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ID: 7004291
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Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Crotone (inhabited place)  Crotone (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 39 05 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 39.0833  decimal degrees
Long: 017 08 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 17.1333  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Gulf of Taranto; founded by Achaean Greeks; was powerful & rich, famous for Olympic athletes from 588 BCE; established democracy; defeated by the Bruttii, Syracuse & Epirus; Roman from 3rd cen. BCE; modern city was part of Kingdom of Naples.

Names:
Crotone (preferred,C,V)
Cotrone (H,V)  ............ name used from Middle Ages until 1928
Croton (H,V)  ............ Latin name
Croto (H,V)
Crotona (H,V)
Kroton (H,V)  ............ ancient

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 Crotone (province)  ................  Crotone (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Crotone (inhabited place)  ....................  Crotone (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  Achaean settlement on hill above the harbor founded by Myscellus ca. 710 BC; later became the acropolis for larger city
town (C)
seaport (C)  ............  although harbor is poor, Kroton was an important ancient port since it was the only one between Reggio & Taranto
archaeological site (C)  ............  site of famous temple of Hera Lacinia & other remains, modern excavations were begun in 1955
industrial center (C)  ............  most important in Calabria, has chemical plants & zinc-smelting works
mining center (C)  ............  for nearby sulphur mines
power production center (C)  ............  hydroelectric power is produced nearby
agricultural center (C)
educational center (C)  ............  since ancient times, was seat of famous medical school mentioned by the Greek Herodotus in 5th cen. BC
provincial capital (C)  ............  since about 1995

Sources and Contributors:
Cotrone..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 757-758
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Croto..........  [VP]
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 212
..............  Pleiades (2006-) http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/452317
Croton..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 757-758
.................  Pleiades (2006-) http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/452317
Crotona..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 212
Crotone..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Annuario Generale (1980)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
.................  TCI: Basilicata Calabria (1980) 392
.................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 50
Kroton..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
.................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 7981
.................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Annuario Generale (1980)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 212
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 757-758
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 7981
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -116612
..................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
..................  TCI: Basilicata Calabria (1980) 392
..................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 50
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites [online] (2000-)

 

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