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ID: 7007342
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007342
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Davos (inhabited place)  Davos (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 46 47 52 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 46.7978  decimal degrees
Long: 009 49 37 E  degrees minutes   Long: 9.8270  decimal degrees

Note: Winter resort in the Alps; originally settled by Romansch speakers (linguistic blend of Roman & native Raetian tongues); has been mainly German-speaking since 13th cen.; was capital of League of Ten Jurisdictions in 1463; was Austrian 1477-1649.

Names:
Davos (preferred,C,V,German,U)
Tavau (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Schweiz (nation)  ........  Schweiz (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Graubünden (canton)  ............  Graubünden (canton) (P)
Hierarchy of Davos (inhabited place)  ................  Davos (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was important medieval center
town (C)
resort center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Davos..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
..............  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............  Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-76
..............  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Tavau..........  [VP]
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 229
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 229
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) 11936028
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-76
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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