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Bytom · Alexandria

Place · 12th c. CE

Bytom

Also known as

Beitene
Bethania
Bethania
Bethaniae
Beuthen
Beuthen

Image illustrating Bytom — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Bytomsee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

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