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Avignon (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 43 56 43 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 43.9454 decimal degrees |
| Long: 004 48 37 E degrees minutes |
Long: 4.8102 decimal degrees |
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Note: Conquered by Romans, Goths, Burgundians, Ostrogoths, and Franks; formerly part of Arles Kingdom; sold to Pope Clement VI by Joanna I of Naples 1348; seat of papacy 1309-1377 and Avignonese popes during Western Schism 1378-1417; became part of France 1791. |
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| Avignon (preferred,C,V)
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| Avenio (H,O)
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| Avenio Cavarum (H,O)
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| Aveniona (H,O)
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| Avenionis Urbs (H,O)
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| Avenneca Civitas (H,O)
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| Avennica Civitas (H,O)
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| Avennicorum civitas (H,O)
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| Avennio (H,O)
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| Avinio (H,O)
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| Aviniona (H,O)
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| Avinionum (H,O)
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| Avinum (H,O)
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| Avio (H,O)
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| Aviona (H,O)
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| Cavarum (H,O)
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Avignon (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded as Phocaean colony |
| city (C) |
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| department capital (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| papal residence (H) |
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in 14th and 15th centuries |
| republic (H) |
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1135-1146 |
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