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AVALLON
, a See also:town of central See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Yonne, 34 M
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S.S.E. of See also:Auxerre on a See also:branch of the See also:Paris-See also:Lyon railway
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The town, with wide streets and picturesque promenades, is finely situated on a promontory, the See also:base of which is washed on the See also:south by the See also:Cousin, on the See also:east and See also:west by small streams
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Its See also:chief See also:building, the See also:
Avallon (Aballo) was in the See also:middle ages the seat of a viscounty dependent on the duchy of See also:Burgundy, and on the See also:death of See also: |
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