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ID: 7017853
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7017853
Record Type:
administrative
Chianti (general region)
Coordinates:
Lat: 43 22 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 43.3667
decimal degrees
Long: 011 23 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 11.3833
decimal degrees
Note:
Hilly area in central Tuscany corresponding roughly to modern communes of Radda, Castellina & Gaiole; inhabited since Etruscan times; was later under Roman rule; noted for feud of the Firidolfi family in 8th cen.; famous for wine production.
Names:
Chianti
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
............
name was first used in 13th cen.
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Italia
(nation) (
P
)
............
Toscana
(region (administrative division)) (
P,
C
)
part of new kingdom of Italy from 1861
................
Chianti
(general region) (
P
)
Place Types:
general region (
preferred
,
C
)
upland (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Chianti..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
TCI: Toscana (1984)
463
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
44
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
TCI: Toscana (1984)
463
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
44
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
TCI: Toscana (1984)
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