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ID: 7006305
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Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Volterra (inhabited place)  Volterra (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 43 24 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 43.4000  decimal degrees
Long: 010 51 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 10.8500  decimal degrees

Elevation:
1742.126  feet    531.0000  meters

Note: Located northwest of Siena, Tuscany. As the ancient Velathri, it was one of the 12 cities of the Etruscan confederation. It supported Rome during the Second Punic War in 205 BCE, acquired Roman citizenship after the civil wars between Gaius Marius and Sulla (81-80 BCE). It became a free commune in the 12th century and fell under the domination of the Medici family of Florence in 1361.

Names:
Volterra (preferred,C,V,LC,English-P,L,N)
Volterra (Italian-P,U,N)
Volaterrae (H,V,S,Latin,U)  ............ Roman
Volaterrae (Romance language,U,N)
Velàthre (H,V,Greek (transliterated),U)  ............ Etruscan
Velàthre (Etruscan,U)
Βελάθρη (H,V,Greek,U)
Volterrae (H,V)
Velathri (H,V,Etruscan,U,N)
Felathri (H,V,Etruscan,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italy (nation)  ........  Italy (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Tuscany (region (administrative division))  ............  Tuscany (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of new kingdom of Italy from 1861
Hierarchy of Pisa (province)  ................  Pisa (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Volterra (inhabited place)  ....................  Volterra (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Etruria (former group of nations/states/cities)  ........  Etruria (former group of nations/states/cities) (P)
Hierarchy of Volterra (inhabited place)  ............  Volterra (inhabited place) (P,H) from 8th century BCE

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  continuously inhabited since 8th cen. BCE
town (C)
episcopal see (C)  ............  bishop's residence 15th cen., status affirmed 12th century
municipium (H)  ............  Roman, 3rd century BCE
Ancient Roman (H)
Etruscan (H)

Additional Notes:
Italian ..... È stata una delle principali città-stato della Toscana antica (Etruria), sede nel medioevo di un'importante signoria vescovile avente giurisdizione su un'ampia parte delle Colline toscane.  

Related geographic places:
ally of ....  Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina .......... (inhabited place)
............  (World, Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Pisa province) [1044060]
controlled by ....  Republic of Florence .......... (former nation/state/empire)
........................  (World, Europe, Italy, Tuscany) [4003918]
........................  12th century-1530

Sources and Contributors:
Βελάθρη..........  [VP]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Felathri..........  [VP]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Velathri..........  [VP]
.................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Velàthre..........  [VP]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Volaterrae..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
.......................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 8303
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Volterra..........  [BHA Preferred, BWR, GRLPSC Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................  Annuario Generale (1980)
.................  BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
.................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 81003082
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 211
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Volterrae..........  [VP]
....................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Annuario Generale (1980)
..................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 8303
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -132735
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 211
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [GRLPSC, VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 5 November 2008
..........  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
Italian .......... [VP]
..........  TCI: Toscana (1984)

 

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