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| 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 (43.6 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. It is the seat of a diocese, unlike Rovigo itself.
The Etruscan city of Adria ("Hatria") underlies the modern city, three to four meters below the current level. Adria ("Hatria") gave its name at any early period to the Adriatic Sea, to which it was connected through channels1 . Adria and Spina were the Etruscan ports and depots for Felsina (now Bologna).
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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 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.
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.
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." Pliny's "Seven Seas" were interlinked coastal lagoons, separated from the open sea by sandspits and barrier islands2. 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.
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. 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.
There are several ideas concerning the etymology of the ancient toponym Adria/Atria. One theory is that it derives from an "Illyrian" (Venetic language intended?dubious ) word adur, 'water', 'sea'.3
References
- ^ The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites quoting Strabo( 5.1.8)), 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)
- ^ Adrian Room, "Brewer's Dictionary of Names", p.7. (ISBN 1-85986-323-x)
Notes
- ^ The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites quoting Strabo( 5.1.8)), 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)
- ^ Adrian Room, "Brewer's Dictionary of Names", p.7. (ISBN 1-85986-323-x)
See also
Sources and external links
- This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
- This article 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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