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ID: 7009854
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009854
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Skara (inhabited place)  Skara (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 58 23 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 58.3833  decimal degrees
Long: 013 25 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 13.4167  decimal degrees

Note: Noted as one of Sweden's oldest cities; was site of Sweden's first bishopric, founded in 11th cen.; has been a noted educational center since 1641.

Names:
Skara (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Sverige (nation)  ........  Sverige (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Västra Götaland (county)  ............  Västra Götaland (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Skara (inhabited place)  ................  Skara (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 9th cen. or earlier
town (C)
educational center (C)  ............  since 17th cen.
episcopal see (C)  ............  founded in 11th cen., cathedral was built in 12th cen. & restored in 1894

Sources and Contributors:
Skara..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 869
..............  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 184
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 869
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 184
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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