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ID: 7009868
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009868
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Vadstena (inhabited place)  Vadstena (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 58 26 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 58.4333  decimal degrees
Long: 014 55 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 14.9167  decimal degrees

Note: Located on lake Vättern; noted for historic buildings, including famous 14th-cen. convent of St. Bridget.

Names:
Vadstena (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Sweden (nation)  ........  Sweden (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Östergötland (county)  ............  Östergötland (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Vadstena (inhabited place)  ................  Vadstena (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  first documented in 14th cen.
town (C)
monastic center (C)  ............  convent of St. Bridget was founded ca. 1370

Sources and Contributors:
Vadstena..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Bonniers Folklexikon (1951-1953)
.................  Bonniers Kulturguide: Sverige (1987)
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 979
.................  KAKs Bilatlas Sverige (1960)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 206
.................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Bonniers Folklexikon (1951-1953)
..................  Bonniers Kulturguide: Sverige (1987)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 979
..................  KAKs Bilatlas Sverige (1960)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 206
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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