| Comune di Adria | |
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 Municipal coat of arms |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Veneto |
| Province | Rovigo (RO) |
| Mayor | Antonio Lodo (since June 14, 2006) |
| Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Area | 113 km² (44 sq mi) |
| Population (as of December 31, 2004) | |
| - Total | 20,669 |
| - Density | 183/km² (474/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Adriesi |
| Dialing code | 0426 |
| Postal code | 45011 |
| Frazioni | Baricetta, Bellombra, Bottrighe, Ca'Emo, Ca'Tron, Campelli, Canareggio, Canton, Canton Basso, Capitello, Case Beviacqua, Case Matte, Cavanella Po, Chiavica Pignatta, Corcrevà, Fasana Polesine, Fienile Santissimo, Forcarigoli, Isolella, Mazzorno Sinistro, Montefalche, Palazzon, Passetto, Piantamelon, Sabbioni, San Pietro Basso, Tiro A Segno, Valliera, Voltascirocco |
| Patron | Saints Peter and Paul |
| - Day | June 29 |
| Website: www.comune.adria.ro.it | |
Adria is a town in the province of Rovigo in the Veneto region of Northern Italy, situated between the mouths of the rivers Adige and Po. For the Renaissance composer see Francesco Rovigo. Rovigo is a town in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy, the capital Veneto or Venetia ( Vèneto) is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Adige (Adige Venetian: Àdexe; Trentin Ades; Friulian: Adis; Etsch Ladin: Adesc, or Adiç The Po ( Latin: Padus, Po Ligurian: Bo, Greek: Eridanus) is a river that flows 652 km(405 miles (682 km by considering It is the seat of a diocese, unlike Rovigo itself. In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop.
The Etruscan city of Adria ("Hatria") underlies the modern city, three to four meters below the current level. Etruria &mdash usually referred to in Greek and Latin source texts as Tyrrhenia &mdash was a region of Central Italy, located in an area Adria ("Hatria") gave its name at any early period to the Adriatic Sea, to which it was connected through channels[1] . Adria and Spina were the Etruscan ports and depots for Felsina (now Bologna). Spina was an Etruscan port city on the Adriatic at the ancient mouth of the Po, south of the lagoon which would become the site of Venice. Bologna (boloɲa from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Bolognese dialect is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy
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History
- For the ecclesiastical history, see Bishopric of Adria
The Etruscan-controlled area of the Po Valley was generally known as Padan Etruria (Padan refers to the Po River), as opposed to their main concentration along the Tyrrhenian coast south of the Arno. The Po ( Latin: Padus, Po Ligurian: Bo, Greek: Eridanus) is a river that flows 652 km(405 miles (682 km by considering The Tyrrhenian Sea (Mar Tirreno is part of the Mediterranean Sea off of the western coast of Italy. The Villanovan culture, named for an archaeological site at the village of Villanova, near Bologna (Etruscan Felsina), flourished in this area from the 10th century until as late as the 6th century. The Villanovan culture was the earliest Iron Age culture of central and northern Italy, abruptly
Mass Celtic incursions into the Po valley resulted in friction between the Gauls and Etruscans, and also intermarriage, attested by epigraphic inscriptions where Etruscan and Celtic names appear together. Celts (ˈkɛlts or /ˈsɛlts/, see Names of the Celts Gaul (Gallia was the Roman name for the region of Western Europe comprising present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Epigraphy (ἐπιγραφολογία from Greek ἐπιγραφή — "inscription" is the study of inscriptions or epigraphs engraved
Pliny the Elder, a Roman author and fleet commander, wrote about a system of channels in Atria that was, "first made by the Tuscans [Etruscans], thus discharging the flow of the river across the marshes of the Atriani called the Seven Seas, with the famous harbor of the Tuscan town of Atria which formerly gave the name of Atriatic to the sea now called the Adriatic. Gaius or Caius Plinius Secundus, ( AD 23 – August 25, AD 79 better known as Pliny the Elder, was an ancient Author " Pliny's "Seven Seas" were interlinked coastal lagoons, separated from the open sea by sandspits and barrier islands[2]. A shoal or sandbar (also called sandbank) is a somewhat Linear Landform within or extending into a body of Water, The Etruscans extended this natural inland waterway with new canals to extend the navigation possibilities of the tidal reaches of the Po all the way north to Atria. As late as the time of the emperor Vespasian, shallow draft galleys could still be rowed from Ravenna into the heart of Etruria. Ravenna is a City and Comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.
Under Roman occupation the town lost importance to the former Greek colony Ravenna as the continued siltation of the Po delta carried the seafront farther to the east. Ravenna is a City and Comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Silt is Soil or rock derived Granular material of a Grain size between sand and clay The sea is now about 22 km from Adria.
The first exploration of ancient Atria was carried out by Carlo Bocchi and published as Importanza di Adria la Veneta. The collections of the Bocchi family were given to the public at the beginning of the twentieth century and comprise a major part of the city museum collection of antiquities.
Notes
- ^ The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites quoting Strabo( 5. Strabo ( Greek: Στράβων 63/64 BC – ca AD 24 was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher. 1. 8)), consider that Adria derived its name from the Adriatic Sea.
- ^ Two bands of sand dunes east of the city mark the former sea front in Etruscan-Greek times, and in Roman times. (Princeton Encyclopedia)
See also
- Bishopric of Adria
- Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria
- Conservatory of Music 'Antonio Buzzolla'
Sources and external links
- This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language Encyclopedia published by The Encyclopedia
- This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.
- Northern Etruria
- Etruscan Engineering and Agriculture
- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: "Adria"
- Richard Stillwell, ed. Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, 1976: "Adria (Atria), Veneto, Italy
- Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria
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