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ID: 1027525
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1027525
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Skalica (inhabited place)  Skalica (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 48 51 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 48.8500  decimal degrees
Long: 017 14 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 17.2333  decimal degrees

Note: Near Czech border; became a market town in 14th cen. & an independent "free royal town" in 1372; viticulture important; King Béla II of Hungary born here in 1131; once part of Hungary & Czechoslovakia; numerous notable buildings, for instance, the Roman Rotunda of St. George, probably built in the 12th cen. as a small church near the fortress; it is the symbol of the town.

Names:
Skalica (preferred,C,V)
Zakulcza (H,O)  ............ recorded in 1217

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Slovakia (nation)  ........  Slovakia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Trnavský (region (administrative division))  ............  Trnavský (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Skalica (inhabited place)  ................  Skalica (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
industrial center (C)  ............  chemical, textile & leather industries, beginning in the late 18th century
cultural center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Skalica..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  FTOW: Flags of the World website
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Zakulcza..........  [VP]
.................  FTOW: Flags of the World website
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  FTOW: Flags of the World website
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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