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ID: 7010721
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010721
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Árta (inhabited place)  Árta (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 39 09 38 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 39.1606  decimal degrees
Long: 020 59 07 E  degrees minutes   Long: 20.9853  decimal degrees

Note: Located on the Arachtus river; founded by Corinthian colonists in 7th century BCE; conquered by Rome 189 BCE; new town was built here after fall of Rome, became important fortress of Byzantine Empire; was Ottoman 1449-1881.

Names:
Árta (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
Ambracia (H,V)  ............ ancient name
Ambrakos (H,V)
Narda (H,O)  ............ Turkish name, used after 1449
Phidhokastro (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Greece (nation)  ........  Greece (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Epirus (region (administrative division))  ............  Epirus (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Árta (regional division)  ................  Árta (regional division) (P)
Hierarchy of Árta (inhabited place)  ....................  Árta (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 7th cen. BC
town (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Ambracia..........  [BHA, VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 50-51
.................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 12583
Ambrakos..........  [VP]
.................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Árta..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
...........  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 16
...........  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Narda..........  [VP]
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 50-51
Phidhokastro..........  [VP]
.......................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 50-51
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 12583
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -814640
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 16
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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