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ID: 7007090
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Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ávila (inhabited place)  Ávila (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 39 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 40.6500  decimal degrees
Long: 004 42 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -4.7000  decimal degrees

Note: Fell to Moors around 714; taken by Alfonso VI for Christians 1088; walls built around ancient city 12th cen.; modern city situated outside walls; Moriscos expelled 1607-1610 & commerce subsequently declined; birthplace of mystic Saint Teresa. The Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985.

Names:
Ávila (preferred,C,V)
Avila (C,V)
Ávila de los Caballeros (NA,V)
Ávila de los Santos (NA,V)
Abela (H,O)
Abula (H,V)
Abyla (H,O)
Albicella (H,O)
Avela (H,V)
Obila (H,O)

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-Leon (autonomous community)  ............  Castile-Leon (autonomous community) (P)
Hierarchy of Ávila (province)  ................  Ávila (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Ávila (inhabited place)  ....................  Ávila (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was an ancient center
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
tourist center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Abela..........  [VP]
..............  Orbis Latinus (1971) 11
Abula..........  [VP]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 742
Abyla..........  [VP]
..............  Orbis Latinus (1971) 11
Albicella..........  [VP]
....................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 11
Avela..........  [VP]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 742
Ávila..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
..............  Columbia Encyclopedia (1975)
..............  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 741-742
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 18
Avila..........  [GRLPSC]
..............  GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989)
Ávila de los Caballeros..........  [VP]
.........................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Ávila de los Santos..........  [VP]
...................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Obila..........  [VP]
..............  Orbis Latinus (1971) 11
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Columbia Encyclopedia (1975)
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 741-742; I, 742
..................  GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -371972
..................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 11
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 18
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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