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{{Location_Infobox | {{Location_Infobox | ||
|name = Winchester | |name = Winchester | ||
|image = https://flic.kr/p/2jVNio2 | |||
|state = [[United Kingdom]] | |state = [[United Kingdom]] | ||
|rulers = Briton and Celtic tribes {{c|1st century BCE}}<br>[[Roman Empire]] ({{c|70 CE – 410}}<br>[[Wessex]] {{c|450 – 927}}<br>[[Kingdom of England]] {{c|927 – current}} | |rulers = Briton and Celtic tribes {{c|1st century BCE}}<br>[[Roman Empire]] ({{c|70 CE – 410}}<br>[[Wessex]] {{c|450 – 927}}<br>[[Kingdom of England]] {{c|927 – current}} | ||
|founded = Gaulish tribes | |founded = Gaulish tribes | ||
|date = 1st Century BCE | |date = 1st Century BCE | ||
|landmark = Cathedral of Winchester<br>Wolvesey Castle and Palace<br>Winchester Castle}} | |landmark = Cathedral of Winchester<br>Wolvesey Castle and Palace<br>Winchester Castle | ||
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'''Winchester''' ({{Wiki|Old English}}: ''Wincestre'') is a city and the county town of [[Hampshire]], [[England]]. The city served as the capital of [[Wessex]] during the [[Anglo-Saxon]] [[Heptarchy]].<ref name="Youtube">{{Youtube|video=YdzcijLhQV8&t|text=Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Gameplay Overview Trailer <nowiki>| UbiFWD July 2020 |</nowiki> Ubisoft NA|channel=UCBMvc6jvuTxH6TNo9ThpYjg|channelname=Ubisoft North America | '''Winchester''' ({{Wiki|Old English}}: ''Wincestre'') is a city and the county town of [[Hampshire]], [[England]]. The city served as the capital of [[Wessex]] during the [[Anglo-Saxon]] [[Heptarchy]].<ref name="Youtube">{{Youtube|video=YdzcijLhQV8&t|text=Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Gameplay Overview Trailer <nowiki>| UbiFWD July 2020 |</nowiki> Ubisoft NA|channel=UCBMvc6jvuTxH6TNo9ThpYjg|channelname=Ubisoft North America | ||
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Winchester (Old English: Wincestre) is a city and the county town of Hampshire, England. The city served as the capital of Wessex during the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy.[1]
Trivia
- The original Cathedral of Winchester was built in 648 and later torn down and rebuilt in 1093 by the Normans.
- Winchester as settled in the Iron age as Oppidum, later being settled by the Roman Empire in 70 CE as Venta Belgarum.
- The name Winchester comes from the Old English Wintan-caester which was the translation of |Venta Belgarum.
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