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ID: 7006031
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7006031
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Voghera (inhabited place)  Voghera (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 44 59 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 44.9833  decimal degrees
Long: 009 01 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 9.0167  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Staffora river; was probably founded as a Roman colony; fortified by Visconti family in 14th cen.; noted for 17th-cen. church of San Lorenzo & Viconti castle of 1372; economy based on textiles, food-processing & nearby hydroelectric plant.

Names:
Voghera (preferred,C,V)
Iria (H,V)  ............ name of Roman colony that was probably located at this site

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italia (nation)  ........  Italia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Lombardia (region (administrative division))  ............  Lombardia (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Pavia (province)  ................  Pavia (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Voghera (inhabited place)  ....................  Voghera (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was probably a Roman settlement
town (C)
agricultural center (C)
manufacturing center (C)
power production center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Iria..........  [VP]
...........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 415
Voghera..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Annuario Generale (1980)
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 415
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  TCI: Lombardia (1987)
.................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 207
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Annuario Generale (1980)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 415
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -132700
..................  TCI: Lombardia (1987)
..................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 207
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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