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ID: 7012171
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7012171
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Carcassonne (inhabited place)  Carcassonne (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 43 12 49 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 43.2135  decimal degrees
Long: 002 21 06 E  degrees minutes   Long: 2.3516  decimal degrees

Note: Was important medieval fortified center; was taken by Saracens in 728; flourished as seat of viscountship 11th-13th cen.; taken by Simon de Montfort 1209; went to France 1247; destroyed by Black Prince 1355; mix of Iberian, Celtic & Roman influences; an immense stone arch is a reminder of the Visigoth Empire.

Names:
Carcassonne (preferred,C,V)
Carcassone (C,V)
Carcasonne (C,V)
Carcaso (H,V)  ............ ancient

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of France (nation)  ........  France (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Occitanie (region (administrative division))  ............  Occitanie (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Carcassonne (inhabited place)  ................  Carcassonne (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled by Iberians, 5th cen. BC
city (C)
commune (administrative) (C)
department capital (C)
industrial center (C)
tourist center (C)
fortified settlement (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Carcaso..........  [VP]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 220
Carcasonne..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Carcassone..........  [GRLPSC]
.......................  GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989)
Carcassonne..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.......................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 856-857
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 39
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 856-857
..................  GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1416701
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 39
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 220
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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