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ID: 1003778
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1003778
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of León (general region)  León (general region)

Coordinates:
Lat: 42 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 42.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 006 00 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -6.0000  decimal degrees

Note: During the Middle Ages, León had the most churches and monasteries in all of the Iberian Peninsula.

Names:
León (preferred,C,V,Spanish,U)
Leon (NA,O,English,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of España (nation)  ........  España (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Castilla y León (autonomous community)  ............  Castilla y León (autonomous community) (P)
Hierarchy of León (general region)  ................  León (general region) (P)

Place Types:
general region (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
León..........  [VP Preferred]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 111
Leon..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -389070
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 111
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Shaver-Crandell and Gerson, Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela (1995) 213-220

 

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