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ID: 1044936
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1044936
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Iglesias (inhabited place)  Iglesias (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 39 18 41 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 39.3114  decimal degrees
Long: 008 32 06 E  degrees minutes   Long: 8.5350  decimal degrees

Note: Located in center of district; famous for zinc & lead mines since 13th cen.; also noted for Franciscan architecture characteristic of Sardegna.

Names:
Iglesias (preferred,C,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 Sardinia (region (administrative division))  ............  Sardinia (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Cagliari (province)  ................  Cagliari (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Iglesias (inhabited place)  ....................  Iglesias (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was noted medieval center
town (C)
episcopal see (C)
mining center (C)  ............  for lead, zinc & silver
educational center (C)  ............  has mining school, noted for museum of mineralogy

Sources and Contributors:
Iglesias..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 408
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 246
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 88
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 408
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 246
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -119130
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 88
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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