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Terni (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 34 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.5667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 012 37 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 12.6167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Nera river; developed as ancient Umbrian town; was important Roman center, possibly birthplace of historian Tacitus and site of murder of Emperor Gallus in 253 CE; sacked in 6th-7th, and 12th centuries; went to Papacy in the 14th century; devastated in WW II. |
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| Terni (preferred,C,V)
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| Interamna Nahars (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Interamna Nehars (H,V)
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............ | ancient name |
| Interna Nahars Sabinorum (H,V)
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Umbria (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Terni (province) (P) |
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Terni (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled since Neolithic times |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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produces textiles, soap, firearms, brandy, leather goods, pasta, machinery, electrical equipment, iron & steel |
| power production center (C) |
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using nearby Cascata delle Marmore (waterfalls) |
| archaeological site (C) |
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has remains from various periods of occupation, notably from the Neolithic & Roman eras |
| battlefield (H) |
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most notably in the French Revolutionary Wars, when Neapolitans were defeated by French in 1798 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| located on .... |
Via Flaminia .......... (road) |
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(World, Europe, Italy) [6006327] |
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