Porto Torres (Italy)
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Name (Hebrew)
פורטו טורס (איטליה)
Name (Latin)
Porto Torres (Italy)
Other forms of name
Colonia Iulia Turris Libisonis (Italy)
Posthudorra (Italy)
Pòrtu Turre (Italy)
Turris (Sardinia, Italy)
Turris Libisonis (Italy)
Turris Lybissonis (Italy)
nnaa Porto Torres, Sardinia
Torres (Italy)
Portotorres (Italy)
nne Porto Torres (Sardinia)
Coordinates
8.401388888 8.401388888 40.83694444 40.83694444 (gooearth )
E0082350 E0082350 N0405006 N0405006 (geonames )
Associated country
Italy
Sources of Information
- Boninu, Antonietta. Turris Libisonis, colonia Iulia,1984:p. 9 (Roman colony of Turris Libisonis; Sardinia) p. 12 (Turris) p. 37 (Turris Libisonis (today Porto Torres)) p. 39 (foundation either decision made by Octavian before 27 B.C. or, according to the majority of scholars, by Julius Caesar during his Sardinian stay after the battle of Tapso, therefore in 46 B.C.; are arguments for preferring the date 46 B.C.)
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 40°50ʹ06ʺN 008°23ʹ50ʺE)
- GeoNet, 14 December 2015(Porto Torres; geopolitical entity name: Italy; first-order administrative division name: Sardegna; 40° 50ʹ 06ʺ N, 008° 23ʹ 50ʺ E; 40.835 [N], 8.397222 [E]; populated place)
- Wikipedia, 14 December 2015(Porto Torres (Sassarese: Posthudorra, Sardinian: Pòrtu Turre) is a comune and city in northern Sardinia, in the Province of Sassari; colony in Roman period, founded around 46 B.C., known as Turris Lybissonis; Turris; 40° 50ʹ 13ʺ N, 008° 24ʹ 05ʺ E; 40.833333 [N], 8.4 [E])
- Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera, 14 December 2015(Porto Torres; in Roman period, foundation in 46 B.C. of colonia iulia Turris Libisonis, the only colony on the island of Sardinia)
- Ruiu, G. M. La Chiesa turritana ... 1975.
- Sotgiu, G. Le iscrizioni dell'ipogeo ... 1981:t.p. (Portotorres)