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ID: 7003994 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7003994			Record Type: administrative

Urbino (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 43 43 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 43.7167 decimal degrees
Long: 012 38 00 E degrees minutes			Long: 12.6333 decimal degrees

Note: Settled by Umbrians, then was home to Etruscans, Celts & Gauls; taken by Rome 3rd cen. BCE; ruled by Church 9th-13th cen.; was a major political and cultural center from 15th cen.; went to Papal States in 1626; has had little modern industrial development; historic core named an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.

Names:

Urbino (preferred,C,V,English-P)
אורבינו (C,U,Hebrew )
Urbinum (H,V,S)
Urbinum Hortense (H,V)	............	Latin name
Urvinum Metaurense (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Europe (continent) (P)

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Italy (nation) (P)

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Marches (region (administrative division)) (P,C) became part of unified Italy in 1860

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Pesaro e Urbino (province) (P)

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Urbino (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)	............	probably inhabited since prehistoric times; in modern times residential district has grown up outside the walls
town (C)
tourist center (C)
cultural center (C)	............	has museums, cathedral, ducal palace & other architecture, was birthplace of Renaissance painter Raphael (born 1483)
university center (C)	............	founded in 1506
World Heritage Site (C)	............	from 1996
ducal residence (H)	............	first of Montefeltro family (15th cen.), then passed to Della Rovere family (from 1508)
craftsman settlement (H)	............	was famous for production of majolica (elaborate tin-glazed pottery) until 17th cen.
Celtic (H)
Ancient Roman (H)
Etruscan (H)
Ancient Umbrian (H)

Sources and Contributors:

אורבינו..........	[IMJ]
.................	Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)

Urbino..........	[BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, IMJ Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................	Annuario Generale (1980)
.................	Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) 12:202
.................	Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
.................	National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................	TCI: Marche (1979) 237-269
.................	Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 201
.................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1274

Urbinum..........	[VP]
.................	Times Atlas of World History (1993) 358

Urbinum Hortense..........	[VP]
.............................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 973

Urvinum Metaurense..........	[VP]
...................................	Times Atlas of World History (1993) 358

Subject: .....	[BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP]
..................	Annuario Generale (1980)
..................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 973
..................	Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 202; 12:202
..................	Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................	National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
..................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -131528
..................	TCI: Marche (1979) 237-269
..................	Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 201
..................	Times Atlas of World History (1993) 358
..................	UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 20 July 2010
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1274


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
	..........	UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 20 July 2010

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