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When in Rome …

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Wallsend Metro station is located near the Segedunum Roman fort at the end of Hadrian’s Wall, which marked the northern limit of the Roman empire at the time of its construction in 122 A.D.

Accordingly its signs are rendered in Latin.

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April 4, 2017April 3, 2017 | Language · Oddities

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