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ID: 7004018
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004018
Record Type:
administrative
Macerata (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 43 18 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 43.3000
decimal degrees
Long: 013 27 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 13.4500
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on hill between Chienti & Potenza rivers; ancient town was destroyed ca. 408 CE by Visigothic king Alaric; was a thriving commune in 12th cen.; went to Papal States ca. 1445. Located near the site of ancient Ricina.
Names:
Macerata
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Macerta
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Italy
(nation) (
P
)
............
Marches
(region (administrative division)) (
P,
C
)
became part of unified Italy in 1860
................
Macerata
(province) (
P
)
....................
Macerata
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
developed in 10th cen. on ruins of destroyed town
town (
C
)
provincial capital (
C
)
episcopal see (
C
)
............
established in 1320
university center (
C
)
............
specializes in jurisprudence, founded in 1290; also site of other educational institutions
market center (
C
)
............
for cereals
breeding center (animal) (
C
)
............
for sheep & pigs
manufacturing center (
C
)
............
noted for production of musical instruments, brewing & brickmaking
Related geographic places:
near/adjacent to ....
Ricina
.......... (deserted settlement)
..............................
(World, Europe, Italy, Marches, Macerata province) [7594304]
Sources and Contributors:
Macerata..........
[
BHA
,
GRLPSC
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Annuario Generale (1980)
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 545
.................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VII, 623
.................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
33TUH7427895297
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................
Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994)
116
Macerta..........
[
GRLPSC
,
VP
]
.................
Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
.................
GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989)
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
GRLPSC
,
VP
]
..................
Annuario Generale (1980)
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 545
..................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VII, 623
..................
GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989)
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-120571
..................
Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994)
116
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
..........
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
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