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ID: 7008811
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008811
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Vitoria-Gasteiz (inhabited place)  Vitoria-Gasteiz (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 42 51 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 42.8500  decimal degrees
Long: 002 40 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -2.6667  decimal degrees

Note: Located on the Zadorra river southwest of San Sebastián, the town was given charter by Sancho VI the Wise of Navarre in the 12th century. It was taken in 1200 by Alfonso VIII of Castile who brought it under his kingdom. It is the location of the old Santa María cathedral, founded in 1180 and rebuilt in the 14th century.

Names:
Vitoria-Gasteiz (preferred,C,V)
Vitoria (C,V)
Victoriacum (H,V)  ............ original

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of España (nation)  ........  España (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of País Vasco (autonomous community)  ............  País Vasco (autonomous community) (P)
Hierarchy of Álava (province)  ................  Álava (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Vitoria-Gasteiz (inhabited place)  ....................  Vitoria-Gasteiz (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded by Visigothic king Leovigild to commemorate his conquest over Basques 581
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Victoriacum..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 405
Vitoria..........  [BHA, VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 405
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 210
.................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Vitoria-Gasteiz..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 3 November 2008
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 405
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 3 November 2008
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -408890
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 210
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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