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Placentia, town, Canada

Placentia (pləsĕn`shə), town (1991 pop. 1,954), SE Newfoundland, N.L., Canada, on Placentia Bay. The town was founded by the French in 1662 as Plaisance and was the French headquarters on Newfoundland until 1713.

Placentia, city, California

Placentia, city (1990 pop. 41,259), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1926. Once a rural farming community, it has become a residential city with manufactures that include industrial products, foods, furniture, construction materials, electronic equipment, machinery, and plastics. Placentia has grown along with the continued development of the Orange co. area. Abundant orange trees exist throughout the city. Many residents work in the nearby aerospace and high-technology industries.
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Work on the drains at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London, unexpectedly revealed the Royal Chapel of his father Henry VII's riverside Palace of Placentia.
Henry's Tudor chapel found by Birmingham Mail (England)
 
 
 
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