appears_in: []
contributor:
  email: cthoyt@gmail.com
  github: cthoyt
  name: Charles Tapley Hoyt
  orcid: 0000-0003-4423-4370
depends_on: []
deprecated: false
description: The Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) is a terminology that focuses
  on places relevant to art, architecture, and related disciplines, recording names,
  relationships, place types, dates, notes, and coordinates for current and historical
  cities, nations, empires, archaeological sites, lost settlements, and physical features.
  The TGN is one of 5 Getty Vocabularies intended to provide terminology and other
  information about the objects, artists, concepts, and places important to various
  disciplines that specialize in art, architecture, and other material culture.
example: '1023371'
example_extras: []
homepage: https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn/
keywords:
- ancient cultures
- architecture
- art history
- culture
- fine arts
- geographic location
- geography
- history
- human geography
license: ODC-By-1.0
mappings:
  bartoc: '109'
  fairsharing: FAIRsharing.1413b5
  wikidata.entity: Q1520117
name: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
pattern: ^\d+$
preferred_prefix: getty.tgn
prefix: getty.tgn
providers:
- code: getty.tgn.page
  uri_format: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/$1
publications: []
references:
- https://obo-communitygroup.slack.com/archives/C023P0Z304T/p1638380238036200
synonyms:
- tgn
uri_format: http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/$1
