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Édhessa (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 48 02 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.8006 decimal degrees |
| Long: 022 02 50 E degrees minutes |
Long: 22.0472 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was first capital of ancient Macedon through 5th cen. BCE, when it was superseded by Pella; was site of assassination of Philip II of Macedon in 336 BCE; was Roman stop on Egnatian Way linking Adriatic & Aegean Seas; taken by Turks 15th cen.; to Greece 1912. |
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| Édhessa (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Edessa (C,O)
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| Édessa (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Vodena (H,V)
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............ | medieval name |
| Vodená (H,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Aegae (H,V)
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............ | ancient name |
| Aegea Macedoniae (H,V)
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| Aigai (H,V)
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Pélla (regional division) (P) |
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Édhessa (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was thriving ancient capital |
| town (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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Via Egnatia .......... (road) |
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(World) [8713927] |
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