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Amiens (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 49 54 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 49.9000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 18 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 2.3000 decimal degrees |
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Note: One of leading representatives of Gothic architecture in Europe; site of famous Notre Dame cathedral; chief city of medieval county Ameénois; a Roman city Christianized in the 4th century; captured by many powers from the 16th to the 19th century; held by Germany 1914. |
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| Amiens (preferred,C,V)
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| Ambianis (H,O)
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| Ambianum (H,V)
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| Samarabriva (H,V)
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| Samarobriva (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Samasobriva (H,V)
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............ | as ancient capital of the Ambiani |
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Amiens (inhabited place) (P) |
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Picardie (former nation/state/empire) (P) |
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Amiens (inhabited place) |
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Gaul (historical region) (P) |
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Amiens (inhabited place) (P,H) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was city of Belgica province of Gaul, mentioned in Caesar's Commentaries |
| city (C) |
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| department capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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of French textile industry since the 16th century |
| trade center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Picardy until 1790 |
| countship (H) |
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of Amiénois during medieval times |
| regional capital (C) |
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