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ID: 7004516
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004516
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Baia (inhabited place)  Baia (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 49 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 40.8167  decimal degrees
Long: 014 04 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 14.0667  decimal degrees

Note: Located on the W coast of the Gulf of Pozzuoli; the ancient Campanian city of Baiae belonged to nearby Cumae; became popular resort in the 1st cen. BC; was deserted because of malaria in 1500; today is a popular seaside resort.

Names:
Baia (preferred,C,V)
Acquae Cumanae (H,V)
Baia Al Volturno (H,V)
Baiae (H,V)  ............ Roman name

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

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  ancient city of Campania
town (C)
resort center (C)
archaeological site (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Acquae Cumanae..........  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 804
Baia..........  [BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
...........  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
...........  Gallerie degli Uffizi database (1987-)
...........  National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
...........  National Geographic Atlas (1981)
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
...........  TCI: Campania (1981) 216
Baia Al Volturno..........  [VP]
.............................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Baiae..........  [FDA, GRLPSC, VP]
..............  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 8257
..............  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
Subject: .....  [BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 804
..................  Gallerie degli Uffizi database (1987-)
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 8257
..................  National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
..................  National Geographic Atlas (1981)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -111099
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
..................  TCI: Campania (1981) 216
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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