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ID: 7008676 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008676			Record Type: administrative

Sevilla (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 37 22 38 N degrees minutes			Lat: 37.3772 decimal degrees
Long: 005 59 13 W degrees minutes			Long: -5.9869 decimal degrees

Note: Important cultural center during rule of 'Abbādid dynasty & later Almoravid and Almohad confederations; prospered after Spanish Christians under Ferdinand III expelled Muslims in 1248; Velásquez, Zurbarán & Murillo painted in Sevilla during the 17th century.

Names:

Sevilla (preferred,C,V)
Seville (C,O,English-P,U,N)
Siviglia (C,V)
Hispalis (H,V)	............	Roman

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Europe (continent) (P)

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España (nation) (P)

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Andalucía (autonomous community) (P)

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Sevilla (province) (P)

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Sevilla (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)	............	first inhabited in Paleolithic Period
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
episcopal see (C)
educational center (C)	............	university founded 1502
industrial center (C)
capital (H)	............	of Visigoths until taken by Moors 711; of medieval Muslim Spain
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:

Hispalis..........	[VP]
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 671-672
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

Sevilla..........	[BHA, VP Preferred]
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) 10:671-672
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 180
.................	USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers

Seville..........	[FDA, GRLPSC, VP]
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) 10:671-672
.................	National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)

Siviglia..........	[VP]
.................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 17 January 2006
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

Subject: .....	[BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 671-672; 10:671-672
..................	National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
..................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 17 January 2006
..................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -402849
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 180
..................	USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)

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