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ID: 7007438
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007438
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Orbe (inhabited place)  Orbe (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 46 43 29 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 46.7247  decimal degrees
Long: 006 31 48 E  degrees minutes   Long: 6.5301  decimal degrees

Note: Settlement developed around bridge and relay station. Once the capital of "Petite Bourgogne," the name referring to the ancient duchy of Burgundy. Fell to the house of Savoy and was captured by the Swiss in 1475.

Names:
Orbe (preferred,C,V)
Urba (H,V)  ............ ancient

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 Orbe (inhabited place)  ................  Orbe (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  Roman settlement
town (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Orbe..........  [GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 146
Urba..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
...........  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 7857
...........  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 947
Subject: .....  [GRLPSC, VP]
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 7857
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2553526
..................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 947
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 146
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Blue Guide: Switzerland (1989) 108

 

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