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Tarragona (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 41 07 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.1167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 15 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 1.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Tarragona, capital city of Tarragona province, is situated at the mouth of the Francolí River. Former seat of Iberian tribe, it was taken by Roman generals Gnaeus and Publius Scipio in 218 BCE. According to custom, Tarragona is the site where St. Paul established the Christian church in Spain in 60 CE. In 714, Tarragona was destroyed by Moors and then retaken by Christians in the 12th century, where it became part of the kingdom of Aragón. It is an active seaport and an important agricultural market. |
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| Tarragona (preferred,C,V)
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| Cissa (H,V)
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| Cissia (H,V)
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| Cissis (H,V)
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| Colonia Julia Victrix Triumphalis (H,V)
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............ | name given by Julius Caesar to celebrate his triumphs |
| Kallipolis (H,V)
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| Tarraco (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
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Tarragona (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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Iberian settlement |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (B) |
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| port (C) |
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| tourist center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Hispania Tarraconensis under Roman emperor Augustus, 1st century BCE |
| colony (H) |
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made a colony by Julius Caesar in 45 BCE |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Tarraconensis .......... (province) |
| .................. |
(World, Roman Republic and Empire) [6005831] |
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