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Seo de Urgel (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 21 20 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.3554 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 27 33 E degrees minutes |
Long: 1.4592 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
| 2267.060 feet |
691.0000 meters |
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Note: Town was built on the site of an older Iberian village; noted as seat of the bishop who has been joint prince of Andorra since 840 CE; today, the second prince of Andorra is the president of France. |
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| Seo de Urgel (preferred,C,V,Spanish,U,N)
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| La Seu d'Urgell (C,V,Catalan,U,N)
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| Sedes Urgelli (C,V,Latin,U)
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| Urgel (C,V)
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| Civitas Orgellia (H,V,Latin,U)
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| Arse-durgui (H,V)
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| Arse d'Urgui (H,V)
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Lleida (province) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was a noted medieval center |
| town (C) |
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| episcopal see (C) |
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Romanesque cathedral was constructed in 11th cen. |
| Iberian (H) |
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