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Porto Torres (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 50 06 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.8350 decimal degrees |
| Long: 008 23 50 E degrees minutes |
Long: 8.3972 decimal degrees |
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Note: One of the most important ancient cities in Sardegna; became a colonia civium Romanorum & was inscribed in the Collina tribe under Caesar; chief town of the giudicato of Torres in the Middle Ages; ruins include a large bath building & Roman bridge. |
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| Porto Torres (preferred,C,V)
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| Portotorres (C,V)
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| Portocorres (C,V)
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| Ad Turrem Librisonis (H,V)
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............ | Latin name |
| Ad Turrem Libyssonis (H,V)
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............ | Latin name |
| Turris Libisonis (H,V)
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| Turris Libysonis (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
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Sardegna (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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inhabited since Neolithic times, later a Phoenician, then Carthaginian port |
| town (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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