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ID: 7006077
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7006077
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Carrara (inhabited place)  Carrara (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 44 05 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 44.0833  decimal degrees
Long: 010 06 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 10.1000  decimal degrees

Note: Located on the Carrione river; gained importance as marble-quarrying center, noted for fine white marble suitable for sculpture; was important medieval center; was center of Massa-Carrara principality & duchy (after 1633).

Names:
Carrara (preferred,C,V)
Apuania (H,V)  ............ ancient name

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 Massa-Carrara (province)  ................  Massa-Carrara (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Carrara (inhabited place)  ....................  Carrara (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was an ancient center
city (C)
quarrying center (C)
episcopal see (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Apuania..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 158
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Carrara..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Annuario Generale (1980)
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Annuario Generale (1980)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 158
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -113456
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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