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Milan (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 45 28 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 45.4667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 009 12 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 9.2000 decimal degrees |
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Note: One of nation's richest cities; became the second city of the western Roman Empire after Rome; sacked by Attila the Hun in 452 and by Goths in 539; battled for autonomy with nearby cities 11th-12th centuries; controlled by Sforza family 15th century and by Spain 1540-1706; won independence from Austria in 1848; heavily bombed during World War II. |
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| Milano (preferred,C,V)
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| Milan (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Mailand (C,O)
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| Milanese (C,V)
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| מילנו (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Mediolanium (H,V)
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| Mediolanum (H,V)
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| Mediolanum Insubrum (H,V)
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Lombardy (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Milano (province) (P) |
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Milan (inhabited place) (P) |
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Gaul (historical region) (P) |
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Italia (province) (P,H) from 272 BCE |
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Milan (inhabited place) (P,H) became a part of Italia under Augustus |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Gauls ca. 600 BCE and captured by Romans in 222 BCE |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| financial center (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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famous for Milan Cathedral (begun 1386), La Scala opera house & Leonardo Da Vinci's "Last Supper" in Santa Maria della Grazie |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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produces textiles and designer clothing, wood, rubber, dyes, soaps, and medicinal products |
| industrial center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| episcopal see (C) |
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declared a Christian city and seat of the Vicar of Italy by Constantine the Great in Edict of Milan in 313 CE |
| sporting center (C) |
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of the Cisalpine Republic under Napoleon I from 1797-1802; of the Italian Republic from 1802-1805; of the Kingdom of Italy from 1805 until the fall of Napoleon I & the return of Austrian rule ca. 1814 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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[BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP] |
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Annuario Generale (1980) |
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ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995) |
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Blue Guide: Northern Italy (1978) 157-158 |
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Blue Guide: Northern Italy (1984) 157 |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 599; 2:599 |
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XXIV, 96-100 |
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Gallerie degli Uffizi database (1987-) |
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GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 8295 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967-1989) IX, 833-838 |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -121726 |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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Oxford English Dictionary [online] (2002-) accessed 7 January 2003 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 763 |
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