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ID: 1034125
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1034125
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Lourdes (inhabited place)  Lourdes (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 43 06 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 43.1000  decimal degrees
Long: 000 03 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -0.0500  decimal degrees

Note: Formed a strategic stronghold in medieval times; captured by French from English 1406; became famous through reputed apparitions of the Virgin Mary to a peasant girl in a grotto in 1858 & has since become one of chief shrines of pilgrimage in Europe.

Names:
Lourdes (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of France (nation)  ........  France (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Occitanie (region (administrative division))  ............  Occitanie (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Lourdes (inhabited place)  ................  Lourdes (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was noted medieval center
town (C)
commune (administrative) (C)
pilgrimage center (C)  ............  since 1858

Sources and Contributors:
Lourdes..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 512-513
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 116
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 691
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 512-513
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1448015
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 116
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 691
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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