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Thérouanne

Also known as Tarvenna

Thérouanne is a village in the Pas-de-Calais in northern France, on the site of Tarvenna, the Roman capital of the Morini. It became the seat of a large bishopric in the early Middle Ages and grew into a fortified town on the border between France and the Habsburg Netherlands. In 1553 Emperor Charles V captured it and razed it to the ground, and its diocese was divided.

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