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The pastor then carried out systematic excavations, first on his own, and later on behalf of the "Staatssammlung vaterländischer
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flows from the land of the Celts and the city of Pyrene through the very middle of Europe..." Since the
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has been there, but its use as a military site is considerably older. Before the radome was built there had been a radio listening-post there.
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