathedral → firstPerformanceCity → Canterbury ⓘ

Diocese of Truro → ecclesiasticalProvince → Canterbury ⓘ

Diocese of Derby → locatedInEcclesiasticalProvince → Canterbury ⓘ

Canterbury Cathedral → locatedIn → Canterbury ⓘ

Canterbury Cathedral → partOf → Canterbury ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canterbury World Heritage Site

Diocese of Birmingham → isInEcclesiasticalProvince → Canterbury ⓘ

Forty-Two Articles → placeOfOrigin → Canterbury ⓘ

Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich → ecclesiasticalProvince → Canterbury ⓘ

Margarete (second wife) → residence → Canterbury ⓘ

southern England → containsCity → Canterbury ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern England

St Edmund's School, Canterbury → locatedIn → Canterbury ⓘ

Dover → railConnectionTo → Canterbury ⓘ

Canterbury, Kent, England → hasGoverningBody → Canterbury ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canterbury City Council

Anselm of Canterbury → deathPlace → Canterbury ⓘ

Anselm of Canterbury → workLocation → Canterbury ⓘ

Port of Ramsgate → nearbyCity → Canterbury ⓘ

Ashford → nearbyTown → Canterbury ⓘ

River Stour → flowsThrough → Canterbury ⓘ

subject surface form: River Stour (Kent)

River Stour → hasSettlementOnBank → Canterbury ⓘ

subject surface form: River Stour (Kent)

River Stour → hasMajorTownOnCourse → Canterbury ⓘ

subject surface form: River Stour (Kent)

Thomas → workLocation → Canterbury ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas Cranmer

Dean of Canterbury → locatedIn → Canterbury ⓘ

The Canterbury Tales → primaryLocation → Canterbury ⓘ

Convocation of Canterbury → location → Canterbury ⓘ

Saint Thomas Becket → deathPlace → Canterbury ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas Becket

Saint Thomas Becket → patronage → Canterbury ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas Becket

South Thanet → borderedBy → Canterbury ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canterbury (constituency)

Pilgrims’ Way route → associatedWith → Canterbury ⓘ

Pilgrims’ Way route → terminus → Canterbury ⓘ

Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty → locatedNear → Canterbury ⓘ

Baedeker Blitz → location → Canterbury ⓘ

Augustine of Canterbury → deathPlace → Canterbury ⓘ

Augustine of Canterbury → associatedWithPlace → Canterbury ⓘ

Old Palace, Canterbury → locatedIn → Canterbury ⓘ

Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral → hasSeatIn → Canterbury ⓘ

Treaty of Canterbury → locationSigned → Canterbury ⓘ

Treaty of Canterbury → namedAfter → Canterbury ⓘ

Abdulrazak Gurnah → residence → Canterbury ⓘ

Joseph Conrad → burialPlace → Canterbury ⓘ

Stephen Langton → workLocation → Canterbury ⓘ

Holy Trinity Church, Coventry → ecclesiasticalProvince → Canterbury ⓘ

historic county of Kent → contains → Canterbury ⓘ

historic county of Kent → historicCountyTown → Canterbury ⓘ