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ID: 7005553 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005553			Record Type: administrative

Aquileia (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 45 46 13 N degrees minutes			Lat: 45.7703 decimal degrees
Long: 013 22 06 E degrees minutes			Long: 13.3683 decimal degrees

Note: Established for military purposes after Roman power extended to Po valley; sacked by Huns 452 & Lombards 568; a feudal principality until Venetian conquest of Friuli; declined after passing to Venice 1420; ruled by Austria 1509-1918, then passed to Italy; archaeological site named UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998.

Names:

Aquileia (preferred,C,V,LC,O)

Aquileja (C,V)

Aquilèia (C,V)

Aquiléia (C,V)

Aglar (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Europe (continent) (P)

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Italia (nation) (P)

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Friuli-Venezia Giulia (region (administrative division)) (P)

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Udine (province) (P)

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Aquileia (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)	............	founded as a Roman military outpost, 181 BC
village (C)
religious center (C)	............	from mid-3rd cen.; Pope Benedict XIV created archbishoprics of Udine & Gorizia in place of patriarchate in 1751
archaeological site (C)	............	site of remnants of walls, tombs & various art objects from the Republican & Imperial periods, first excavated in 19th cen.
military center (H)	............	installed by original Roman administration, 2nd cen. BC
transportation center (H)	............	during late Antiquity & Early Christian period
administrative center (H)	............	of Istria & Venetia ca. 4th cen.
trade center (H)	............	between Italy & Illyria, 4th cen.
episcopal see (H)	............	from mid-3rd cen.; thrived under Bishop Paolino in 7th cen. & Bishop Poppone in 11th cen.
patriarchal see (H)	............	established after bishop's conflict with pope, 533; administered separately from see since 7th cen.; abolished 1751
World Heritage Site (C)	............	from 1998

Sources and Contributors:

Aglar..........	[VP]
..............	Times Atlas of World History (1993) 335

Aquileia..........	[BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................	Annuario Generale (1980)
.................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 41
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 502
.................	Library of Congress Name Authority File 50059847, accessed 15 July 2010
.................	New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967-1989) I, 710-711
.................	Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 79-80
.................	USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers

Aquilèia..........	[VP]
.................	Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 14

Aquiléia..........	[VP]
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

Aquileja..........	[VP]
.................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 41
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

Subject: .....	[BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................	Annuario Generale (1980)
..................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 41
..................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 502
..................	New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967-1989) I, 710-711
..................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -110562
..................	Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 79-80
..................	Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 14
..................	Times Atlas of World History (1993) 335
..................	UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 20 July 2010
..................	USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 20 July 2010

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