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ID: 7005057
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005057
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Norcia (inhabited place)  Norcia (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 42 48 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 42.8000  decimal degrees
Long: 013 05 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 13.0833  decimal degrees

Elevation:
1981.627  feet    604.0000  meters

Note: Traces of human settlement in the area date back to the Neolithic Age. Was founded by ancient Sabines; colonized by Rome in 20 BCE; was birthplace of St. Benedict (born ca. 480 CE), founder of the Benedictine monastic movement; has survived several major earthquakes 18th-20th cen.

Names:
Norcia (preferred,C,V)
Nursia (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 Umbria (region (administrative division))  ............  Umbria (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Perugia (province)  ................  Perugia (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Norcia (inhabited place)  ....................  Norcia (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was an ancient Sabine center
town (C)
Sabine (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Norcia..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Annuario Generale (1980)
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 667
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Nursia..........  [GRLPSC]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Annuario Generale (1980)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 667
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -123116
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Canby, Historic Places (1984)

 

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