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ID: 7010721
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010721
Record Type:
administrative
Árta (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 39 09 38 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 39.1606
decimal degrees
Long: 020 59 07 E
degrees minutes
Long: 20.9853
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on the Arachtus river; founded by Corinthian colonists in 7th century BCE; conquered by Rome 189 BCE; new town was built here after fall of Rome, became important fortress of Byzantine Empire; was Ottoman 1449-1881.
Names:
Árta
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
Greek (transliterated)
,
U
)
Ambracia
(
H
,
V
)
............
ancient name
Ambrakos
(
H
,
V
)
Narda
(
H
,
O
)
............
Turkish name, used after 1449
Phidhokastro
(
H
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Ellás
(nation) (
P
)
............
Ípeiros
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
Árta
(regional division) (
P
)
....................
Árta
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded 7th cen. BC
town (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Ambracia..........
[
BHA
,
VP
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 50-51
.................
GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998)
12583
Ambrakos..........
[
VP
]
.................
ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Árta..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
...........
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
...........
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
16
...........
USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Narda..........
[
VP
]
..............
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 50-51
Phidhokastro..........
[
VP
]
.......................
ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 50-51
..................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................
GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998)
12583
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-814640
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
16
..................
USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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