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The ice-free Schirmacher Oasis, which now hosts the Maitri and Novolazarevskaya research stations, was spotted from the air by Richard Heinrich Schirmacher (who named it after himself) shortly before the Schwabenland left the Antarctic coast on 6 February 1939. [9] MS Schwabenland in 1938 German map of Antarctica (1941) showing Neuschwabenland ...
Dedicated to the people of Moslavina during World War II. Monument to the uprising of the people of Kordun and Banija: Petrova Gora: Designed by Vojin Bakić, built in 1981. Dedicated to the people of Kordun and Banija during World War II. Borik Memorial Park: Bjelovar: Designed by Vojin Bakić, built in 1947. Monument Zagreb
Marikina Sports Center – Also known as Marikina Sports Park, it is one of the premier sports complex established in the Philippines and touted as "the first of its kind in Asia" in early 1970s. Established in 1969 and then known as the Rodriguez Sports Center, the property was bought from the provincial government of Rizal in 1995.
The MS Schwabenland, circa 1938. New Swabia was an area of land claimed by Nazi Germany in the Norwegian Queen Maud Land claim. [7] It was explored in 1939 by the crew of the MS Schwabenland of the Third German Antarctic Expedition who set out secretly on 17 December 1938 from Hamburg with the goal of establishing a German whaling base in Antarctica for the newly made German whaling fleet.
Like many cultural regions of Europe, Swabia's borders are not clearly defined. However, today it is normally thought of as comprising the former Swabian Circle, or equivalently the former state of Württemberg (with the Prussian Hohenzollern Province), or the modern districts of Tübingen (excluding the former Baden regions of the Bodenseekreis district), Stuttgart, and the administrative ...
Several memorial sites were established between 1945 and 1960, though widespread building started after the founding of the Non-Aligned Movement. Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito commissioned several memorial sites and monuments in the 1960s and 1970s dedicated to World War II battles, and Nazi concentration camp sites.
The Loyola Memorial Park is a cemetery and columbarium in Marikina, Metro Manila, Philippines. It was established in 1964, and was developed by Group Developers, Inc., [1] which operates a second Loyola Memorial Park in Sucat, Parañaque. [2] The Marikina park covers an area of 38,000 square meters (410,000 sq ft) with 60,000 burials as of 2019 ...
Unfortunately, the structure was destroyed in World War II. A new house of worship was later built in another location but a large fire gutted it in 1908. Point of Interests: Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center; Blue Wave Mall; Cityhood Park; Marikina River Park; Marikina Public Market; Marikina Clock Tower Arch