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Avignon (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 43 56 43 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 43.9454 decimal degrees |
Long: 004 48 37 E degrees minutes |
Long: 4.8102 decimal degrees |
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Note: Conquered by Romans, Goths, Burgundians, Ostrogoths, and Franks; formerly part of Arles Kingdom; sold to Pope Clement VI by Joanna I of Naples 1348; seat of papacy 1309-1377 and Avignonese popes during Western Schism 1378-1417; became part of France 1791. |
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Avignon (preferred,C,V)
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Avenio (H,O)
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Avenio Cavarum (H,O)
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Aveniona (H,O)
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Avenionis Urbs (H,O)
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Avenneca Civitas (H,O)
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Avennica Civitas (H,O)
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Avennicorum civitas (H,O)
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Avennio (H,O)
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Avinio (H,O)
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Aviniona (H,O)
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Avinionum (H,O)
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Avinum (H,O)
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Avio (H,O)
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Aviona (H,O)
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Cavarum (H,O)
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Avignon (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded as Phocaean colony |
city (C) |
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department capital (C) |
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commercial center (C) |
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papal residence (H) |
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in 14th and 15th centuries |
republic (H) |
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1135-1146 |
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