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Narbonne (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 43 11 04 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 43.1844 decimal degrees |
| Long: 003 00 32 E degrees minutes |
Long: 3.0088 decimal degrees |
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Note: Said to be first Roman colony beyond the Alps, founded in 118 BCE; taken by Visigoths in 412, by Saracens in 719 and by Pepin the Short in 759; flourished as manufacturing city 11th-12th centuries; boulevards replaced medieval fortifications by 1870; site of 11th- and 14th-century church. |
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| Narbonne (preferred,C,V)
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| Narbo (H,V)
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............ | ancient Roman |
| Narbo Martius (H,V)
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............ | ancient Roman |
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Occitanie (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Narbonne (inhabited place) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Gaul (historical region) (P) |
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Narbonne (inhabited place) (P,H) from 118 BCE |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded 118 BCE |
| city (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| archiepiscopal see (H) |
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suppressed 1790 |
| capital (H) |
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of Gallia Narbonensis, 309 CE |
| provincial capital (H) |
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| colony (H) |
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Roman colony from 118 BCE |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Gallia Narbonensis .......... (province) |
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(World, Europe, Gaul) [7030317] |
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from 309 CE |
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