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ID: 7004274
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004274
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Cosenza (inhabited place)  Cosenza (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 39 18 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 39.3000  decimal degrees
Long: 016 15 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 16.2500  decimal degrees

Note: Located at confluence of Busento & Crati rivers; was ancient capital of the Brutii; important in 2nd Punic War; noted as site of tombs of Louis II of Anjou & Isabella of Aragon (in the cathedral); has been often devastated by earthquakes, but rebuilt.

Names:
Cosenza (preferred,C,V)
Consentia (H,V)  ............ ancient
Cosentia (H,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 Calabria (region (administrative division))  ............  Calabria (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Cosenza (province)  ................  Cosenza (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Cosenza (inhabited place)  ....................  Cosenza (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded by the Brutii in the 4th cen. BC
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
manufacturing center (C)  ............  produces furniture, tannic acid & wool
educational center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Consentia..........  [VP]
....................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 15295
....................  TCI: Basilicata Calabria (1980) 419
Cosentia..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 341
Cosenza..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Annuario Generale (1980)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 49
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 294
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Annuario Generale (1980)
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 15295
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -116404
..................  TCI: Basilicata Calabria (1980) 419
..................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 49
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 341
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 294
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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