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ID: 7009854
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009854
Record Type:
administrative
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:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Sweden
(nation) (
P
)
............
Västra Götaland
(county) (
P
)
................
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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