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ID: 7010928
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010928

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Monemvasía (inhabited place)  Monemvasía (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 36 41 08 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 36.6856  decimal degrees
Long: 023 02 54 E  degrees minutes   Long: 23.0484  decimal degrees

Note: Located on rocky promontory off the coast of Peloponnesus; was a refuge for Laconian Greeks; flourished as leading commercial port & fortress under Byzantine Empire; changed hands between Venice & Turks several times from 15th-19th cen.; noted for wine.

Names:
Monemvasía (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
Monemvasia (C,V)
Monembasia (C,V)
Malvasia (C,O,Italian,U)
Malvesie (C,O)
Malmsey (C,O,English,U)  ............ English name, rarely used now
Malvoisie (C,O)
Napoli de Malvasia (C,O)
Malmasia (C,O)
Benefşe (NA,V,Turkmen,U)
Epidaurus Limera (NA,V,Ancient Greek (transliterated),U)
Μονεμβασία (NA,V,Greek,U)
Minoa (H,V)  ............ ancient name

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

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was ancient center
village (C)
port (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Μονεμβασία..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Benefşe..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Epidaurus Limera..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Malmasia..........  [VP]
.................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Malmsey..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 610
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Malvasia..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 349
Malvesie..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 610
Malvoisie..........  [VP]
....................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 610
Minoa..........  [VP]
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 610
Monembasia..........  [GRLPSC]
.......................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) 1228
Monemvasía..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 130
Monemvasia..........  [GRLPSC]
.......................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) 1228
Napoli de Malvasia..........  [VP]
...................................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 610
Subject: .....  [GRLPSC, VP]
..................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 610
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) 1228
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -824312
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 130
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 349
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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