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Adrano (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 37 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.6667 decimal degrees |
Long: 014 50 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 14.8333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on W slope of Mount Etna; was founded in 5th cen. by Dionysius I, tyrant of Syracuse; taken by Rome in 263 BC; was fortified in 12th cen. by Roger I of Sicily; noted for extensive Greek & Roman ruins, & for 12th-cen. Norman castle. |
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Adrano (preferred,C,V)
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Adernó (C,V)
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Adernò (H,V)
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Adranon (H,V)
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Adranum (H,V)
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Hadranum (H,V)
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Sicilia (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861 |
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Adrano (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded ca. 400 BC |
town (C) |
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