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Center point of the modern town

a Pleiades location resource

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Feature type:
unknown

Geometry and coordinates (long, lat order):
{ "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 9.1438439999999996, 44.361905999999998 ] }

Archaeological remains:
Unknown

Association certainty:
Certain

Positional Accuracy Assessment:
Google Earth and GeoEye Imagery 2012

Location type:
representative

Temporal attestations:

Modern (AD 1700-Present) (confident)

References:

Evidence:

Gambaro, L., Gervasini, L., 2004, Considerazioni sulla viabilità e insdiamenti in età romana da Luni a Genova, in Insediamenti e territorio. Viabilità in Liguria tra I e VII secolo d.C., Bordighera:Istituto Internazionale di Studi Liguri, p. 166-167

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Archaeological evidence for a Roman settlement is scarce, but almost all scholars accept the identification of Ricina, mentioned in the Tabula Peutingeriana, with modern Recco. Among the strongest arguments is the correspondence of distances.

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