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Enna (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 34 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.5667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 014 16 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 14.2667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ancient site of principal temple of Ceres (in mythology, her birthplace); headquarters of slaves in first Servile War 134-132 BC; captured by Saracens in 9th cen.; seat of an emirate in the 10th cen.; important Moslem center during Norman conquest. |
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| Enna (preferred,C,V)
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| Castrogiovanni (H,V)
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| Castrum Hennae (H,V)
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| Henna (H,V)
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| Qasr Yannah (H,O)
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Sicilia (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861 |
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Enna (province) (P) |
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Enna (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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a city of the Siculi, an ancient Sicilian tribe |
| town (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| resort center (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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for sulphur & rock salt |
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