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ID: 1044500
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1044500
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Domodossola (inhabited place)  Domodossola (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 46 07 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 46.1167  decimal degrees
Long: 008 17 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 8.2833  decimal degrees

Note: Located at foot of Simplon Pass; site of countship under bishop of Novara established by Charlemagne; seized by Swiss in 1416; plundered by Upper Valais in 1487 during religious wars; went to Austria in 1714 & to Savoy in 1735; returned to Italy in 1815.

Names:
Domodossola (preferred,C,V)
Domus Dei (H,V)  ............ medieval name
Oscela (H,V)  ............ ancient name
Oscela Lepontiorum (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italy (nation)  ........  Italy (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Piedmont (region (administrative division))  ............  Piedmont (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Verbano-Cusio Ossola (province)  ................  Verbano-Cusio Ossola (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Domodossola (inhabited place)  ....................  Domodossola (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Roman Empire (former nation/state/empire)  ....  Roman Empire (former nation/state/empire) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Raetia (historical region)  ........  Raetia (historical region) (P,H) from 15 BCE
Hierarchy of Domodossola (inhabited place)  ............  Domodossola (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was an ancient site
town (C)
battlefield (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Domodossola..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 56
Domus Dei..........  [VP]
....................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 249
Oscela..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 249
Oscela Lepontiorum..........  [VP]
...................................  Atlas of Greek & Roman World (1981) 23
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Atlas of Greek & Roman World (1981) 23
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 249
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -116874
..................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 56
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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