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Avallon

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Avallon is a town (French: commune) in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in central-eastern France. [1]

47 relations: A6 autoroute, Anthemius, Antonine Itinerary, Autun Cathedral, Auxerre, Avalon, Belgium, Biscuit, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Charles the Bold, Christianization, Cochem, Collegiate church, Communes of France, Communes of the Yonne department, Déols, Departments of France, Duchy of Burgundy, Euric, France, French language, Geoffrey Ashe, Germany, Gingerbread, Historia Regum Britanniae, Historicity of King Arthur, Japan, Lyon, Matter of Britain, Minerva, Morvan Regional Natural Park, Paris, Pepinster, Riothamus, Roman Catholic Diocese of Autun, Roman emperor, Romanesque art, Romano-British culture, Saku, Nagano, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Subprefectures in France, Tabula Peutingeriana, Tenterden, United Kingdom, University of South Carolina, Visigoths, Yonne.

A6 autoroute

The A6, also known as the Autoroute du Soleil, Motorway of the Sun, (along with the A7), is an Autoroute in France, linking Paris to Lyon.

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Anthemius

Anthemius (Latin: Procopius Anthemius Augustus) (c. 420 – 11 July 472) was Western Roman Emperor from 467 to 472.

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Antonine Itinerary

The Antonine Itinerary (Itinerarium Antonini Augusti, "The Itinerary of the Emperor Antoninus") is a famous itinerarium, a register of the stations and distances along various roads.

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Autun Cathedral

The Cathedral of Saint Lazarus of Autun (Cathédrale Saint-Lazare d'Autun), commonly known as Autun Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Autun and a national monument of France.

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Auxerre

Auxerre is the capital of the Yonne department and the fourth-largest city in Burgundy.

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Avalon

Avalon (Insula Avallonis, Old French Avalon, Ynys Afallon, Ynys Afallach; literally meaning "the isle of fruit trees") is a legendary island featured in the Arthurian legend.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.

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Biscuit

Biscuit is a term used for a variety of primarily flour-based baked food products.

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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (sometimes abbreviated BFC; meaning Burgundy–Free County) is a region of France created by the territorial reform of French Regions in 2014, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté.

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Charles the Bold

Charles the Bold (also translated as Charles the Reckless).

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Christianization

Christianization (or Christianisation) is the conversion of individuals to Christianity or the conversion of entire groups at once.

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Cochem

Cochem is the seat of and the biggest town in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Collegiate church

In Christianity, a collegiate church is a church where the daily office of worship is maintained by a college of canons; a non-monastic or "secular" community of clergy, organised as a self-governing corporate body, which may be presided over by a dean or provost.

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Communes of France

The commune is a level of administrative division in the French Republic.

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Communes of the Yonne department

The following is a list of the 428 communes of the Yonne department of France.

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Déols

Déols is a commune in the department of Indre in the Centre-Val de Loire Region of central France.

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Departments of France

In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government below the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the commune.

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Duchy of Burgundy

The Duchy of Burgundy (Ducatus Burgundiae; Duché de Bourgogne) emerged in the 9th century as one of the successors of the ancient Kingdom of the Burgundians, which after its conquest in 532 had formed a constituent part of the Frankish Empire.

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Euric

Euric (Gothic: *Aiwareiks, see Eric), also known as Evaric, or Eurico in Spanish and Portuguese (c. 440 – 28 December 484), son of Theodoric I, ruled as king (rex) of the Visigoths, after murdering his brother, Theodoric II, from 466 until his death in 484.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Geoffrey Ashe

Geoffrey Thomas Leslie Ashe (born 29 March 1923) is a British cultural historian and lecturer, known for his focus on King Arthur.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Gingerbread

Gingerbread refers to a broad category of baked goods, typically flavored with ginger, cloves, nutmeg or cinnamon and sweetened with honey, sugar or molasses.

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Historia Regum Britanniae

Historia regum Britanniae (The History of the Kings of Britain), originally called De gestis Britonum (On the Deeds of the Britons), is a pseudohistorical account of British history, written around 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth.

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Historicity of King Arthur

The historical basis for King Arthur is a source of considerable debate among historians.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Lyon

Lyon (Liyon), is the third-largest city and second-largest urban area of France.

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Matter of Britain

The Matter of Britain is the body of Medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain, and sometimes Brittany, and the legendary kings and heroes associated with it, particularly King Arthur.

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Minerva

Minerva (Etruscan: Menrva) was the Roman goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare, although it is noted that the Romans did not stress her relation to battle and warfare as the Greeks would come to, and the sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy.

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Morvan Regional Natural Park

Morvan Regional Natural Park (French: Parc naturel régional du Morvan) is a protected area of woodlands, lakes and traditional farmland in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of central France.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Pepinster

Pepinster is a Walloon municipality of Belgium in Province of Liège.

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Riothamus

Riothamus (also spelled Riutimus or Riotimus) was a Romano-British military leader, who was active circa AD 470.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Autun

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny) (Latin: Dioecesis Augustodunensis (–Cabillonensis–Matisconensis–Cluniacensis); French: Diocèse d'Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny)), more simply known as the Diocese of Autun, is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France.

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Roman emperor

The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period (starting in 27 BC).

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Romanesque art

Romanesque art is the art of Europe from approximately 1000 AD to the rise of the Gothic style in the 12th century, or later, depending on region.

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Romano-British culture

Romano-British culture is the culture that arose in Britain under the Roman Empire following the Roman conquest in AD 43 and the creation of the province of Britannia.

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Saku, Nagano

is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

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Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Seigneur de Vauban and later Marquis de Vauban (1 May 163330 March 1707), commonly referred to as Vauban, was a French military engineer who rose in the service to the king and was commissioned as a Marshal of France.

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Subprefectures in France

In France, a subprefecture (sous-préfecture) is the administrative center of a departmental arrondissement that does not contain the prefecture for its department.

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Tabula Peutingeriana

Tabula Peutingeriana (Latin for "The Peutinger Map"), also referred to as Peutinger's Tabula or Peutinger Table, is an illustrated itinerarium (ancient Roman road map) showing the layout of the cursus publicus, the road network of the Roman Empire.

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Tenterden

Tenterden is a town with a large conservation area in the Ashford District of Kent, England.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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University of South Carolina

The University of South Carolina (also referred to as UofSC, USC, SC, South Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, co-educational research university in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, with seven satellite campuses.

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Visigoths

The Visigoths (Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, Wisi; Visigoti) were the western branches of the nomadic tribes of Germanic peoples referred to collectively as the Goths.

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Yonne

Yonne is a French department named after the river Yonne.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avallon

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