Ancona

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city port city

Ancona is a historic port city on Italy’s Adriatic coast, notable for its long-standing Jewish community and role as a commercial and cultural crossroads.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
port city ⓘ
airportAlsoKnownAs Ancona Airport ⓘ
surface form: Ancona Falconara Airport
connectsToBySea Albania ⓘ
Croatia ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
foundedBy Greek settlers ⓘ
hasAdministrativeStatus provincial capital ⓘ
regional capital ⓘ
hasCharacteristic long-standing Jewish community ⓘ
hasCommunity Jewish community ⓘ
hasCulturalRole gateway between Italy and the Balkans ⓘ
gateway between Italy and the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
hasDemographicGroup Italian Jews ⓘ
hasEconomicSector fishing ⓘ
shipbuilding ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasEtymology Greek word "ankon" meaning "elbow" ⓘ
hasFeature historic port ⓘ
natural harbor ⓘ
hasFunction commercial port ⓘ
industrial center ⓘ
passenger port ⓘ
hasHistoricCommunity Jewish merchants ⓘ
hasHistoricPeriodOfImportance Middle Ages ⓘ
Renaissance ⓘ
Roman era ⓘ
hasLandmark Arch of Trajan ⓘ
Lazzaretto of Ancona ⓘ
Mole Vanvitelliana ⓘ
hasPort Port of Ancona ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Ancona Cathedral ⓘ
Church of San Ciriaco ⓘ
hasReligiousSite Synagogue of Ancona ⓘ
hasRole commercial crossroads ⓘ
cultural crossroads ⓘ
hasTransport Ancona Airport ⓘ
Ancona railway station ⓘ
isCapitalOf Province of Ancona ⓘ
isRegionalCapitalOf Marche region ⓘ
surface form: Marche
languageUsed Italian ⓘ
locatedIn Marche region ⓘ
surface form: Marche

Central Italy ⓘ
surface form: central Italy
locatedOn Adriatic Sea ⓘ
Adriatic coast ⓘ
surface form: Adriatic coast of Italy
portServesAs major ferry hub on the Adriatic ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Marche region → capital → Ancona ⓘ
subject surface form: Marche
Papal States → contains → Ancona ⓘ
Central Italy → containsCity → Ancona ⓘ
Marche region → containsCity → Ancona ⓘ
subject surface form: Marche
Adriatic Sea → hasMajorPort → Ancona ⓘ
Marche region → largestCity → Ancona ⓘ
subject surface form: Marche
Picenum → majorSettlement → Ancona ⓘ
Patras → twinnedWith → Ancona ⓘ