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ID: 1049657
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1049657

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Abrantes (inhabited place)  Abrantes (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 39 28 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 39.4667  decimal degrees
Long: 008 12 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -8.2000  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Tagus river; developed as strategic center on route to Lisbon; was taken from Moors by Alfonso I of Portugal & thereafter marked Portuguese border; was site of French victory in Peninsular campaign of Napoleonic Wars in 1807.

Names:
Abrantes (preferred,C,V)
Aurantes (H,V)  ............ Latin name

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Portugal (nation)  ........  Portugal (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of SantarĂ©m (national district)  ............  SantarĂ©m (national district) (P)
Hierarchy of Abrantes (inhabited place)  ................  Abrantes (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was an ancient center
town (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Abrantes..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 12 May 2014
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 6
Aurantes..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) 3
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) 3
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 12 May 2014
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2156969
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 6
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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