roman_amphitheaters.geojson

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  "Feature": "http://geovocab.org/spatial#Feature",
  "FeatureCollection": " _:n1",
  "Point": "http://geovocab.org/geometry#Point",
  "coordinates": {"@id":"http://example.org/geojsonUnorderedCoordArrayMember"},
  "features": "_:listOfAmphitheaters",
  "geometry": "http://geovocab.org/geometry#geometry",
  "id": "@id",
  "properties": { "@id":"http://example.org/properties" },
  "type": "@type",
  "capacity": { "@id":"http://example.org/capacity"},
  "rdfs":"http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#",
  "xsd": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#",
  "dcterms":"http://purl.org/dc/terms/",
  "dcterms:created": {
   "@type":"xsd:gDate"}
} ,
  "type": "FeatureCollection",
  "features": [
  
      {
      "type": "Feature",
      "id":"duraEuroposAmphitheater",
      "properties": {
        "dcterms:title": "Amphitheater at Dura Europos",
        "dcterms:created": 216,
        "capacity":1000,
        "rdfs:comment":"Capacity and date drawn from N. Pollard's \"Soldiers, Cities, and Civilians in Roman Syria\", p. 52"
      },
      "geometry": {
        "type": "Point",
        "coordinates": [
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        ]
      }
    },{
      "type": "Feature",
      "id":"arlesAmphitheater",
      "properties": {
        "dcterms:title": "Amphitheater at Arles",
        "rdfs:seeAlso": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arles_Amphitheatre",
        "dcterms:created":90,
        "capacity": 20000
      },
      "geometry": {
        "type": "Point",
        "coordinates": [
          4.631111, 43.677778  
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "id":"lyonAmphitheater",
      "properties": {
        "dcterms:title": "Amphitheater at Lyon",
        "rdfs:seeAlso": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphitheatre_of_the_Three_Gauls",
        "rdfs:comment": "The capacity refers to number of seats after the early 2nd AD century expansion. In AD 19 the capacity was under 2000.",
        "dcterms:created":19,
        "capacity": 20000
      },
      "geometry": {
        "type": "Point",
        "coordinates": [
          4.830556,45.770556  
        ]
      }
    },{
      "type": "Feature",
      "id":"romeAmphitheater",
      "properties": {
        "dcterms:title": "Colosseum (Rome)",
        "rdfs:seeAlso": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum",
        "dcterms:created":70,
        "capacity": 50000
      },
      "geometry": {
        "type": "Point",
        "coordinates": [
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        ]
      }
    },{
      "type": "Feature",
      "id":"eleutheropolisAmphitheater",
      "properties": {
        "dcterms:title": "Amphitheater at Eleutheropolis"
      },
      "geometry": {
        "type": "Point",
        "coordinates": [
          34.8939, 31.6082
        ]
      }
    },
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      "type": "Feature",
      "id":"pompeiiAmphitheater",
      "properties": {
        "dcterms:title": "Amphitheater at Pompeii",
        "rdfs:seeAlso": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphitheatre_of_Pompeii",
        "dcterms:created":-70,
        "capacity": 20000
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        "coordinates": [
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      "type": "Feature",
      "id":"meridaAmphitheater",
      "properties": {
        "dcterms:title": "Amphitheater at Mérida (Emerita Augusta)",
        "rdfs:seeAlso": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mérida_amphitheatre",
        "dcterms:created":-8,
        "capacity": 15000
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      "geometry": {
        "type": "Point",
        "coordinates": [
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    },{
      "type": "Feature",
      "id":"newsteadAmphitheater",
      "properties": {
        "dcterms:title": "Amphitheater at Newstead (Trimontium)",
        "capacity": 2000
      },
      "geometry": {
        "type": "Point",
        "coordinates": [
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      }
    },{
      "type": "Feature",
      "id":"conimbrigaAmphitheater",
      "properties": {
        "dcterms:title": "Amphitheater at Conimbriga",
        "dcterms:created": 50,
        "capacity": 4000
      },
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        "type": "Point",
        "coordinates": [
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}

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