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Tarbes

Also known as Turba

Tarbes is a city on the Adour in south-western France, the prefecture of the Hautes-Pyrénées department. As Turba it was the chief town of the Bigerriones under Roman rule, and in the Middle Ages it was the capital of the County of Bigorre. Marshal Ferdinand Foch was born there in 1851.

Tarbes
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BigerrionesCounty of Bigorre

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Tarbes. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tarbes
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