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Gela (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 04 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.0667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 014 15 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 14.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Founded by Greek colonists from Rhodes & Crete in 689 BCE; flourished under Hippocrates; was home of poet Aeschylus; ruined by Carthaginians, rebuilt by Timoleon 340 BCE, but destroyed again in 282 BCE; modern city was site of American landings in WW II. |
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| Gela (preferred,C,V)
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............ | used in ancient times, used again after 1927 |
| Terranova de Sicilia (H,V)
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............ | name given in 1233 by Frederick II |
| Terranova di Sicilia (H,V)
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| Γέλα (H,V,Ancient Greek,U)
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Sicily (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861 |
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Gela (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded in 7th cen. BC |
| city (C) |
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| fishing community (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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for petrochemicals |
| archaeological site (C) |
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remains of ancient settlement was discovered adjacent to modern city in 1921 |
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Related geographic places: |
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Licata .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Italy, Sicily, Agrigento province) [1045081] |
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