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ID: 1047563
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1047563
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Larochette (inhabited place)  Larochette (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 49 47 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 49.7833  decimal degrees
Long: 006 13 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 6.2167  decimal degrees

Note: Located in narrow, rocky valley of Ernz Blanche, where this valley meets 2 others; noted for traces of prehistoric occupation on the crag above town; also there are remains of a double castle, constructed in 11th & 14th cen., but destroyed in 16th cen.

Names:
Larochette (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Luxembourg (nation)  ........  Luxembourg (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Mersch (canton)  ............  Mersch (canton) (P)
Hierarchy of Larochette (inhabited place)  ................  Larochette (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  prehistoric settlements are in the area, fortifications date from 11th cen. AD
town (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Larochette..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Blue Guide: Belgium & Luxembourg (1983) 379
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 109
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Blue Guide: Belgium & Luxembourg (1983) 379
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 109
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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