Proper noun
Narbonne
A town and commune in Aude department, Occitanie, southern France, formerly in the Languedoc-Roussillon region.
A brilliant location near Béziers, Occitanie, in the South of France, with beaches just 12 miles away and Montpellier, Narbonne and the Canal du Midi all within easy reach. Source: Internet
A direct frontal assault, such as took Arles, using rope ladders and rams, plus a few catapults, simply was not sufficient to take Narbonne without horrific loss of life for the Franks, troops Charles felt he could not lose. Source: Internet
Around the 1230s, Rabbi Meir ben Simon of Narbonne wrote an epistle (included in his Milḥemet Mitzvah) against his contemporaries, the early Kabbalists, characterizing them as blasphemers who even approach heresy. Source: Internet
In 1517 he conducted his first diocesan Synod in Florence. citation On 14 February 1515, Cardinal de' Medici was named Archbishop of Narbonne, on the nomination of King Francis I of France. Source: Internet
However, Charles failed in his attempt to take Narbonne by siege in 737, when the city was jointly defended by its Muslim Arab and Berber, and its Christian Visigothic citizens. Source: Internet
Later on in Rome, Raphael was commissioned to paint “The Transfiguration” by Cardinal Giulio de' Medici who had been appointed as archbishop of Narbonne in the south of France. Source: Internet