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ID: 7007491
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007491
Record Type:
administrative
Vevey (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 46 27 55 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 46.4653
decimal degrees
Long: 006 50 28 E
degrees minutes
Long: 6.8412
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on Lake Geneva. Originally a Roman settlement, it developed into a thriving trading center during the Middle Ages.
Names:
Vevey
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Vivis
(
C
,
V
)
Vibiscum
(
H
,
V
)
............
Roman
Viviscus
(
H
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Switzerland
(nation) (
P
)
............
Vaud
(canton) (
P
)
................
Vevey
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded as a Roman settlement
town (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Vevey..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
..............
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..............
Knaurs: Schweiz (1982)
..............
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
208
..............
USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Vibiscum..........
[
VP
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 991
Vivis..........
[
VP
]
..............
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 991
Viviscus..........
[
VP
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 991
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 991
..................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................
Knaurs: Schweiz (1982)
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2554683
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
208
..................
USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
V. II, p. 991
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