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ID: 1061711
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1061711
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Alcántara (inhabited place)  Alcántara (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 39 43 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 39.7167  decimal degrees
Long: 006 53 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -6.8833  decimal degrees

Note: town taken from Almohads by Fernando II in 1166, but lost in 1174; regained by Alfonso IX in 1214 and became headquarters for Order of Alcántara; associated with archaeologically significant medieval castle and Roman bridge built by Caius Iulius Lacer

Names:
Alcántara (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Spain (nation)  ........  Spain (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Extremadura (autonomous community)  ............  Extremadura (autonomous community) (P)
Hierarchy of Cáceres (province)  ................  Cáceres (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Alcántara (inhabited place)  ....................  Alcántara (inhabited place) (P)

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

Sources and Contributors:
Alcántara..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  Spain: Oxford Guides (1998) 2
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 9
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -369800
..................  Spain: Oxford Guides (1998) 2
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 9
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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