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ID: 7005127
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005127
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Cuneo (inhabited place)  Cuneo (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 44 23 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 44.3833  decimal degrees
Long: 007 32 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 7.5333  decimal degrees

Note: Located at confluence of Stura di Demonte & Gesso rivers; founded by refugees fleeing destruction of Milan by Frederick Barbarossa late 12th cen.; held by House of Anjou from 1259, by House of Savoy from 1382; old & modern sections are linked by viaduct.

Names:
Cuneo (preferred,C,V)
Coni (C,V)
Cúneo (C,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 Piedmont (region (administrative division))  ............  Piedmont (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Cuneo (province)  ................  Cuneo (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Cuneo (inhabited place)  ....................  Cuneo (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 1198
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
transportation center (C)  ............  is important rail junction
market center (C)  ............  noted for chestnuts & raw silk
industrial center (C)  ............  for food processing, distilling, metallurgy & silk spinning
fortified settlement (C)  ............  strong fortifications withstood several sieges during 16th-18th cen.

Sources and Contributors:
Coni..........  [VP]
...........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 792
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Cuneo..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
..............  Annuario Generale (1980)
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 215
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Cúneo..........  [VP]
..............  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 50
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Annuario Generale (1980)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 215
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 792
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -116669
..................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 50
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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