Panam City
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Panam City is a historic, centuries-old urban settlement in Sonargaon, Bangladesh, renowned for its abandoned colonial-era mansions and role as a former trading and administrative center.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Panam City canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
historic city ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Hindu merchant community ⓘ |
| condition |
abandoned
ⓘ
partially ruined ⓘ |
| country |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
|
| culturalSignificance | symbol of Bengal’s pre-colonial and colonial urban heritage ⓘ |
| currentUse |
film and photography location
ⓘ
heritage tourism site ⓘ |
| distanceFrom | about 27 kilometers southeast of Dhaka ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Department of Archaeology of Bangladesh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Government of Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle |
Indo-European colonial architecture
ⓘ
Mughal architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Neoclassical architecture influences ⓘ vernacular Bengali architecture ⓘ |
| hasBuildingType |
administrative buildings
ⓘ
merchant mansions ⓘ residential houses ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationBy | Department of Archaeology of Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected archaeological site of Bangladesh ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
British colonial period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mughal period NERFINISHED ⓘ late medieval period ⓘ |
| knownFor |
abandoned colonial-era mansions
ⓘ
historic urban fabric ⓘ role as former administrative center ⓘ role as former trading center ⓘ unique street-front facades ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Sonargaon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Dhaka Division
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Narayanganj District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Meghna River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shitalakshya River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyAttraction |
Goaldi Mosque
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sonargaon Folk Art and Craft Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfMainStreets | 1 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sonargaon region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
historic Sonargaon capital area ⓘ |
| restorationEfforts | conservation projects by Department of Archaeology ⓘ |
| streetLayout | linear street with rows of mansions ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
encroachment
ⓘ
environmental degradation ⓘ unregulated tourism ⓘ |
| tourismType |
cultural tourism
ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ |
| usedAs |
administrative center
ⓘ
residential quarter for wealthy merchants ⓘ trading hub ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.