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ID: 7008181
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008181
Record Type:
administrative
Dax (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 43 42 22 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 43.7061
decimal degrees
Long: 001 03 14 W
degrees minutes
Long: -1.0539
decimal degrees
Note:
Dax was one of the pilgrimage sites on route to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, home of the shrine dedicated to Saint James, the patron saint of Spain. The symbol of Saint James, the scalloped shell, became the primary symbol representing pilgrims. French pilgrimage routes to Compostela tend to follow old Roman roads, many of which continued to be utilized as primary roads of communication during the Middle Ages. It was an ancient center for hot saline springs and mineral baths. Dax was a medieval capital of viscount of BĂ©arn and the seat of an early bishop. Historic sites in Dax include ruins of city walls and the Cathedral of Notre-Dame.
Names:
Dax
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Ax
(
C
,
V
)
Aquae Augustae
(
H
,
V
)
Aquae Tarbellicae
(
H
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
France
(nation) (
P
)
............
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
Dax
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
famed for hot springs since Roman times
town (
C
)
spa center (
C
)
episcopal see (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Aquae Augustae..........
[
VP
]
.............................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 229
Aquae Tarbellicae..........
[
VP
]
................................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 229
Ax..........
[
VP
]
...........
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 229
Dax..........
[
GRLPSC
,
VP Preferred
]
...........
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
...........
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
53
...........
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
319
Subject:
.....
[
GRLPSC
,
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 229
..................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-1423682
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
53
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
319
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Shaver-Crandell and Gerson, Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela (1995)
182
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