Adria 68589 224219340 2008-07-07T21:22:30Z Parrot of Doom 721952 added image - may look better inside the infobox? {{Infobox CityIT | img_coa = Adria-Stemma.gif| official_name = Comune di Adria| region = [[Veneto]] | province = [[Province of Rovigo|Rovigo]] (RO) | elevation_m = 4 | area_total_km2 = 113| population_as_of = [[December 31]], [[2004]]| population_total = 20669| population_density_km2 = 183| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]], [[UTC+1]] | coordinates = {{coor dm|45|03|N|12|03|E}}| 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| telephone = 0426| postalcode = 45011| gentilic = Adriesi| saint = Saints Peter and Paul| day = [[June 29]] | mayor = Antonio Lodo (since [[June 14]], [[2006]])| website = [http://www.comune.adria.ro.it www.comune.adria.ro.it] | }} {{otheruses}} '''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 [[Etruria|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 channels<ref>The ''Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites'' quoting [[Strabo]]( 5.1.8)), consider that Adria derived its name from the Adriatic Sea.</ref> . Adria and [[Spina]] were the Etruscan ports and depots for [[Felsina]] (now Bologna). [[Image:Adria Italy.jpg|right|thumb|The town centre of Adria on a peaceful Saturday afternoon.]] ==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 Sea|Tyrrhenian]] coast south of the [[Arno River|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 [[Celt]]ic incursions into the Po valley resulted in friction between the [[Gauls]] and Etruscans, and also intermarriage, attested by [[epigraphy|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 island]]s<ref>Two bands of sand dunes east of the city mark the former sea front in Etruscan-Greek times, and in Roman times.(''Princeton Encyclopedia'')</ref>. 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&nbsp;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== {{reflist}} ==See also== * [[Bishopric of Adria]]'' * [[Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria]] * [http://www.conservatorioadria.it Conservatory of Music 'Antonio Buzzolla'] ==Sources and external links== *{{Catholic}} *{{eastons}} *[http://www.myssteriousetruscans.com/northern.html Northern Etruria] *[http://www.mysteriousetruscans.com/eng.html Etruscan Engineering and Agriculture] *[http://bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/Topic/Adria ''International Standard Bible Encyclopedia'']: "Adria" *[http://icarus.umkc.edu/sandbox/perseus/pecs/page.51.a.php Richard Stillwell, ed. 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