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ID: 7015443
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7015443
Record Type:
administrative
Smederevo (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 44 40 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 44.6667
decimal degrees
Long: 020 56 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 20.9333
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on Danube River; Roman site; conquered by Ottomans & Turks; occupied by Nazis in WW II; site of unusual triangular castle with 19 square towers modeled after Constantinople's walls.
Names:
Smederevo
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Semendire
(
C
,
O
)
Semendra
(
C
,
O
)
Semendria
(
C
,
O
)
Mons Aureus
(
H
,
O
)
............
dating from Ancient Roman times
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Serbia
(nation) (
P
)
............
lost & found/Serbia
(miscellaneous) (
P
)
................
Smederevo
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
settled by Romans
town (
C
)
shipbuilding center (
C
)
............
since 19th cen.
trade center (
C
)
............
in grape growing region with famous vineyards dating back to Roman Emperor Probus ca. 276
capital (
H
)
............
when George Brankovich was Lord of Tokay & Belgrade was occupied by Turks; transplanted Tokay grapes for wine production
Sources and Contributors:
Mons Aureus..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 872
Semendire..........
[
VP
]
....................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
355
Semendra..........
[
VP
]
.................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
356
Semendria..........
[
VP
]
....................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 872
Smederevo..........
[
GRLPSC
,
VP Preferred
]
....................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 872
....................
Ćurčić, Art of Balkans (1984)
347-350
....................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
185
....................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1125
Subject:
.....
[
GRLPSC
,
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 872
..................
Ćurčić, Art of Balkans (1984)
347-350
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
185
..................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
355; 356
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1125
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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