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English: Thermopylae is a location in Greece where a narrow coastal passage existed in antiquity. It derives its name from its hot sulphur springs. It derives its name from its hot sulphur springs. You can use the images for free.
"thermopylae" / dimitri hadzi, sculptor / "thermopylae", which is a 12-foot high, 2-1/2 ton bronze sculpture, was inspired, / "profiles in courage" and the brilliant war record of president john f. kennedy, / it is named after the greek battle where the spartans, in a display of great / courage, fought the persians to the last man.
David had begun the Leonidas at Thermopylae in 1798 as a companion piece to The Intervention of the Sabine Women. However, it was completed much later, in 1814. The subject concerns Leonidas, King of Sparta, who in 480 BC held the pass at Thermopylae against the invading Persian army of Xerxes.
Thermopylae is part of the "horseshoe of Maliakos", also known as the "horseshoe of death": [citation needed] it is the narrowest part of the highway connecting the north and the south of Greece. It has many turns and has been the site of many vehicular accidents. The hot springs from which Thermopylae takes its name
The National Register of Historic Places is a United States federal official list of places and sites considered worthy of preservation. In the state of Massachusetts, there are over 4,300 listings, representing about 5% of all NRHP listings nationwide and the second-most of any U.S. state, behind only New York.
Location of Cambridge in Massachusetts. This is a list of sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
The Massachusetts RMV is once again allowing Japanese kei cars to be registered. The state plans to review the safety of the small Japanese vehicles, however. Massachusetts Has Reversed Its Ban on ...
Location The Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge , also known as the Braga Bridge , or simply, The Braga , is a through truss bridge that carries Interstate 195 over the Taunton River between the town of Somerset and the city of Fall River , near the mouth of the Quequechan River at the confluence with Mount Hope Bay .