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ID: 7002784
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002784
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Castile (historical region)  Castile (historical region)

Note: Area of plains hemmed in by mountains; formerly a political region & an ancient kingdom; united with Navarre 1029, with León 1037; annexed several Moorish kingdoms 11-15th cen.; united with Aragon 1479 after marriage of Isabella to Ferdinand of Aragon.

Names:
Castilla (preferred,C,V)
Castile (C,O,English-P,U,N)
Castilian (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Spain (nation)  ........  Spain (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Castile (historical region)  ............  Castile (historical region) (P,H)

Place Types:
historical region (preferred, C)
region (administrative division) (H)  ............  was formerly a political subdivision of Spain
kingdom (H)  ............  11th-16th cen., when Charles I ascended throne of Spain
countship (H)  ............  under Count González of Burgos, 10th cen.

Sources and Contributors:
Castile..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 227
Castilian..........  [VP]
....................  Oxford English Dictionary [online] (2002-) accessed 31 March 2004
Castilla..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Blue Guide: Spain (1980) 214, 407
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Blue Guide: Spain (1980) 214, 407
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Oxford English Dictionary [online] (2002-) accessed 31 March 2004
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 227
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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