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ID: 7008962
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008962
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Bonifacio (inhabited place)  Bonifacio (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 41 23 13 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 41.3868  decimal degrees
Long: 009 09 25 E  degrees minutes   Long: 9.1569  decimal degrees

Note: Located on a narrow peninsula with steep limestone cliffs facing the sea on three sides; according to legend, it was founded and named by Boniface, marquis of Tuscany, in 828; taken by the Genoese in 1187; a Genoese dialect is still spoken here.

Names:
Bonifacio (preferred,C,V)
La Ville de Bonifacio (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of France (nation)  ........  France (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Corse (region (administrative division))  ............  Corse (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Bonifacio (inhabited place)  ................  Bonifacio (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  flourished during Middle Ages
town (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Bonifacio..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
....................  Blue Guide: Southern France (1926) 458
....................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 31
La Ville de Bonifacio..........  [VP]
......................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Blue Guide: Southern France (1926) 458
..................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1413531
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 31
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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