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Chieti (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 21 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.3500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 014 10 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 14.1667 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
| 1082.677 feet |
330.0000 meters |
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Note: Located on a hill overlooking the Pescara river; one of the most ancient inhabited places in Italy; was chief town of the ancient Italic Marrucini tribe; taken by Rome 305 BCE; was destroyed by foreign tribes, rebuilt by Theodoric in 6th cen. CE; held by Lombards, Normans, Hohenstaufens, Angevins & Aragon. |
Names: |
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| Chieti (preferred,C,V)
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| Chieta (C,V)
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| Teate (H,V,Latin,U,N)
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............ | name of town of the Marrucini |
| Theate (H,V,Latin,U)
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| Teate Marruncinorum (H,V)
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| Θεάτη (H,V,Greek,U)
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Abruzzi (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Chieti (province) (P) |
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Chieti (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by ancient Marrucini people |
| town (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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includes textile, cellulose, sugar, wire & tobacco industries |
| commercial center (C) |
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| university center (C) |
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noted for theological university |
| archaeological site (C) |
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noted for Roman theater & temples |
| religious center (H) |
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noted for Theatine order (whose name was taken from town's ancient name), founded in 1524 to combat Lutheranism |
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