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ID: 1007724
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1007724
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Korčula, Otok (island)  Korčula, Otok (island)

Coordinates:
Lat: 42 57 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 42.9500  decimal degrees
Long: 016 55 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 16.9167  decimal degrees

Note: Greeks colonized island in 4th cen.; later taken by Romans & Byzantines; was subject of conflict between Venice & Genoa in 13th cen.; under Austrian rule from 1815 to 1918; was part of Yugoslavia from 1918; possibly was birthplace of traveler Marco Polo.

Names:
Korčula, Otok (preferred,C,V)
Korcula (C,O)
Curzola (C,O)
Korčula island (C,O,display)
Corcyra Nigra (H,O)
Corcyra Mulaina (H,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Croatia (nation)  ........  Croatia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Dubrovačko-Neretvanska Županija (county)  ............  Dubrovačko-Neretvanska Županija (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Korčula, Otok (island)  ................  Korčula, Otok (island) (P)

Place Types:
island (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Corcyra Mulaina..........  [VP]
.............................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 487
Corcyra Nigra..........  [VP]
..........................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 487
Curzola..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 487
Korcula..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 487
Korčula island..........  [VP]
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Korčula, Otok..........  [VP Preferred]
..........................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 487
..................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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