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ID: 7010775
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010775
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Braga (inhabited place)  Braga (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 41 33 01 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 41.5503  decimal degrees
Long: 008 25 12 W  degrees minutes   Long: -8.4201  decimal degrees

Note: Large city on an ancient site. Probably founded by Carthaginians. Held by Suebi in 5th cen. CE, by Visigoths from 585 & Moors 716; former seat of Primate of All Spain; notable structures include 12th-cen. cathedral (reconstructed in 16th cen. in Manueline style), 17th-cen. church of Santa Cruz & 18th-cen. Raio Palace.

Names:
Braga (preferred,C,V)
Bracara (H,V)
Bracara Augusta (H,V,Latin,U,N)  ............ Roman
Citania (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Portugal (nation)  ........  Portugal (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Braga (national district)  ............  Braga (national district) (P)
Hierarchy of Braga (inhabited place)  ................  Braga (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  probably founded by Carthaginians 296 BCE
city (C)
district capital (C)
industrial center (C)
archiepiscopal see (C)
educational center (C)  ............  Universidade do Minho founded 1973
Punic (Carthaginian) (H)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Bracara..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 338
Bracara Augusta..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 457
.............................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 12608
Braga..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
..............  Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990)
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 457
..............  Michelin: Portugal (1982) 52-54
..............  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 28 April 2014
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Citania..........  [VP]
.................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
..................  Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 457
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 12608
..................  Michelin: Portugal (1982) 52-54
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 28 April 2014
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2160205
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 338
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)

 

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