Historical place profile

Cantigi

An ancient settlement attested by an ethnic name in a single, fragmentary funerary inscription. The 19th century findspot of the inscription, presumably in the immediate vicinity of the ancient town, was at a locality called "Plaza de Armas" located to the northeast of (and across the Guadalquivir from) the modern Spanish town of Espelúy (Jaén, Andalucia).

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:265839
Catalogue ID
pleiades:265839
Place type
findspot, settlement, settlement-modern
Coordinates
38.022258, -3.861728
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

An ancient settlement attested by an ethnic name in a single, fragmentary funerary inscription. The 19th century findspot of the inscription, presumably in the immediate vicinity of the ancient town, was at a locality called "Plaza de Armas" located to the northeast of (and across the Guadalquivir from) the modern Spanish town of Espelúy (Jaén, Andalucia).

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 27 B3 Cantigi

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