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ID: 7010994
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010994
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Portalegre (inhabited place)  Portalegre (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 39 17 50 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 39.2972  decimal degrees
Long: 007 25 49 W  degrees minutes   Long: -7.4302  decimal degrees

Note: Located NE of Lisbon city; was a famous center for wool tapestries & silks in 16th-17th cen.; known for its 17th & 18th-cen. architecture decorated with azulejo mosaics & murals; produces woolen items, woodworking & processed cork.

Names:
Portalegre (preferred,C,V)
Alacer portus (H,O)
Ammaia (H,V)
Amoea (H,V)  ............ Roman

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Portugal (nation)  ........  Portugal (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Portalegre (national district)  ............  Portalegre (national district) (P)
Hierarchy of Portalegre (inhabited place)  ................  Portalegre (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was a Roman site
town (C)
district capital (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Alacer portus..........  [VP]
..........................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 9
Ammaia..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 624
Amoea..........  [VP]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 624
Portalegre..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.......................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 624
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 12 May 2014
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 156
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 624
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 12 May 2014
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2172971
..................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 9
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 156
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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