Historical place profile

[Feraria]

The early settlement history of [Feraria] (modern Ferrara) remains uncertain. The name Ferrara appears in AD 753 in a document of the Lombard king Desiderius.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:393422
Catalogue ID
pleiades:393422
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
44.837952, 11.620477
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

The early settlement history of [Feraria] (modern Ferrara) remains uncertain. The name Ferrara appears in AD 753 in a document of the Lombard king Desiderius.

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 40 B3 [Feraria]

Source and reuse

This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.

Research path

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