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Mantua (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 45 09 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 45.1500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 010 48 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 10.8000 decimal degrees |
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Note: On Minico River; Latin Poet Virgil born nearby 70 BC; Lombard League member 1167; contolled by Bonacolsi 1267-1328, Gonzagas 1328-1707 and by French 1797 until joining Kingdom of Italy 1866; site of Sant' Andrea cathedral begun by Alberti in 1472; named an UNESCO World Heritage Site along with Sabbioneta as examples of Renaissance town planning. |
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| Mantova (preferred,C,V)
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| Mantua (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Mantoue (C,V)
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| Mantuan (C,V,English,U,A)
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| מנטואה (C,U,Hebrew )
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Lombardy (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Mantua (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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originally settled by Estruscans, later by Gallic Cenomani, & colonized by Romans ca. 220 BC |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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since WW II |
| fief (H) |
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of Boniface of Canossa, marquis of Tuscany, during 11th cen.; of the Austrian Empire ca. 1707 |
| World Heritage Site (C) |
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from 2008 |
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