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ID: 7010856
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010856
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Guimarães (inhabited place)  Guimarães (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 41 26 40 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 41.4440  decimal degrees
Long: 008 17 46 W  degrees minutes   Long: -8.2960  decimal degrees

Note: Was seat of Duke Henry of Burgundy, leader of Crusade against Moors; birthplace of Henry's son, Alfonso, first king of Portual; taken by Alfonso VII of León in 1127; was later a royal residence.

Names:
Guimarães (preferred,C,V)
Guimarãis (C,V)

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

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was a medieval center
town (C)
royal residence (H)
capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Guimarães..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
....................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 28 April 2014
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
....................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
....................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Guimarãis..........  [VP]
....................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 359
....................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 28 April 2014
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 359
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 28 April 2014
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2167026
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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