Augusta Praetoria - Augusta Praetoria

Japanese: アウグスタ・プラエトリア - あうぐすたぷらえとりあ
Augusta Praetoria - Augusta Praetoria

...The capital of the Aosta Valley in northwest Italy. Population 36,095 (1990). It is located in a basin at an altitude of 583m, overlooking the Pennine Alps to the north. During the Roman era, it developed as a military garrison, and the city walls, theater, and triumphal arch from that time remain. Currently, it is home to a variety of industries, mainly steelworks, but more than that, it functions as a key point on the main road that runs through Mont Blanc and the Great St. Bernard Pass, and as a tourist base. [Aichi Hagiwara]...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Augusta Praetoria" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…イタリア北西部,バレ・ダオスタ州の州都。人口3万6095(1990)。北にペニン・アルプスの山々を望む標高583mの盆地にある。ローマ時代に軍隊の駐屯地として発展し,当時の城壁,劇場,凱旋門などが残っている。現在は製鉄業を中心に多様な工業が立地しているが,それ以上に,モン・ブランや大サン・ベルナール峠を貫通している国境の大トンネルをひかえた幹線道路の要所,および観光基地としての機能が大きい。【萩原 愛一】…

※「アウグスタ・プラエトリア」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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