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Asturica Augusta

Southern Europe

Asturica Augusta was a Roman city corresponding to the present-day Spanish city of Astorga, in the province of León. It was founded around 14 BC as a camp of the Legio X Gemina, and by the early first century had developed into a civil center and the capital of the Asturicense conventus iuridicus within the province of Tarraconensis.

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Latitude
42.4589 degrees north 1
Longitude
6.06333 degrees west 1
Sources
1. Asturica Augusta (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
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latitude 42.4589, longitude -6.06333
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Wikidata: Asturica Augusta
Wikidata Q511481, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Asturica Augusta (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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