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ID: 7003953
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7003953
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Villa Romana del Casale (ruins)  Villa Romana del Casale (ruins)

Coordinates:
Lat: 37 22 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 37.3667  decimal degrees
Long: 014 20 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 14.3333  decimal degrees

Note: Was a Roman villa of Late Empire; noted as one of the most important archaeological discoveries in Roman Sicily; famous for its mosaics; named an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.

Names:
Villa Romana del Casale (preferred,C,V)
Casale (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italy (nation)  ........  Italy (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Sicily (region (administrative division))  ............  Sicily (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861
Hierarchy of Enna (province)  ................  Enna (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Villa Romana del Casale (ruins)  ....................  Villa Romana del Casale (ruins) (P)

Place Types:
ruins (preferred, C)  ............  constructed during Late Empire
archaeological site (C)
villa (H)
World Heritage Site (C)  ............  since 1997

Sources and Contributors:
Casale..........  [GRLPSC]
.................  Blue Guide: Sicily (1981)
Villa Romana del Casale..........  [VP Preferred]
.........................................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 710-711
.........................................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-185
.........................................  TCI: Sicilia (1968) 509-513
Subject: .....  [GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Blue Guide: Sicily (1981)
..................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 710-711
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-185
..................  TCI: Sicilia (1968) 509-513
..................  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 22 July 2010
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 22 July 2010

 

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