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ID: 1047084
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1047084
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Termini Imerese (inhabited place)  Termini Imerese (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 37 59 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 37.9833  decimal degrees
Long: 013 42 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 13.7000  decimal degrees

Elevation:
252.624  feet    77.0000  meters

Note: Town on a very ancient site, populated since prehistoric times. Its recorded history begins in 409 BCE when its more ancient neighbor, Himera was destroyed by the Carthaginian army under Hannibal Mago. Those who survived the devastation promptly repaired to a site then called "Thermae," named for the hot springs.

Names:
Termini Imerese (preferred,C,V,Italian,U,N)
Thermae Himeraeae (H,V,Latin,U)
Thermae (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italy (nation)  ........  Italy (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Sicily (region (administrative division))  ............  Sicily (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861
Hierarchy of Palermo (province)  ................  Palermo (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Termini Imerese (inhabited place)  ....................  Termini Imerese (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)

Related geographic places:
successor of ....  Imera .......... (deserted settlement)
......................  (World, Europe, Italy, Sicily, Palermo province) [7008303]

Sources and Contributors:
Termini Imerese..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.............................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) 33SUC8583504763
.............................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Thermae..........  [VP]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
.................  TCI: Sicilia (1968)
Thermae Himeraeae..........  [VP]
................................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
................................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
................................  TCI: Sicilia (1968)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -130639
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  TCI: Sicilia (1968)

 

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