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ID: 7004767
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004767
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Giurgiu (inhabited place)  Giurgiu (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 43 53 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 43.8833  decimal degrees
Long: 025 58 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 25.9667  decimal degrees

Note: Was site of city built by Roman emperor Justinian; modern town grew around citadel of San Giorgio built in 10th cen. by Genoese navigators on island in Danube; held by Turks 1417-1829, was important during wars between Ottomans & Walachia in 16th cen.

Names:
Giurgiu (preferred,C,V)  ............ name first documented in 1403, in renewal of treaty between Polish king & Prince Mircea the Old
Giurgevo (C,O)
Yergoǧu (C,O)
Theodorapolis (H,V)  ............ named after Theadora, wife of Emperor Justinian (483-565 AD)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of România (nation)  ........  România (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Giurgiu (county)  ............  Giurgiu (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Giurgiu (inhabited place)  ................  Giurgiu (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  city was built by Emperor Justinian; modern town was founded on the site in 10th cen.
city (C)
county seat (C)
port (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Giurgevo..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 338
Giurgiu..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) V, 287
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 73
Theodorapolis..........  [VP]
..........................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 338
Yergoǧu..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 360
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 338
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) V, 287
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 73
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 360
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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