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Tindari (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 38 09 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.1500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 015 03 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 15.0500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Modern place is a frazione of Patti. Was established as colony of Dionysios I in 396 BCE; prospered under Roman Empire; Pliny records that a disastrous landslide plunged part of the town into the sea in 1st cen. CE; town declined after Arab invasion; modern village is built on ancient ruins. |
Names: |
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| Tindari (preferred,C,V)
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| Lu Tìnnaru (C,V,Sicilian,U)
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| Tyndaris (H,V)
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| Tyndarion (C,V)
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| Santa Maria Di Tinaro (H,V)
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| Τυνδαρίς, (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Τυνδάριον (C,V,Greek,U)
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Sicilia (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861 |
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Tindari (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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established in 4th cen. BCE |
| village (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| hill settlement (C) |
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| frazione (C) |
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| Ancient Greek (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| administrative dependent of .... |
Patti .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Italia, Sicilia, Messina province) [1045892] |
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