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ID: 7017853
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7017853
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Chianti (general region)  Chianti (general region)

Coordinates:
Lat: 43 22 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 43.3667  decimal degrees
Long: 011 23 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 11.3833  decimal degrees

Note: Hilly area in central Tuscany corresponding roughly to modern communes of Radda, Castellina & Gaiole; inhabited since Etruscan times; was later under Roman rule; noted for feud of the Firidolfi family in 8th cen.; famous for wine production.

Names:
Chianti (preferred,C,V)  ............ name was first used in 13th cen.

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italy (nation)  ........  Italy (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Tuscany (region (administrative division))  ............  Tuscany (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of new kingdom of Italy from 1861
Hierarchy of Chianti (general region)  ................  Chianti (general region) (P)

Place Types:
general region (preferred, C)
upland (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Chianti..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  TCI: Toscana (1984) 463
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 44
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  TCI: Toscana (1984) 463
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 44
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  TCI: Toscana (1984)

 

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