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Syracuse (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 04 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.0667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 015 18 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 15.3000 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
| 55.774 feet |
17.0000 meters |
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Note: Located on Ionian Sea; founded by Corinthians in 8th cen. BCE & soon ruled entire coastal plain; ruled by tyrants from 5th cen. BCE; taken by Rome 212 BCE; taken by Franks 280 CE, by Arabs 878; then ruled by Normans, Swabians & Spanish; damaged in WW II; named an UNESCO World Heritage Site with the Necropoli di Pantalica. |
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| Siracusa (preferred,C,V,Italian,U,N)
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| Síracusa (C,V)
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| Sarausa (C,V,Sicilian,U)
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| Syracusa (C,V)
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| Syracuse (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Syrakus (C,V)
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| Siracisae (H,V)
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| Syracusae (H,V,Latin,U,N)
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| Syrakusai (H,V,Greek (transliterated),U,N)
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| Συράκουσαι (C,V,Ancient Greek,U)
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| Συρακοῦσαι (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Syrakousai (C,V)
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Sicily (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861 |
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Syracuse (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded ca. 734 BCE |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| seaport (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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| fishing community (C) |
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| tourist center (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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noted for ancient painted terra-cotta reliefs & Greek temples, spolia from some having been incorporated in later buildings |
| World Heritage Site (C) |
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since 2005 |
| Corinthian (H) |
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