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Chapman State Park is a public recreation and historic preservation area bordering the Potomac River in Charles County, Maryland.The state park preserves the mansion and grounds of Mount Aventine, the historic home of the Chapman family, who had significant ties to many of the Founding Fathers.
Mount Aventine is a farm complex and national historic district located along the Potomac River in Bryans Road, Charles County, Maryland. The complex includes the main house; a second-quarter 19th century Greek Revival-influenced brick house. It was enlarged about 1860 to its present five-bay, center-passage, 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story appearance. Also ...
Schematic map of Rome showing the seven hills and Servian Wall.. The Aventine Hill is the southernmost of Rome's seven hills. It has two distinct heights, one greater to the northwest (Aventinus Major) and one lesser to the southeast (Aventinus Minor), divided by a steep cleft that provides the base for an ancient roadway between the heights.
Servius, in analysing Virgil's Aeneid, Book vii. 656, speaks of an Aventinus, a king of the aboriginal inhabitants of Rome, who was killed and buried on the hill afterwards called the Aventine Hill. This king may be conflated with this one or with a separate figure in the Aeneid: "The Aventine is a hill in the city of Rome.
Diana's festival eventually became widely celebrated throughout Italy, including at the Temple of Diana on the Aventine Hill in Rome. The temple was built in about 300 BC and was noted by Vitruvius as being archaic and " Etruscan " in its form. [ 10 ]
It is about 7,800 square meters and is located on the Aventine Hill. The park offers an excellent view of the city. The park offers an excellent view of the city. The garden, as it is today, was designed in 1932 by Raffaele De Vico. [ 1 ]
Thousand Hills State Park is a public recreation area covering over 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) two miles (3.2 km) west of Kirksville in Adair County, Missouri.The state park features Native American petroglyphs and 573-acre (232 ha) Forest Lake with fishing, swimming and boating.
Forest Lakes is a small unincorporated community in Coconino County in the northern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. It is located on the edge of the Mogollon Rim and is in close proximity to several recreational lakes within the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest , and is named for such.