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Baden (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 47 28 41 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 47.4780 decimal degrees |
| Long: 008 18 10 E degrees minutes |
Long: 8.3028 decimal degrees |
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Note: Spa was known to Romans and was mentioned by Tacitus in the first century CE. Town was founded by Hapsburgs in 1291 and conquered by Swiss Confederation in 1415. The Diet of the Confederation met here from 1424 to 1712. |
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| Baden (preferred,C,V)
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| Ad Aquas Helvetias (H,O)
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| Aquae Helveticae (H,O)
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| Aquae Verbigenae (H,O)
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| Bada (H,O)
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| Badena (H,O)
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| Badenia (H,O)
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| Balneae naturales (H,O)
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| Balnea naturalia (H,O)
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| Castellum Aquarum (H,O)
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| Padae (H,O)
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| Thermae Helveticae (H,O)
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| Thermopolis (H,O)
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| Vicus Thermarum (H,O)
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Baden (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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inhabited by Romans, documented by 1st cen. AD |
| town (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of the former canton of Baden from 1798 to 1803 |
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