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ID: 7005879
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005879
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Record Type: administrative |
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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. |
Names: |
| | Mantova (preferred,C,V) | | Mantua (C,O,English-P,U,N) | | Mantoue (C,V) | | Mantuan (C,V,English,U,A) |
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Hierarchical Position: |
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| | World (facet) |
| .... | Europe (continent) (P) |
| ........ | Italy (nation) (P) |
| ............ | Lombardy (region (administrative division)) (P) |
| ................ | Mantova (province) (P) |
| .................... | Mantua (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) | ............ | originally settled by Estruscans, later by Gallic Cenomani, & colonized by Romans ca. 220 BC | | city (C) | | | provincial capital (C) | | | agricultural center (C) | | | transportation center (C) | | | industrial center (C) | ............ | since WW II | | fief (H) | ............ | of Boniface of Canossa, marquis of Tuscany, during 11th cen.; of the Austrian Empire ca. 1707 | | World Heritage Site (C) | ............ | from 2008 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Mantoue.......... | [VP] | | ................. | NGA/NIMA database (2003-) |
| Mantova.......... | [BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred] | | ................. | Annuario Generale (1980) | | ................. | GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989) | | ................. | National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-) | | ................. | NGA/NIMA database (2003-) | | ................. | Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 119 | | ................. | Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) |
| Mantua.......... | [FDA, GRLPSC, VP] | | ................. | Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) | | ................. | NGA/NIMA database (2003-) | | ................. | Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) | | ................. | Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 726 |
| Mantuan.......... | [VP] | | ................. | Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) |
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| Subject: ..... | [BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, VP] |
| .................. | Annuario Generale (1980) |
| .................. | Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) |
| .................. | GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989) |
| .................. | National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-) |
| .................. | NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -120965 |
| .................. | Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 119 |
| .................. | UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 22 July 2010 |
| .................. | Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) |
| .................. | Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 726 |
