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ID: 7004218
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004218
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Matera (inhabited place)  Matera (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 40 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 40.6667  decimal degrees
Long: 016 36 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 16.6000  decimal degrees

Note: Was important in Neolithic period, producing pottery during Middle Neolithic that has given the name "Matera ware" to a widespread style; was thriving medieval center, held by Normans, Aragonese & then by Orsini family of Rome.

Names:
Matera (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italia (nation)  ........  Italia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Basilicata (region (administrative division))  ............  Basilicata (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Matera (province)  ................  Matera (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Matera (inhabited place)  ....................  Matera (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled in Neolithic times, later was important medieval center
town (C)
provincial capital (C)
cultural center (C)  ............  noted for museum of antiquities

Sources and Contributors:
Matera..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Annuario Generale (1980)
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 577
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  TCI: Basilicata Calabria (1980) 323
.................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 121
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 740
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Annuario Generale (1980)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 577
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -121381
..................  TCI: Basilicata Calabria (1980) 323
..................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 121
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 740
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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