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ID: 7003980
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7003980
Record Type:
administrative
Ancona (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 43 38 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 43.6333
decimal degrees
Long: 013 30 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 13.5000
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on the Adriatic Sea; was founded by Greeks from Syracuse; thrived as Roman naval base after Illyrian War of 178 BCE; given to popes by Charlemagne in 774 CE; later was maritime republic; again under papal rule from 1532.
Names:
Ancona
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English-P
)
............
from Greek "angkon" meaning "elbow," referring to the shape a promontory that originally protected the harbor
אנקונה
(
C
,
U
,
Hebrew
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Italia
(nation) (
P
)
............
Marche
(region (administrative division)) (
P,
C
)
became part of unified Italy in 1860
................
Ancona
(province) (
P
)
....................
Ancona
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
site of proto-Villanovan remains; was colonized by Dorians from Syracuse in 6th cen. BC
city (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
provincial capital (
C
)
port (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
אנקונה..........
[
IMJ
]
.................
Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Ancona..........
[
BHA
,
FDA
,
GRLPSC
,
IMJ Preferred
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
1:32
.................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
.................
Gallerie degli Uffizi database (1987-)
.................
Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
.................
National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................
TCI: Marche (1979)
87 ff.
.................
Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994)
12
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
FDA
,
GRLPSC
,
IMJ
,
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 32; 1:32
..................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
..................
Gallerie degli Uffizi database (1987-)
..................
Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................
National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-110393
..................
TCI: Marche (1979)
87 ff.
..................
Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994)
12
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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