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ID: 7003523
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7003523
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Alghero (inhabited place)  Alghero (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 33 32 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 40.5589  decimal degrees
Long: 008 19 05 E  degrees minutes   Long: 8.3181  decimal degrees

Note: Founded by Doria family of Genoa in 12th cen.; became a Catalan colony under Peter IV of Aragon in 1354; was residence of Emperor Charles V from 1541; noted as the only town in Italy where the Catalan language is still spoken; has Aragonese architecture.

Names:
Alghero (preferred,C,V)
Alguer (C,V)
Algaria (H,O)
Algerium (H,O)
Caracodes portus (H,O)
Corax (H,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italia (nation)  ........  Italia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Sardegna (region (administrative division))  ............  Sardegna (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Sassari (province)  ................  Sassari (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Alghero (inhabited place)  ....................  Alghero (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 1102
town (C)
port (C)
episcopal see (C)
resort center (C)
agricultural center (C)  ............  for fruit & olive oil from surrounding district
fishing community (C)  ............  supports coral fishing
industrial center (C)  ............  supports sawmilling

Sources and Contributors:
Algaria..........  [VP]
.................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 13
Algerium..........  [VP]
.................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 13
Alghero..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Annuario Generale (1980)
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 22
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 265
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 10
Alguer..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Caracodes portus..........  [VP]
.............................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 13
Corax..........  [VP]
..............  Orbis Latinus (1971) 13
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Annuario Generale (1980)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 22
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 265
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -110164
..................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 13
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 10
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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