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Aulon Arch Sugarloaf
Aulon may refer to the following places and jurisdictions : Places Greece * Aulon (Arcadia), a settlement in ancient Arcadia * Aulon (Attica), a settlement in ancient Attica * Aulon (Crete), a settlement in ancient Crete * Aulon (Messenia), a settlement in ancient Messenia * Aulon (Naxos), a settlement in ancient Naxos * Avlonari, a city formerly known as Aulon, on Euboea Albania * The Greek name of the city of Vlorë. France * Aulon, Creuse, a commune of the Creuse ''département'' * Aulon, Haute-Garonne, a commune of the Haute-Garonne ''département'' * Aulon, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune of the Hautes-Pyrénées ''département'' Religious jurisdictions *the former Diocese of Aulon (Hellas) with the above see, now a Latin Catholic titular see as Aulon (Aulonensis) * the former Diocese of Aulon (Epirus) In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen
A glen is a valley, typically one that is long and bounded by gently sloped concave sides, unlike a ravine, which is deep and bounded by steep slopes. Whittow defines it as a "Scottish term for a deep valley in the Highlands" that is "narrower than a strath".. The word is Goidelic in origin: ''gleann'' in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, ''glion'' in Manx. The designation "glen" also occurs often in place names. Etymology The word is Goidelic in origin: ''gleann'' in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, ''glion'' in Manx. In Manx, ''glan'' is also to be found meaning glen. It is cognate with Welsh ''glyn''. Examples in Northern England, such as Glenridding, Westmorland, or Glendue, near Haltwhistle, Northumberland, are thought to derive from the aforementioned Cumbric cognate, or another Brythonic equivalent. This likely underlies some examples in Southern Scotland. As the name of a river, it is thought to derive from the Irish word ''glan'' meaning clean, or the Welsh word ''gleindid' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aulon (Arcadia)
Aulon ( grc, Αὐλών) was a town of ancient Arcadia mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium Stephanus or Stephan of Byzantium ( la, Stephanus Byzantinus; grc-gre, Στέφανος Βυζάντιος, ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD), was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethni .... Its site is unlocated. References Populated places in ancient Arcadia Former populated places in Greece Lost ancient cities and towns {{AncientArcadia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aulon (Attica)
Aulon ( grc, Αὐλών) was a settlement in ancient Attica, located near the Mines of Laurium. Its site is unlocated. References Populated places in ancient Attica Former populated places in Greece {{AncientAttica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aulon (Crete)
Aulon ( grc, Ἀϝλόν), known later as Alonion (Άλονίων), was a town and '' poleis'' (city-state) of ancient Crete. It is mentioned in a decree of 480 BCE of Gortyna where a series of privileges are granted to a person perhaps of foreign origin among which were land and housing in Aulon. Of this decree it has been deduced that Aulon was a city that was fortified and was dependent on Gortyna but that probably had autonomy in some aspects. About this relationship between Aulon and Gortyna analogies have been noted with that between Halicarnassus and Salmacis. Its site is located near Agioi Deka Agioi Deka ( el, Άγιοι Δέκα, "Holy Ten") is a village in the Heraklion regional unit, Greece, with 861 inhabitants (2011 census). It is located in the 44th km of the Heraklion-Tympaki national road and it is the centre of the municipalit ... ('Ten Saints'), which refers to ten Christian martyrs killed at the amphitheatre of Alonion. References Populated pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aulon (Messenia)
Aulon ( grc, Αὐλών) was a town of ancient Messenia mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium and Pausanias (geographer), Pausanias. Its site is unlocated. References Populated places in ancient Messenia Former populated places in Greece Lost ancient cities and towns {{AncientMessenia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aulon (Naxos)
Aulon ( grc, Αὐλών) was a town of ancient Greece on the island of Naxos. It is cited in an inscription dated to the 3rd century BCE.'' IG'' XII 5 36; Its site is located on Naxos. References Populated places in the ancient Aegean islands Former populated places in Greece Ancient Naxos {{AncientAegean-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avlonari
Avlonari ( el, Αυλωνάρι) is a village and a community (unit) of the Municipality Kymi-Aliveri, in the eastern part of the Aegean island of Euboea, Greece. It was the seat of the municipality of Avlon, Ancient Aulon (hence the name; has homonyms), a former bishopric which remains a Latin Catholic titular see. In 2011 its population was 637 for the village and 1,354 for the community, which includes the villages Chania, Dafni, Elaia and Lofiskos. Avlonari is situated on a hillside, 13 km northeast of Aliveri, 15 km south of Kymi, Greece and 47 km east of Chalcis. Population History Aulon, the ancient name of the town, appears in the ''Notitiae Episcopatuum'', commencing with that of Byzantine Emperor Leo VI the Wise (886-912), as a Christian bishopric, a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Athens, in the sway of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. No names of its first-millennium bishops are known. After what is termed the Fourth Crusade (1202–0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlorë
Vlorë ( , ; sq-definite, Vlora) is the third most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Vlorë County and Vlorë Municipality. Located in southwestern Albania, Vlorë sprawls on the Bay of Vlorë and is surrounded by the foothills of the Ceraunian Mountains along the Albanian Adriatic and Ionian Sea Coasts. It experiences a Mediterranean climate, which is affected by the Ceraunian Mountains and the proximity to the Mediterranean Sea. Vlorë was founded as Aulon as an Ancient Greek colony on the Illyrian coast and was conquered at different periods throughout history by Romans, Byzantines, Normans, Venetians and Ottomans. Between the 18th and 19th centuries, the Albanians gathered both spiritual and intellectual strength for national consciousness, which conclusively led to the Albanian Renaissance. Vlorë played an instrumental role in Albanian Independence as an epicenter for the founders of modern Albania, who signed the Declaration of Independence on 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aulon, Creuse
Aulon () is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. Geography An area of farming, forests and lakes comprising a small village and a couple of hamlets, situated some southwest of Guéret at the junction of the D42, D912 and the D10. Population Sights * The church, dating from the fifteenth century. See also * Communes of the Creuse department The following is a list of the 256 communes of the Creuse department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Creuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aulon, Haute-Garonne
Aulon () is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area .... Population See also * Communes of the Haute-Garonne department References Communes of Haute-Garonne {{HauteGaronne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aulon, Hautes-Pyrénées
Aulon () is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ... in southwestern France. Population See also * Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department References Communes of Hautes-Pyrénées {{HautesPyrénées-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Aulon (Hellas)
Avlonari ( el, Αυλωνάρι) is a village and a community (unit) of the Municipality Kymi-Aliveri, in the eastern part of the Aegean island of Euboea, Greece. It was the seat of the municipality of Avlon, Ancient Aulon (hence the name; has homonyms), a former bishopric which remains a Latin Catholic titular see. In 2011 its population was 637 for the village and 1,354 for the community, which includes the villages Chania, Dafni, Elaia and Lofiskos. Avlonari is situated on a hillside, 13 km northeast of Aliveri, 15 km south of Kymi, Greece and 47 km east of Chalcis. Population History Aulon, the ancient name of the town, appears in the '' Notitiae Episcopatuum'', commencing with that of Byzantine Emperor Leo VI the Wise (886-912), as a Christian bishopric, a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Athens, in the sway of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. No names of its first-millennium bishops are known. After what is termed the Fourth Crusa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
