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Reggio di Calabria (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 38 06 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.1000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 015 39 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 15.6500 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
| 5603.674 feet |
1708.0000 meters |
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Note: Located on Strait of Messina; site having settlement origins in the Bronze and Iron Ages, Rhegion was eventually colonized by Chalcis in either 730 or 743 BCE; founded by Greeks as sister city to Zancle; destroyed by Dionysius of Syracuse in 387 BCE; allied with Rome 270 BCE; taken by Alaric (410 CE), Totila, Saracens, Pisans, Guiscard & Aragon (1282); often ravaged by earthquakes. |
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| Reggio di Calabria (preferred,C,V)
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| Reggio Calabria (C,V)
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| Reggio (C,V)
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| Réggio Calábria (C,V)
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| Rìggiu (C,V,Sicilian,U)
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| Regium (H,V,Latin,U,N)
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| Rhegion (H,V)
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............ | Greek name |
| Rhegium (H,V,Latin,U,N)
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............ | Latin name |
| Righi (H,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Rhḗgion (C,V,Ancient Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Ῥήγιον (C,V,Ancient Greek,U)
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Calabria (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Greek colonists ca. 720 BC |
| seaport (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| resort center (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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exports dried herbs & essential oils for perfume & pharmaceuticals |
| industrial center (C) |
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| regional capital (H) |
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of Calabria, until 1971 |
| Ancient Greek (H) |
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