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ID: 7004995
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004995
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Faenza (inhabited place)  Faenza (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 44 17 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 44.2833  decimal degrees
Long: 011 53 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 11.8833  decimal degrees

Elevation:
111.548  feet    34.0000  meters

Note: Town on an ancient site. According to legend, had Etruscan and Celtic roots. Was site of Sulla's victory that made him dictator of Rome in 82 BCE; site of Totila the Ostrogth's victory over Justinian in 542 CE; famed for tin-glazed earthenware since Middle Ages, called "faience" after the town; was connected to Adriatic Sea by canal in 1782; damaged in WW II.

Names:
Faenza (preferred,C,V)
Faventia (H,V)  ............ ancient name
Faoentia (H,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 Emilia-Romagna (region (administrative division))  ............  Emilia-Romagna (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Ravenna (province)  ................  Ravenna (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Faenza (inhabited place)  ....................  Faenza (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was an ancient center
town (C)
commune (administrative) (C)
tourist center (C)
manufacturing center (C)
craftsman settlement (C)  ............  noted for pottery called Faenza maiolica or "faïence"
battlefield (H)
Ancient Roman (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Faenza..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 63
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 388
Faoentia..........  [VP]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Faventia..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 286
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 286
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -117144
..................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 63
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 388
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Times Atlas of World History (1993)

 

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