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ID: 7594441
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7594441

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ercolano (inhabited place)  Ercolano (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 48 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 40.8000  decimal degrees
Long: 014 21 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 14.3500  decimal degrees

Elevation:
144.356  feet    44.0000  meters

Note: Located southeast of Naples at the foot of Mount Vesuvius; the medieval town of Resina was built atop the lava and mud of the eruption of Vesuvius from 79 CE. The modern town is in part built on the ancient ruins of Herculaneum, but most of the ancient site, and the officially designated historical monument, lies south of the town.

Names:
Ercolano (preferred,C,V,Italian-P)  ............ name changed from Resina in 1969
Resina (C,V)  ............ name for medieval town on site

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italia (nation)  ........  Italia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Campania (region (administrative division))  ............  Campania (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Napoli (province)  ................  Napoli (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Ercolano (inhabited place)  ....................  Ercolano (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)

Related geographic places:
near/adjacent to ....  Herculaneum .......... (deserted settlement)
..............................  (World, Europe, Italia, Campania, Napoli province) [7031897]

Sources and Contributors:
Ercolano..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Annuario Generale (1980)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) 33TVF4516916759
Resina..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Annuario Generale (1980)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-)

 

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