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Avellino (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 54 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.9000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 014 47 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 14.7833 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
| 1141.732 feet |
348.0000 meters |
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Note: Located on Sabato river surrounded by Apennines; founded by ancient Italic Hirpini people as stronghold; was Roman colony; taken by Lombards (8th cen. CE); destroyed by emperor, then went in turn to various princely families; often damaged by earthquakes. |
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| Avellino (preferred,C,V)
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| Abellinum (H,V)
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............ | Latin name, refers to ancient site that is adjacent to the modern city |
| Abellola (H,O)
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Campania (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Avellino (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled in ancient times, modern city grew up just to the West of the ancient site |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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produces wines, food products, felt hats & woolen cloth |
| mining center (C) |
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for sulphur mined nearby |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| political center (H) |
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noted for its attempt to obtain a constitution from the king of Naples in uprising of 1820 |
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