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Cortona (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 43 16 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 43.2667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 011 59 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 11.9833 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
| 1620.734 feet |
494.0000 meters |
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Note: Located on a hillside. Originally an Umbrian city; was conquered and enlarged by the Etruscans, one of the 12 cities of the Etruscan league; was confederated with Rome in 310 BCE; taken by Vandals in 405 CE; became part of Grand Duchy of Tuscany after a siege by Pope Clement VII and Emperor Charles V in 1529. |
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| Cortona (preferred,C,V)
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| Corito (H,V,S)
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............ | name of Roman colony |
| Curtun (H,V)
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............ | Etruscan name |
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Tuscany (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of new kingdom of Italy from 1861 |
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Arezzo (province) (P) |
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Cortona (inhabited place) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Etruria (former group of nations/states/cities) (P) |
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Cortona (inhabited place) (P,H) flourished 7th-3rd centuries BCE |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was an Etruscan center |
| town (C) |
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| tourist center (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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noted for ruins of cyclopean walls, Roman baths and temple |
| hill settlement (C) |
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| Etruscan (H) |
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| Ancient Umbrian (H) |
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