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ID: 7009761
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009761
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Visby (inhabited place)  Visby (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 57 37 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 57.6167  decimal degrees
Long: 018 20 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 18.3333  decimal degrees

Note: Located on W coast of island; was a major Stone Age religious & trading center; was an important commercial center by 10th cen. & a member of the Hanseatic League; declined after being taken by Sweden in 1280; revived as a commercial power in 19th cen.

Names:
Visby (preferred,C,V)
Wisby (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Sweden (nation)  ........  Sweden (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Gotland (county)  ............  Gotland (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Visby (inhabited place)  ................  Visby (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Sweden (nation)  ........  Sweden (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Gotland (county)  ............  Gotland (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Gotland (island)  ................  Gotland (island) (P)
Hierarchy of Visby (inhabited place)  ....................  Visby (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was a Paleolithic settlement
city (C)
county seat (C)
port (C)
commercial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Visby..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 999
..............  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..............  Nagel's: Sweden (1968)
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 212
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 210
..............  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Wisby..........  [BHA, VP]
..............  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-192
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 999
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Nagel's: Sweden (1968)
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-192
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 212
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 210
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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