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![Hierarchy of Palazzolo Acreide (inhabited place)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Palazzolo Acreide (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 37 04 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.0667 decimal degrees |
Long: 014 54 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 14.9000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Town located in the Hyblean Mountains, on the site of an ancient city of Sicily, originated as a colony founded by Syracuse in 664 BCE. |
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Palazzolo Acreide (preferred,C,V)
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Palazzuolo Acreide (C,V)
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Palazzuolu (C,V,local dialect,U)
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Acre (C,V)
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Acrae (C,V)
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Acrae Siciliae (C,V)
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Akrai (H,V)
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![Hierarchy of Sicily (region (administrative division))](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
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Sicily (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861 |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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town (C) |
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archaeological site (C) |
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