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ID: 7004228
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004228
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Potenza (inhabited place)  Potenza (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 38 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 40.6333  decimal degrees
Long: 015 48 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 15.8000  decimal degrees

Elevation:
2687.007  feet    819.0000  meters

Note: Located at altitude of 820 meters in Apennines near Basento river; flourished as Roman center; went to Lombard dukes of Benevento in 6th cen. CE; claimed by various rival lords in Middle Ages, nearly destroyed in 13th cen.; often damaged in earthquakes.

Names:
Potenza (preferred,C,V)
Potentia (H,V)  ............ name of Roman settlement

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italy (nation)  ........  Italy (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Basilicata (region (administrative division))  ............  Basilicata (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Potenza (province)  ................  Potenza (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Potenza (inhabited place)  ....................  Potenza (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded by Romans in 2nd cen. BC on site lower in elevation than modern city
city (C)
regional capital (C)
provincial capital (C)
agricultural center (C)
transportation center (C)  ............  important road junction since ancient times, now is also a hub for rail traffic
cultural center (C)  ............  noted for architecture & archaeological museum
episcopal see (C)
municipium (H)
hill settlement (H)
Ancient Roman (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Potentia..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 353
Potenza..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Annuario Generale (1980)
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 753
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 642
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 154
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Annuario Generale (1980)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 753
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 642
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -125617
..................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 154
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 353
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)

 

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