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ID: 7010814
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010814
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Coimbra (inhabited place)  Coimbra (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 12 20 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 40.2056  decimal degrees
Long: 008 25 10 W  degrees minutes   Long: -8.4196  decimal degrees

Note: Located in north central Portugal; under control of Moors until retaken by Alfonso III of Asturias and Leon in 878; fell to Ferdinand I of Castile 1064; birthplace of six medieval kings; noted for polyphonic music in early 1500s; publishing house was established 1800s.

Names:
Coimbra (preferred,C,V)
Aeminium (H,V)  ............ ancient

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Portugal (nation)  ........  Portugal (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Coimbra (national district)  ............  Coimbra (national district) (P)
Hierarchy of Coimbra (inhabited place)  ................  Coimbra (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settlement dates from Roman times
city (C)
district capital (C)
national capital (H)  ............  1139-1260, when the capital moved to Lisbon
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Aeminium..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 437-438
Coimbra..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 437-438
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 29 April 2014
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 13
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 194
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 437-438
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 29 April 2014
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2163275
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 13
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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