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ID: 7005362
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005362
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of La Spezia (inhabited place)  La Spezia (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 44 07 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 44.1167  decimal degrees
Long: 009 50 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 9.8333  decimal degrees

Note: Located at head of Golfo di Spezia; sold to Genoa by Fieschi family in 1276; was maritime prefecture in French Empire & part of Kingdom of Sardinia; was heavily bombed during WW II; site of an archaeological museum with artifacts from nearby town of Luni.

Names:
La Spezia (preferred,C,V)
Spezia, La (C,V)
Spezia (H,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 Liguria (region (administrative division))  ............  Liguria (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of La Spezia (province)  ................  La Spezia (province) (P)
Hierarchy of La Spezia (inhabited place)  ....................  La Spezia (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  inhabited since Roman times
city (C)
provincial capital (C)  ............  since 1923
port (C)
naval base (C)  ............  since 1857
industrial center (C)
shipbuilding center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
La Spezia..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
....................  Annuario Generale (1980)
....................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 506
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 75
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
....................  TCI: Liguria (1982) 670-680
....................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
....................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Spezia..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-166
Spezia, La..........  [BHA]
.......................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Annuario Generale (1980)
..................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 506
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 75
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -119773
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-166
..................  TCI: Liguria (1982) 670-680
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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