10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CURIA RHAETORUM»
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Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy and ...
Coire (2208'), capital of the Canton of the Grisons, the Curia Rhaetorum of the
Romans in the decline of the empire , and since the 4th cent, the seat of a Bishop,
is picturesquely situated on the banks of the river Plessur, which falls into the ...
Karl Baedeker (Firm),
1872
2
A History of the World from the Earliest Records to the ...
... mouths opposite the Crimea.^ The region between the Carnic and Julian Alps
and • All Switzerland, except the eastern portion of the Grixont, falls within the
boundary of the Rhine. The valley of the Rhine from Coire (Curia Rhaetorum) ...
3
Thalia Petasata, Or a Foot-journey from Carlsruhe to ...
Till we have far below left promenade And promenaders, and from high above
Look down on both and on the ancient walls Of Curia Rhaetorum with its strong
Fortified bishop's palace, and Saint Lucius, And the Plessilr from Schalfik-thal ...
4
A Journey in Carniola, Italy, And France, In The Years 1817, ...
... and, descending along the upper valley of the Rhine to Coire or Chur, the
Curia Rhaetorum of the Romans. The distance from Chiavenna to Splugen in the
valley of the Rhine is 18 English miles. From the Plineana we returned through
the ...
W ..... A ..... Cadell,
1820
5
The Franco-Prussian War: Its Causes, Incidents, and Consequences
Chur, the ancient capital of the Grisons, is the Curia Rhaetorum of the Romans. It
is situated at an angle of the Rhine, where the river abruptly strikes to the
northward, and the plateau on which its high-gabled houses, and grotesque
spires and ...
Sir Henry Montague Hozier, William Henry Davenport Adams,
1872
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A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical ...
the Curia Rhaetorum of the Romans, was founded about the middle of the 4th
cent., and before 452 had been erected into an episcopal see. It was the
birthplace of the paintress Angelica Kant?mann. CHUR, a mountain-group in the
Himalaya ...
According to recent excavations, the area was inhabited as early as 3000 B.C.
The Romans established a settlement in 15 B.C., naming it Curia Rhaetorum. In
450 B.C., a recently Christianized Chur became the see ofa bishop. Set at an ...
Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince,
2012
Since the period when this formed a portion of the Roman province of Rhcetia,
and was traversed by the important military roads of the Julier and the Septimer,
leading to Curia Rhaetorum (the present Coire) the history of this region abounds
...
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography: Isabadius-Zymethus. ...
At a still later period, in or shortly before the reign of Constantine, the two
provinces were again divided, and ancient Rhgjetia received the name Rhaetia
Prima, its capital being called Curia Rhaetorum (C'Aur) ; while Viudelicia was
called ...
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History of the Christian Church, Volume VIII: Modern ...
Drusus, 14 B.C., and ruled by a governor at Coire or Curia Rhaetorum till c. 400.
The ivy-clad tower of the episcopal palace of Coire is of Roman origin, and is
called Marsoel, i.e. Mars in oculis. 211 The Romansh language (to distinguish it ...