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ID: 7007491
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007491
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Vevey (inhabited place)  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:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Switzerland (nation)  ........  Switzerland (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Vaud (canton)  ............  Vaud (canton) (P)
Hierarchy of Vevey (inhabited place)  ................  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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