The Greek historian Herodotus says Pyrene is the name of a town in Celtic Europe.

As is often the case in stories of this hero, the sober Hercules responds with heartbroken grief and remorse at the actions of his darker self, and lays Pyrene to rest tenderly, demanding that the surrounding geography join in mourning and preserve her name: " struck by Herculean voice, the mountaintops shudder at the ridges ; he kept crying out with a sorrowful noise ' Pyrene!

Cycnus, son of Ares by Pelopia or Pyrene, was a bloodthirsty and cruel man who dwelt either in Pagasae, Thessaly or by the river Echedorus in Macedonia, and killed all of his guests until he was slain by Heracles.

* The Pyrene fire extinguisher company, No. 981, built between 1929 and 1930, designed by Wallis, Gilbert & Partners.

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# Pyrene

The word acropolis literally in Greek means " city on the extremity " and though associated primarily with the Greek cities Athens, Argos, Thebes, and Corinth ( with its Acrocorinth ), may be applied generically to all such citadels, including Rome, Jerusalem, Celtic Bratislava, many in Asia Minor, or even Castle Rock in Edinburgh.

The Latin name suggests that the city was already a Celtic oppidum, or walled town, on the banks on the River Exe before the foundation of the Roman city, in about AD 50.

The Latin name for Exeter, Isca Dumnoniorum (" Water of the Dumnonii "), suggests that the city was of Celtic origin.

The city was at the forefront of Ireland's rapid economic expansion during the Celtic Tiger period, with enormous private sector and state development of housing, transport and business.

There is occasionally confusion between this city and the Italian port of Genoa ( in Italian Genova ) as they seem to share a Celtic root, genu / genawa, meaning " estuary ".

The English name Milan derives from the Lombard and the Italian form is Milano, which stems from the Latin Mediolanum, the ancient city founded by the Celtic tribe of the Insubres, who were in possession of the city until the Roman conquest in the third century BC.

In the following centuries it was inhabited by different peoples amongst whom the Etruscans, who founded the city of Mantua and spread the use of writing ; later, starting from the 5th century BC, the area was invaded by Celtic – Gallic tribes.

Regensburg (; historically also Ratisbon, from Celtic Ratisbona, ) is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube.

The Celtic name Radasbona was the oldest name given to a settlement near the present city.

As a result of the find of the Bern zinc tablet in the 1980, it is now more common to assume that the city was named after a pre-existing toponym of Celtic origin, possibly * berna " cleft ".

Salamanca, an ancient Celtic town, is also a Renaissance city with striking architecture.

The City's roots lie in early Celtic and Roman settlements that transformed into a Medieval and Baroque city, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

" Vienna " and the official German name Wien, and the names of the city in most languages, are thought to be derived from the Celtic word " windo -", meaning bright or fair – as in the Irish " fionn " and the Welsh " gwyn " – but opinions vary on the precise origin.

A Celtic oppidum, an important Gallo-Roman city, the Merovingian capital of the Austrasia kingdom, the birthplace of the Carolingian dynasty, a cradle of the Gregorian chant, and one of the oldest republics of the common era in Europe, Metz has a rich 3, 000-year-history.

The Celtic Mediomatrici tribe was ruler of the city from 450 BC until the Roman conquest, making the town its principal oppidum.

Other sources suggest that the fictional village's name was constructed from the Celtic word " briga ", which means " town " ( such as in the old city names of Segobriga and Brigantium ) and the Scottish Gaelic " dùn ", which means a fort.

It now houses the city museum with its large archeological collection of Roman and Celtic artifacts, a hostel, a small arts and crafts museum as well as the collection of 20th century and ethnological art donated by feminist journalist and politician Louise Weiss.

He changes his name to Francus and becomes king of Celtic Gaul ( while, at the same time, Bavo, cousin of Priam, comes to the city of Trier ) and founds the dynasty leading to Pepin and Charlemagne.

Condate was also the Celtic name of Rennes, then the city of the Redones and now the capital of the region of Brittany.

The city certainly derives its name from Nemausus, which was perhaps the sacred wood in which the Celtic tribe of the Volcae Arecomici ( who of their own accord surrendered to the Romans in 121 BC ) held their assemblies ( according to Encyclopædia Britannica 1911 ), or was perhaps the local Celtic spirit guardian of the spring that originally provided all water for the settlement, as many modern sources suggest.

The contemporary coat of arms of the city of Nîmes includes a crocodile chained to a palm tree with the inscription, for Colonia Nemausus, meaning the " colony " or " settlement " of Nemausus, the local Celtic god of the Volcae Arecomici.

In addition to the cathedral, notable features of the city include the 14th century Tower Gate, the Celtic Old Cross and a number of art galleries.

The Romans built a military camp, which they called Lousanna, at the site of a Celtic settlement, near the lake where currently Vidy and Ouchy are situated ; on the hill above was a fort called ' Lausodunon ' or ' Lousodunon ' ( The ' y ' suffix is common to many place names of Roman origin in the region ( e. g. ) Prilly, Pully, Lutry, etc .).

Aquileia, a port on the Adriatic coast, and Eboracum ( modern York, in northern England near the Celtic tribes of modern Scotland and Ireland ), were also significant centres for Maximian and Constantius respectively.

( 1911 ) A late Celtic and Romano-British cave-dwelling at Wookey-Hole, near Wells, Somerset.

Traces of pre-Roman Celtic, La Tène settlements were discovered near the Lindenhof hill.

Roman legions entered Provence three times ; first in 181 BC the Romans suppressed Ligurian uprisings near Genoa ; in 154 BC the Roman Consul Optimus defeated the Oxybii and the Deciates, who were attacking Antibes ; and in 125 BC, the Romans put down an uprising of a confederation of Celtic tribes.

Celtic tribes living near the Rhone included the Seduni, Segobriges, Allobroges, Segusiavi, Helvetii, Vocontii and Volcae Arecomici.

Other evidence links Smertrius with the Celtic version of Mars: at Mohn near Trier, a spring sanctuary was dedicated to Mars Smertrius and his consort Ancamna.

Another centre of worship was perhaps the town of Bitburg, near the German-Belgian border, which was called “ Beda Vicus ,” which although Latin derives from either Celtic or Germanic the ' Village of Beda.

Deptford began life as a ford of the Ravensbourne ( near what is now Deptford Bridge station ) along the route of the Celtic ancient trackway that developed into the medieval Watling Street ; it was part of the pilgrimage route to Canterbury from London used by the pilgrims in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, and is mentioned in the Prologue to the " Reeve's Tale ".

In antiquity, Celtic and Germanic tribes settled here and during the 1st century B. C., the Romans conquered the region and a Roman auxiliary fort was constructed near the present suburb of Rheingönheim.

His sources are not given but the Cambro-Briton in 1822 also recorded that Maximus, the last Roman Emperor of Britain, a man who for a time divided the Roman Empire with Theodosius I, on withdrawing Roman legions from Britain granted civic status and Celtic names to a number of pacified Romano British settlements, including Southampton, Chichester, Old Sarum near Salisbury, Carmarthen ( Caerfyrddin ) and Haverfordwest ( Caer Alun ).

Branduardi is a classical musician whose first LP Branduardi ' 74 is near to progressive sound, later he approaches to medieval and rinascimental and Celtic music.

Celtic cross discovered near the church in the 19th century.

In the mid-19th century, a Celtic cross was found buried near the cathedral.

One of them, Breogán, built a tower at a place called Brigantia ( probably in the coast of Galicia, near A Coruña ( Corunna ), which was then " Brigantia " ( today Betanzos ) and where a Celtic tribe called " Brigantes " is attested in ancient times — see Tower of Hercules ) from the top of which he, or his son Íth, first saw Ireland.

* July 16 – A British Airways Sikorsky S-61 helicopter crashes in thick fog in the southern Celtic Sea near St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, killing 20 of the 26 people on board in the deadliest civilian helicopter accident in the United Kingdom prior to 1986.

Similarly, according to the Celtic tradition, which is based solely on daylight and the strength of the noon sun, spring begins in early February ( near Imbolc or Candlemas ) and continues until early May ( Beltane ).

It is believed that a settlement on the site of modern-day Paris was founded in about 250 BC by a Celtic tribe called the Parisii, who established a fishing village near the river Seine.

In response, the other Belgic and Celtic tribes had attacked Bibrax ( the oppidum of the Remi, situated near the Aisne River ).

Celtic cross near St Loy's Cove, St Buryan

Celtic Park sits adjacent to the A74 ( London Road ), near to the M74 and M8 motorways.

Caesar was not far away, probably at or near Bibracte, where he had just won a major victory over the Helvetii and other Celtic tribes, and had disposed of the remaining Boii, allowing them to settle in Aeduan land.

The Lisbon Lions is the nickname given to the Celtic team that won the European Cup at the Estádio Nacional near Lisbon, Portugal on 25 May 1967, defeating Internazionale 2 – 1.

However, the language was probably similar to the other Celtic languages near to it, such as Gaulish.