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ID: 7004249
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004249
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Massa (inhabited place)  Massa (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 44 01 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 44.0167  decimal degrees
Long: 010 09 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 10.1500  decimal degrees

Note: Was first fortified as feudal holding of Obertenghi family; was long an object of dispute between Pisa & Lucca, then between Visconti & Florentines; went to marchese Malaspina in 15th cen.; was capital of independent principality & duchy until 1859.

Names:
Massa (preferred,C,V)

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 Massa (inhabited place)  ....................  Massa (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  documented in 882 AD
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
industrial center (C)
commercial center (C)
tourist center (C)
episcopal see (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Massa..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
..............  Annuario Generale (1980)
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 575
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............  TCI: Toscana (1984) 204; 182 ff.
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 123
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Annuario Generale (1980)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 575
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -121300
..................  TCI: Toscana (1984) 204; 182 ff.
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 123
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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