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Civita Castellana (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 17 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.2833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 012 25 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 12.4167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Easternmost town of the tufa region of Etruria; chief city of the Faliscans, a people who considered themselves Etruscan although their language was akin to Latin; destroyed by Rome in 241 BCE, when its people were forced to move to Falerii Novi; the site was repopulated in the 8th century CE as a possession of the Roman Catholic Church; was made a city-state by Pope Gregory V in 998; passed to house of Savelli in 14th century. |
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| Civita Castellana (preferred,C,V,English,U,N)
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............ | name of city built on site of Falerii Veteres in the 8th & 9th cens. AD |
| Cività Castellana (C,V)
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| Faleri (H,V,S)
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| Falerii (H,V)
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| Falerii Veteres (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Old Falerii (H,O)
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............ | translation |
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Lazio (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was settled in ancient times |
| town (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| necropolis (H) |
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| Faliscan (H) |
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| Etruscan (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| moved to .... |
Falerii Novi .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, Europe, Italy, Lazio, Viterbo province) [7006787] |
| near/adjacent to .... |
Narce .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, Europe, Italy, Lazio, Viterbo province) [5004305] |
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