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ID: 1047678
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1047678
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Brielle (inhabited place)  Brielle (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 54 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.9000  decimal degrees
Long: 004 10 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 4.1667  decimal degrees

Note: Main town on the island of Voorne, it was the birthplace of nautical hero Maerten Harpertzoon Tromp (1598-1653). Originally a fortress town at the mouth of the Maas River until it was dammed in 1952. Important in the Eighty Years War when the Sea Beggars took the town from the Spaniards.

Names:
Brielle (preferred,C,V,Dutch,U)
den Briel (C,V)
Den Briel (NA,V,Dutch,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Netherlands (nation)  ........  Netherlands (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of South Holland (province)  ............  South Holland (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Voorne (island)  ................  Voorne (island) (P)
Hierarchy of Brielle (inhabited place)  ....................  Brielle (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Brielle..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 34
den Briel..........  [VP]
....................  Phaidon Art Guide: Holland (1987)
Den Briel..........  [VP]
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2141949
..................  Phaidon Art Guide: Holland (1987)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 34
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Phaidon Art Guide: Holland (1987) 56

 

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