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ID: 1049789
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1049789
Record Type:
administrative
Guarda (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 40 32 14 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 40.5373
decimal degrees
Long: 007 15 57 W
degrees minutes
Long: -7.2657
decimal degrees
Note:
Name refers to its former function as "guard" against Moorish incursions; noted for architecture, including Gothic cathedral (1390-1540), Blacksmith's Tower & 12th-cen. castle; is center for leatherwork, metallurgy & distilling.
Names:
Guarda
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Portugal
(nation) (
P
)
............
Guarda
(national district) (
P
)
................
Guarda
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
town was founded in 1197
city (
C
)
district capital (
C
)
manufacturing center (
C
)
fortification (
H
)
regional capital (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Guarda..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
V, 534
.................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 29 April 2014
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
V, 534
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 29 April 2014
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2166965
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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