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has glosseng: 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. The site of Spina was lost until modern times, when drainage schemes in the delta of the Po River in 1922 first officially revealed a necropolis of Etruscan Spina about four miles west of the commune of Comacchio. The fishermen of Comacchio, it soon turned out, had been the source of "Etruscan" vases (actually originally imported from Greece) and other artifacts that had appeared for years on the archeological black market. The archaeological finds from the burials of Spina were discovered with the help of aerial photography. Aside from the white reflective surfaces of the modern drainage channels there appeared in the photographs a ghostly network of dark lines and light rectangles, the former indicating richer vegetation on the sites of ancient canals. Thus the layout of the ancient trading port was revealed, now miles from the sea, due to the sedimentation of the Po delta. Spina may have had a Hellenised indigenous population.
lexicalizationeng: Spina
instance ofc/Italy
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Catalan
has glosscat: Espina (Spina Σπίνα) fou una antiga ciutat dItàlia propera a la desembocadura del Padus. Fou una ciutat dels pelasgs, on potser es va establir una colònia grega; va gaudir de gran riquesa per les seves relacions comercials amb Grècia, i tenien el seu tresor a Delfos; els seus habitants o eren grecs o estaven completament hel·lenitzats. Foren expulsats pels gals i la ciutat va quedar destruïda i no fou reconstruïda. Estrabó lesmenta com un llogaret i Plini el Vell com una ciutat que ja no existia.
lexicalizationcat: Espina
German
has glossdeu: Spina ist eine in den ersten Jahrzehnten n. Chr. verschwundene griechisch-etruskische Hafen- und Handelsstadt, deren frühere Existenz durch umfangreiche archäologische Funde in der Nähe der italienischen Stadt Comacchio in der Region Emilia Romagna in Oberitalien zweifelsfrei nachgewiesen werden konnte.
lexicalizationdeu: Spina
French
has glossfra: Spina est un site archéologique du littoral adriatique situé sur le territoire de la commune italienne d'Ostellato dans la province de Ferrare.
lexicalizationfra: Spina
Italian
has glossita: Spina fu unimportante città portuale etrusca affacciata sul mar Adriatico, presso il delta del fiume Po. Fu una delle città più importanti dellEtruria padana, assieme a Felsina (Bologna) e Marzabotto.
lexicalizationita: Spina
Slovenian
has glossslv: Spina je bilo antično pristanišče ob Jadranskem morju v delti reke Pad, ki so ga ustanovili Etruščani. Nekoč je bilo to največje pristanišče na Jadranu.
lexicalizationslv: Spina
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geo locgeographic location 44.6930555556 12.1011111111
media:imgComacchio Zona archeologica etrusca S. Maria in Padovetere 0709.JPG
media:imgMuseo di Spina sala 3, Ferrara - Pittore di Pentesilea - Zeus e Ganimede.jpg
media:imgSpina 0709-1.JPG
media:imgSpina Plan 0609-1.JPG

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