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ID: 7004018
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004018
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Macerata (inhabited place)  Macerata (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 43 18 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 43.3000  decimal degrees
Long: 013 27 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 13.4500  decimal degrees

Note: Located on hill between Chienti & Potenza rivers; ancient town was destroyed ca. 408 CE by Visigothic king Alaric; was a thriving commune in 12th cen.; went to Papal States ca. 1445. Located near the site of ancient Ricina.

Names:
Macerata (preferred,C,V)
Macerta (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italia (nation)  ........  Italia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Marche (region (administrative division))  ............  Marche (region (administrative division)) (P,C) became part of unified Italy in 1860
Hierarchy of Macerata (province)  ................  Macerata (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Macerata (inhabited place)  ....................  Macerata (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  developed in 10th cen. on ruins of destroyed town
town (C)
provincial capital (C)
episcopal see (C)  ............  established in 1320
university center (C)  ............  specializes in jurisprudence, founded in 1290; also site of other educational institutions
market center (C)  ............  for cereals
breeding center (animal) (C)  ............  for sheep & pigs
manufacturing center (C)  ............  noted for production of musical instruments, brewing & brickmaking

Related geographic places:
near/adjacent to ....  Ricina .......... (deserted settlement)
..............................  (World, Europe, Italia, Marche, Macerata province) [7594304]

Sources and Contributors:
Macerata..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Annuario Generale (1980)
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 545
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 623
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) 33TUH7427895297
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 116
Macerta..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
.................  GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Annuario Generale (1980)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 545
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 623
..................  GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -120571
..................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 116
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Canby, Historic Places (1984)
..........  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)

 

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