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ID: 7004043
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004043
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Tulcea (inhabited place)  Tulcea (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 45 10 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 45.1667  decimal degrees
Long: 028 50 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 28.8333  decimal degrees

Note: Located on the St. George arm of the Danube river; ancient city was founded by Greeks from Miletus; Romans also settled here; serves as an important port from the Black Sea through channels; noted as having the largest fishing industry in Romania.

Names:
Tulcea (preferred,C,V)
Aegissus (H,O)  ............ believed to have been founded by Caspios Aegisos

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Romania (nation)  ........  Romania (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Tulcea (county)  ............  Tulcea (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Tulcea (inhabited place)  ................  Tulcea (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 7th cen. BC
city (C)
county seat (C)
port (C)
industrial center (C)
fishing community (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Aegissus..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 32
.................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 12
Tulcea..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 202
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 32
..................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 12
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 202
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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