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Béziers (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 43 20 43 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 43.3453 decimal degrees |
| Long: 003 13 21 E degrees minutes |
Long: 3.2224 decimal degrees |
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Note: Surrounded by old walls; has ancient Gallic fortress; captured by Romans 120 BC; a stronghold of viscounts of Carcassone 12th cen.; scene of massacre of 20,000 people for having harbored Albigenses 1209; seat of episcopal see until 1790. |
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| Béziers (preferred,C,V)
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| Beziers (C,V)
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| Baeterrae (H,V)
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| Baitera (H,V)
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| Besara (H,V)
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| Biterrae (H,V)
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| Colonia Julia Septimana Biterrae (H,V)
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Occitanie (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Béziers (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled since ancient Roman times |
| city (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| episcopal see (H) |
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from early Christian times until 18th cen. |
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