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Centuripe (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 37 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.6167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 014 44 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 14.7333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Town of east-central Sicily, Italy, located on a ridge between the Simeto and Dittaino rivers, northwest of Catania. The ancient Centuripae was said to be a city of the Siculi (an ancient Sicilian tribe), according to the Greek historian Thucydides. It allied itself with Athens against Syracuse, and remained largely independent of Syracuse; it was taken by Rome in the First Punic War. The city apparently suffered in the Roman war against Sextus Pompeius, son of Pompey the Great, and did not regain its prosperity. Partly destroyed by Frederick II in 1233 (after which most of the inhabitants moved to Augusta), the city's ruin was completed by Charles of Anjou. It was later rebuilt by Francesco Moncada, count of Adrano. |
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| Centuripe (preferred,C,V)
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| Centuripa (C,V)
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| Kentoripa (C,V)
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| Centorbi (H,V)
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| Centuripae (H,V)
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Sicily (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861 |
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Enna (province) (P) |
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Centuripe (inhabited place) (P) |
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