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ID: 7010967
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010967
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Mértola (inhabited place)  Mértola (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 37 38 35 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 37.6430  decimal degrees
Long: 007 39 40 W  degrees minutes   Long: -7.6610  decimal degrees

Note: Town on ancient site that was inhabited by Phoenicians, Carthaginians, and finally the Romans. Was one of 4 municipia of Lusitania & embarkation port for nearby copper mines in Roman times; inhabited by Visigoths & Romans until taken by Moors in 711 CE; thrived under Moorish system of farming that emphasized storage of food against drought.

Names:
Mértola (preferred,C,V)
Myrtilis (H,V,Latin,U,N)  ............ Roman name
Myrtilis Iulia (H,V,Latin,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Portugal (nation)  ........  Portugal (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Beja (national district)  ............  Beja (national district) (P)
Hierarchy of Mértola (inhabited place)  ................  Mértola (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  origins are unknown, but flourished during Roman era
town (C)
archaeological site (C)
capital (C)
Ancient Roman (H)
Punic (Carthaginian) (H)
Phoenician (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Mértola..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Ancient World, Archaeology (1995) I
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 28 April 2014
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Myrtilis..........  [VP]
.................  Ancient World, Archaeology (1995) I
.................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 11334
Myrtilis Iulia..........  [VP]
.............................  Ancient World, Archaeology (1995)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Ancient World, Archaeology (1995) I
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 11334
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 28 April 2014
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2169210
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Ancient World, Archaeology (1995)

 

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