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Metapontum

Southern Europe

Metapontum was an ancient city of Magna Graecia on the Gulf of Tarentum in southern Italy, between the Bradanus and Casuentus rivers, roughly 20 kilometers from Heraclea and 40 kilometers from Tarentum. Its site lies near modern Bernalda in the Province of Matera, Basilicata, and its surviving ruins include a Greek theater.

Facts
Founding Year
650 BCE to 601 BCE 1
Elevation (m)
4 2
Latitude
40.416078 degrees north 2
Longitude
16.816764 degrees east 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 4
Sources
1. Wikipedia (Italian): Metaponto (sito archeologico)
Wikipedia (Italian)Article text: founding statement
Quote, Article text: founding statement
Metaponto fu una colonia greca fondata intorno alla seconda metà del VII secolo a.C. tra le foci dei fiumi Bradano e Basento, da gruppi achei provenienti dal Peloponneso (Acaia, Arcadia, Elide) su invito dei Sibariti.
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2. Metapontum (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 40.416078, longitude 16.816764
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 4 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.25, 16.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.25, 16.75
40.25 16.75 Csa
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4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, europe zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Europe/Rome; IT has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Quote, Zone Europe/Rome; IT has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Zone Europe/Rome 0:49:56 - LMT 1866 Dec 12 ... 1:00 Italy CE%sT 1980 1:00 EU CE%sT
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Wikidata: Metapontum
Wikidata Q1058770, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Metapontum (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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