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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 AmeƩnois; 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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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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Amiens (inhabited place) |
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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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