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ID: 1050252
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1050252
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Reșiţa (inhabited place)  Reșiţa (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 45 16 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 45.2667  decimal degrees
Long: 021 55 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 21.9167  decimal degrees

Note: Was important Roman mining center for precious metals; coal & metal had been mined near here for centuries, but town was officially founded in 18th cen. by Austrian dowager empress Maria Theresa; iron- & steelworks of the town were modernized after WW II.

Names:
Reșiţa (preferred,C,V)
Recita (C,V)
Reshitsa (C,V)
Resiczabánya (C,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Romania (nation)  ........  Romania (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Caraş-Severin (county)  ............  Caraş-Severin (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Reșiţa (inhabited place)  ................  Reșiţa (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was a Roman settlement, modern town was officially founded in 1768
city (C)
county seat (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Recita..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 774
Reshitsa..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 774
Resiczabánya..........  [VP]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 774
Reșiţa..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 1039
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 164
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 774
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 1039; X, 774
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 164
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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