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Sérrai (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 41 05 08 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.0856 decimal degrees |
| Long: 023 32 59 E degrees minutes |
Long: 23.5497 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was mentioned by Herodotus; Xerxes passed through here in 480 BCE; was important fortress in Byzantine Empire; sacked by Bulgars in 12th century.; taken by Franks (1204), Serbs (1345) & Ottomans (held from 1383 to 1913). |
Names: |
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| Sérrai (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Serrai (C,V)
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| Seres (C,O,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Serres (C,O)
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| Sérres (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Serra (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Σέρραι (NA,V,Greek,U)
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| Σέρρες (NA,V,Greek,U)
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| Serrae (H,V)
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| Serrhae (H,V)
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| Siris (H,V)
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| Sirrhae (H,V)
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Sérrai (regional division) (P) |
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Sérrai (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was important center by 5th cen. BC |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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