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Eraclea (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 24 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.4000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 013 17 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 13.2833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at the mouth of the Platani river; possibly settled by Minoans; was thriving center contested by Selinus and Akragas by the 6th century BCE; probably repopulated by colonists from Cefalù 4th century BCE; seems to have been abandoned by the 1st century BCE. |
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| Eraclea (preferred,C,V)
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| Eraclea Minoa (C,V)
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| Herakleia Minoa (H,V)
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............ | probably dates from 2nd half of 4th cen. BC |
| Heraclea Minoa (H,V)
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| Minoa (H,V)
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............ | original name |
| Ἡράκλεια Μινῴα (H,V,Greek,U)
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Sicilia (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861 |
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Eraclea (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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possibly was an early Minoan settlement |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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