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Baou des Blancs

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Apr 30, 2022 06:24 AM — History

A rocky promontory that overlooks the modern town of Vence in the Alpes Maritimes department of France. Iron Age, Late Antique, and Medieval occupation and fortifications are attested there.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/392088785

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
43.7340053, 7.1092805

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Baou des Blancs (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Baou des Blancs makes connections with:

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Baou des Blancs receives connections from:

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Place type:
settlement (fortified), mountain, settlement

References:

See Further:

Laporte 1983, unnumbered pages 1-2 and 8 (Fig. 1)

See Also:

Wikipedia (French) Vence

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Baou des Blancs: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/392088785> [accessed: 15 January 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/392088785 |title=Places: 392088785 (Baou des Blancs) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=January 15, 2025 12:34 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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