there was the place which i visited last year?如果是对的,为什么是用which而不是where

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there was the place which i visited last year?如果是对的,为什么是用which而不是where

对的.
where引导的是地点状语从句可以替换为the place which,如果用where的话这句话应该是 there was where I visited last year.
这里which引导的是定语从句修饰the place,说明是“怎样的”一个地方,而where是决不能引导定语从句的.