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ID: 7594748
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7594748
Record Type:
administrative
Aigai (deserted settlement)
Coordinates:
Lat: 38 49 52 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 38.8310
decimal degrees
Long: 027 11 19 E
degrees minutes
Long: 27.1880
decimal degrees
Note:
Ancient capital of the kingdom of Macedonia, with ruins including a decorated palace and a cemetary with over 300 tombs, including the tomb of Philip II (father of Alexander the Great). Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Names:
Aigai
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Türkiye
(nation) (
P
)
............
Manisa
(province) (
P
)
................
Aigai
(deserted settlement) (
P
)
Place Types:
deserted settlement (
preferred
,
C
)
ruins (
C
)
archaeological site (
C
)
Related geographic places:
capital of ....
Macedonia
.......... (former nation/state/empire)
..................
(World, Europe) [7001349]
near/adjacent to ....
Vergina
.......... (inhabited place)
..............................
(World, Europe, Ellás, Kentrikí Makedonía, Imathía regional division) [5004273]
Sources and Contributors:
Aigai..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
AATA database (1995-)
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
AATA database (1995-)
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-)
accessed 18 July 2017
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