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Refuge
Sign in to saveRefuge is a place or state of safety. It may also refer to a more specific meaning:
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It is catalogued under the topic Place name disambiguation pages.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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Refuge is a place or state of safety. It may also refer to a more specific meaning:
==Safety== Area of refuge, a location in a building that may be used by occupants in the event of a fire Bunker, a defensive fortification designed to protect people from bombs or other attacks Mountain hut, a shelter for travelers in mountainous areas, often remote Women's refuge, another term for women's shelter Refuge (United Kingdom charity), a British charity for female victims of domestic violence A place intended to shelter cultural property, in the context of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict Right of asylum, protection of a person persecuted for political or religious beliefs by another sovereign authority
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