Sentence examples for early centre from inspiring English sources

Tlass's birthplace of Rastan was an early centre of revolt.

The archipelago was long the gateway for Western culture and was an early centre of Christianity.

The community was an early centre of Celtic Christianity, and in 850 the relics of St. Columba were transferred there.

Chengdu, an early centre of Taoism, is known for preserving Chinese traditions in a way other urban centres have not.

There was the early Centre Pompidou in Paris, and soon the crystal-cluster works from the likes of Santiago Calatrava, Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel and Zaha Hadid.

Woodwinds, in general, were made in one piece in a plain design, and Venice appears to have been an early centre of wind-instrument manufacture.

Haarlem and Amsterdam became the early centres for northern Mannerism.

Pennsylvania and the Ohio River valley were early centres of shape-note publication.

Physically separated from the early centres of Chinese civilization in North China, Guangdong was originally occupied by non-Han ethnic groups.

Flanders and its neighbour Artois were early centres of production for luxurious textiles: Arras for silks and velvets; Ghent, Ypres, and Courtrai for linen damasks; and Arras and Brussels for tapestries.

The parish had three early centres of activity; the village around the church and the settlements of Hacton and Corbets Tey.