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ID: 7009194
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009194
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Gap (inhabited place)  Gap (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 44 33 41 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 44.5615  decimal degrees
Long: 006 04 52 E  degrees minutes   Long: 6.0811  decimal degrees

Note: Was an ancient center; was capital of medieval Gapençais; annexed by French crown in 1512; sacked by Huguenots in 1567 & 1577 during French Wars of Religion; noted for 17th-cen. cathedral & carved tomb by Jacob Richier (from 1613).

Names:
Gap (preferred,C,V)
Vapincum (C,V)  ............ ancient name

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of France (nation)  ........  France (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (region (administrative division))  ............  Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Gap (inhabited place)  ................  Gap (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded by Emperor Augustus in 14 BC
town (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Gap..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
...........  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 70
Vapincum..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 323
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 323
..................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1428666
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 70
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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