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![Hierarchy of Imera (deserted settlement)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Imera (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 37 57 57 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.9667 decimal degrees |
Long: 013 49 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 13.8160 decimal degrees |
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Note: Abandoned site of a Greek colony founded in 648 BCE by Myletidai from Zankle (Messina) and Chalkidians of Zankle and Mylai; site of a famous battle where Sicilian Greeks defeated Carthaginians; was razed to the ground and abandoned 409 BCE. The survivors settled in what that time another ancient settlement, now nearby Termini Imerese. |
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Imera (preferred,C,V,Italian,U,N)
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Himera (C,V,S,Greek (transliterated),U,N)
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Ἱμέρα (C,V,Greek,U)
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Sicilia (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861 |
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Imera (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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probably founded in 648 BCE, abandoned 409 BCE |
archaeological site (C) |
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ancient site (C) |
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inhabited place (H) |
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Ancient Greek (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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predecessor of .... |
Termini Imerese .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Italia, Sicilia, Palermo province) [1047084] |
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