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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. |
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| Mantova (preferred,C,V) | | Mantua (C,O,English-P,U,N) | | Mantoue (C,V) | | Mantuan (C,V,English,U,A) |
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Europe (continent) (P) |
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Italy (nation) (P) |
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Lombardy (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Mantova (province) (P) |
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Mantua (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: | |
| 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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Sources and Contributors: | |
| Mantoue.......... |
[VP] |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) |
| Mantova.......... |
[BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred] |
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Annuario Generale (1980) |
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GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989) |
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National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-) |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) |
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Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 119 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) |
| Mantua.......... |
[FDA, GRLPSC, VP] |
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 726 |
| Mantuan.......... |
[VP] |
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) |
| Subject: ..... |
[BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, VP] |
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Annuario Generale (1980) |
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) |
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GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989) |
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National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-) |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -120965 |
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Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 119 |
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UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 22 July 2010 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 726 |
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[VP] |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) |
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UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 22 July 2010 |
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