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Oviedo

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Alex Ayris

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Jun 30, 2016 11:17 AM — History

Founded in the eighth century, Oviedo was modeled after Toledo and flourished in the ninth century under Asturian King Alfonso II (791-842). It was at that time that Oviedo became the Asturian capital and an episcopal see. Oviedo remained prominent until the early tenth century.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/475092090

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
43.3606324, -5.8448966

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of modern Oviedo (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ovetao (Latin, AD 640 - AD 1453)
- Ovetum (Latin, AD 640 - AD 1453)
- Oviedo (Spanish, modern)
- Uviéu (Spanish, modern)

Oviedo makes connections with:

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Oviedo receives connections from:

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Place type:
settlement, settlement-modern

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Initial Provenance:
Oviedo

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Suggested citation:
Alex Ayris, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Oviedo: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2016 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/475092090> [accessed: 16 April 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/475092090 |title=Places: 475092090 (Oviedo) |author=Ayris, A. |accessdate=April 16, 2024 1:02 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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