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  2. Bavarians - Wikipedia

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    Bavarian (Austro-Bavarian) speaking areas. There is no ethno-linguistic distinction between Bavarians and Austrians.The territory of Bavaria has changed significantly over German history; [3] in the 19th century the Kingdom of Bavaria acquired substantial territories of Franconia and Swabia, while having to return territories to Austria who had become Bavarian only a few years earlier.

  3. Bavarian language - Wikipedia

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    Bavarian is commonly considered to be a dialect of German, [6] [7] [8] but some sources classify it as a separate language: the International Organization for Standardization has assigned a unique ISO 639-3 language code (bar), [9] and the UNESCO lists Bavarian in the Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger since 2009; however, the classification of Bavarian as an individual language has been ...

  4. Dueling scar - Wikipedia

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    As the scars were gained in this particular elite social context, associated with status and an academic institution, the scars showed that one had courage and also was "good husband material". The dueling scars, while obvious, were not so serious as to leave a person disfigured or bereft of facial features.

  5. Stereotypes of Germans - Wikipedia

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    Germans were characterised as rapacious Huns during the First World War.This followed the Kaiser's Hun speech during the Boxer rebellion. [1]Stereotypes of Germans include real or imagined characteristics of the German people used by people who see the German people as a single and homogeneous group.

  6. Schleissheim Palace - Wikipedia

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    The dome fresco by Cosmas Damian Asam depicts Venus in the blacksmiths of the volcano, where the weapons are made for her son Aeneas, who is wearing the facial features of Elector Max Emanuel. Most of the rooms still show their original late baroque decoration celebrating the elector's victories against the Turks .

  7. Joseph Karl Stieler - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Karl Stieler (1 November 1781 – 9 April 1858) was a German painter. [1] [2] From 1820 until 1855 he worked as royal court painter for the Bavarian kings.He is known for his Neoclassical portraits, especially for the Gallery of Beauties at Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, as well as his emblematic portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven, which has become one of his most famous works.

  8. Aquiline nose - Wikipedia

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    In racist discourse, especially that of post-Enlightenment Western writers, a Roman nose has been characterized as a marker of beauty and nobility. [5] A well-known example of the aquiline nose as a marker contrasting the bearer with their contemporaries is the protagonist of Aphra Behn's Oroonoko (1688).

  9. Category:Facial features - Wikipedia

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    It should only contain pages that are Facial features or lists of Facial features, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Facial features in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .