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ID: 7008272
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008272
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Amboise (inhabited place)  Amboise (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 47 24 45 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 47.4125  decimal degrees
Long: 000 58 58 E  degrees minutes   Long: 0.9827  decimal degrees

Note: Was lordship inder counts of Anjou in 11th cen.; united to royal domain 1431; castle became a royal residence, later a state prison; chapel is said to be burial place of Leonardo da Vinci.

Names:
Amboise (preferred,C,V)
Ambacia (H,V)
Ambasia (H,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of France (nation)  ........  France (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Centre-Val de Loire (region (administrative division))  ............  Centre-Val de Loire (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Amboise (inhabited place)  ................  Amboise (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of France (nation)  ........  France (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Centre-Val de Loire (region (administrative division))  ............  Centre-Val de Loire (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Touraine (historical region)  ................  Touraine (historical region) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Amboise (inhabited place)  ....................  Amboise (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
commune (administrative) (C)
lordship (H)
royal residence (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Ambacia..........  [VP]
.................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 17
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 43
Ambasia..........  [VP]
.................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 17
Amboise..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1992)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 12
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1992)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1407398
..................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 17
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 12
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 43
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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