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ID: 7003909
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7003909
Record Type:
administrative
Naxos (deserted settlement)
Coordinates:
Lat: 37 49 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 37.8167
decimal degrees
Long: 015 17 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 15.2833
decimal degrees
Note:
Was site of first Greek colony on Sicily; was founded in 8th cen. BC, destroyed in 403 BC by Dionysius the Elder of Syracuse; subsequently Taormina supplanted Naxos as center of the area.
Names:
Naxos
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
............
ancient
Capo Schisò
(
C
,
V
)
Punta di Schiso
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Italy
(nation) (
P
)
............
Sicily
(region (administrative division)) (
P,
C
)
part of unified Italy from 1861
................
Messina
(province) (
P
)
....................
Naxos
(deserted settlement) (
P
)
Place Types:
deserted settlement (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded ca. 735 BC, leveled in 403 BC
archaeological site (
C
)
inhabited place (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Capo Schisò..........
[
GRLPSC
]
.......................
Blue Guide: Sicily (1981)
168
Naxos..........
[
GRLPSC
,
VP Preferred
]
..............
Blue Guide: Sicily (1981)
168
..............
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 643
..............
GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998)
2997
..............
Rand McNally Atlas (1991)
I-120
Punta di Schiso..........
[
VP
]
.............................
GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998)
2997
Subject:
.....
[
GRLPSC
,
VP
]
..................
Blue Guide: Sicily (1981)
168
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 643
..................
GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998)
2997
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1991)
I-120
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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