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ID: 7012211
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7012211
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Touraine (historical region)  Touraine (historical region)

Coordinates:
Lat: 47 12 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 47.2000  decimal degrees
Long: 001 30 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 1.5000  decimal degrees

Note: Historical region of NW central France, called the "Garden of France" because of its fertile land; contested by counts of Blois & of Anjou in 10th cen.; passed to Anjou in 1044; annexed by France in early 13th cen.; declined after 1700.

Names:
Touraine (preferred,C,V)
Tourraine (C,V)
Turena (C,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 Touraine (historical region)  ................  Touraine (historical region) (P,H)

Place Types:
historical region (preferred, C)
province (H)  ............  17th-18th cen.
general region (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Touraine..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 943
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Tourraine..........  [GRLPSC]
....................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998)
Turena..........  [VP]
.................  Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983) 545
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 943
..................  Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983) 545
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1473191
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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