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ID: 7010539
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010539
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Esztergom (inhabited place)  Esztergom (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 47 46 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 47.7667  decimal degrees
Long: 018 42 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 18.7000  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Danube river; names refer to city's historic importance as grain market; sacked by Mongols in 1241; ruled by Turks 16th-17th cen.; noted for huge cathedral, constructed on site of original edifice that was built by Stephen I in 1010.

Names:
Esztergom (preferred,C,V,English-P)
Gran (C,O)
Ostrihom (C,O)
אֶסטֶרגוֹם (C,U,Hebrew )
Strigonium (H,V)  ............ ancient name

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Hungary (nation)  ........  Hungary (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Komárom-Esztergom (county)  ............  Komárom-Esztergom (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Esztergom (inhabited place)  ................  Esztergom (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was an ancient settlement; noted as one of oldest cities in Hungary
city (C)
port (C)
manufacturing center (C)
cultural center (C)  ............  noted for museums & art collections in castle & cathedral
episcopal see (C)  ............  established in 1189
capital (H)  ............  of early Arpád kings, until 13th cen.

Sources and Contributors:
אֶסטֶרגוֹם..........  [IMJ]
.......................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Esztergom..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, IMJ Preferred, VP Preferred]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 575
....................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
....................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Gran..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
...........  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-63
Ostrihom..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 282
Strigonium..........  [VP]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 282
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 282
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 575
..................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-63
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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