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Fermo (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 43 09 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 43.1500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 013 43 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 13.7167 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
| 1046.587 feet |
319.0000 meters |
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Note: Located on hill above Tenna river near Adriatic Sea; first inhabited by Picene people; taken by Romans in 264 BCE; conquered by Goths, Byzantines (553 CE), Lombards & Franks; ruled by papacy 8th-9th cen. & from 1549. |
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| Fermo (preferred,C,V)
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| Firmum (H,V)
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| Firmum Picenum (H,V,S)
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............ | ancient name |
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Marches (region (administrative division)) (P,C) became part of unified Italy in 1860 |
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Fermo (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled in pre-Roman times |
| town (C) |
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| archiepiscopal see (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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famous for bronze bells & cotton textiles |
| hill settlement (H) |
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| capital (H) |
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of duchy & march of Fermo, 9th-12th cen. |
| Picene (H) |
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| Ancient Roman (H) |
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