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Alesia (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 47 32 13 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 47.5379 decimal degrees |
| Long: 004 30 03 E degrees minutes |
Long: 4.5011 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was a fortified town of ancient Gaul, generally believed to have been located on Mont-Auxois near modern Alise-Sainte-Reine; site of Gauls' last stand under Vercingetorix, who was forced to surrender to Caesar; prospered thereafter as a small Gallo-Roman town known for its crafts in bronze, silver, and iron. |
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| Alesia (preferred,C,V)
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| Alésia (C,V)
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| Alexia (C,O)
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| Alisia (C,O)
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| Urbium mater (H,O)
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Alesia (deserted settlement) (P) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| fortified settlement (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Alise-Sainte-Reine .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, France, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) [7008213] |
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