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Berea Road Railway Station
Berea may refer to: Places Greece * Beroea, a place mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, now known as Veria or Veroia Lesotho * Berea District Romania * Berea, a village in Ciumești Commune, Satu Mare County * Berea, a tributary of the Valea Neagră in Satu Mare County South Africa * Berea, Durban * Berea, Gauteng United States * Berea, Iowa * Berea, Kentucky * Berea, Baltimore, Maryland * Berea, Nebraska * Berea, North Carolina, an unincorporated community in Granville County * Berea, Ohio * Berea, South Carolina * Berea, Giles County, Tennessee * Berea, Warren County, Tennessee * Berea, Virginia * Berea, West Virginia Other uses * Helena Espinosa Berea (c. 1895 – c. 1960), Mexican academic * Berea College, in Berea, Kentucky * Berea International Theological Seminary, Seoul, South Korea * Berea Sandstone, a type of sandstone named for Berea, Ohio * ''Berea'' (genus), a genus of parasitic copepods in the family Chondracanthidae See also * Aleppo, Syria, know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beroea
Beroea (or Berea) was an ancient city of the Hellenistic period and Roman Empire now known as Veria (or Veroia) in Macedonia, Northern Greece. It is a small city on the eastern side of the Vermio Mountains north of Mount Olympus. The town is mentioned in the ''Acts of the Apostles'' as a place in which the apostles Paul, Silas and Timothy preached the Christian Gospel. Location Berea was in southwestern Macedonia. The city's foundation stood where Veria, or Kar-Verria, in Greece is today. Its a unique position has had a variety of terrain surrounding the city since then. Berea sat at the base of Mount Bermius, which is part of the Vermio Mountains and provides an ample supply of water for the city and the region. The main sources of water were the Haliacmon and Axios Rivers, which supported apple, peach and pear orchards. The area is prosperous with a hydroelectric dam on the Haliacmon powering the area's industrial sector. History The city is reputed to have been named by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |