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![Hierarchy of Taormina (inhabited place)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Taormina (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 37 51 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.8500 decimal degrees |
Long: 015 17 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 15.2833 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
669.291 feet |
204.0000 meters |
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Note: Located at THE foot of Mount Etna; inhabited by the Siculi before the Greeks arrived on the Sicilian coast in 734 BCE; rebuilt by Romans in 2nd cen. BCE; was burned by Arabs in 902 CE; went to Normans in 1078. |
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Taormina (preferred,C,V,English-P,U)
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Taormina (Italian-P,U,N)
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Taurmina (C,V,Sicilian,U)
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Mu'izzīyah (C,V)
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............ | Arabic name |
Tauromenium (H,V,Latin,U,N)
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Tauromenion (H,V,Greek (transliterated),U,N)
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............ | ancient |
Ταυρομένιον (H,V,Greek,U)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Sicilia (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861 |
![Hierarchy of Taormina (inhabited place)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
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Taormina (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by 8th cen. BCE |
town (C) |
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resort center (C) |
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archaeological site (C) |
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