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ID: 7008839
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008839
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Saint David's (inhabited place)  Saint David's (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 53 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.8833  decimal degrees
Long: 005 16 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -5.2667  decimal degrees

Note: Famous for St. David's Cathedral, the largest & considered among the country's finest; tradition holds that church was built ca. 550 by St. David, the patron saint of Wales; town was sacked in 1088 & cathedral burned, then restored in 14th cen.

Names:
Saint David's (preferred,C,V,English,U)
St. David's (C,V)
Tyddewi (NA,V,Welsh,U)
Menevia (H,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Wales (country)  ............  Wales (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Pembrokeshire (unitary authority)  ................  Pembrokeshire (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Saint David's (inhabited place)  ....................  Saint David's (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded ca. 550
town (C)
episcopal see (C)  ............  since the mid-6th cen.

Sources and Contributors:
Menevia..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 349
Saint David's..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
..........................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..........................  Blue Guide: Wales (1979) 353
..........................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..........................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
St. David's..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
.......................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 354
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Tyddewi..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................  Blue Guide: Wales (1979) 353
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2606823
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 349; 354
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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