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ID: 7009634
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009634

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Saint-Jean-d'Angély (inhabited place)  Saint-Jean-d'Angély (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 45 56 41 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 45.9448  decimal degrees
Long: 000 31 09 W  degrees minutes   Long: -0.5192  decimal degrees

Note: Saint Jean-d'Angély was one of the pilgrimage sites on route to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, home of the shrine dedicated to Saint James, the patron saint of Spain. The symbol of Saint James, the scalloped shell, became the primary symbol representing pilgrims. French pilgrimage routes to Compostela tend to follow old Roman roads, many of which continued to be utilized as primary roads of communication during the Middle Ages. One of its important historic sites include a Gallo-Roman aqueduct that is still standing. In addition, there are ramparts, an abbey, and various churches.

Names:
Saint-Jean-d'Angély (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Saint Jean-d'Angély (C,V)
Angeriaci fanum (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 Nouvelle-Aquitaine (region (administrative division))  ............  Nouvelle-Aquitaine (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Saint-Jean-d'Angély (inhabited place)  ................  Saint-Jean-d'Angély (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Angeriaci fanum..........  [VP]
.............................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 20
Saint Jean-d'Angély..........  [BHA, VP]
...................................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
...................................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 170
Saint-Jean-d'Angély..........  [VP Preferred]
...................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1466100
..................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 20
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 170
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Shaver-Crandell and Gerson, Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela (1995) 314-315

 

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