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ID: 7004110
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004110
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Bisceglie (inhabited place)  Bisceglie (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 41 14 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 41.2333  decimal degrees
Long: 016 30 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 16.5000  decimal degrees

Note: On Adriatic coast; conquered by Normans & made countship 11th cen.; free city 1532, but later passed to Kingdom of Naples until ceded to Kingdom of Italy 1861; noted for castle built by German dynasty of Hohenstaufens & a 12th-cen. Romanesque church.

Names:
Bisceglie (preferred,C,V)
Vigiliae (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italia (nation)  ........  Italia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Puglia (region (administrative division))  ............  Puglia (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Bari (province)  ................  Bari (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Bisceglie (inhabited place)  ....................  Bisceglie (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled by Roman times
town (C)
port (C)
fishing community (C)
agricultural center (C)  ............  notable for cherries, dessert grapes, almonds & various vegetables
episcopal see (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Bisceglie..........  [GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 239
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 28
....................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Vigiliae..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 238
Subject: .....  [GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 238; II, 239
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -111647
..................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 28
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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