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The idea that the village's name came about as a result of the abolition of slavery is one of the mystiques connected to that neighborhood. Freeman's Village was first called "Francibell." The welcome sign also includes this information. (In Sir Keithlyn Smith's book, "To Shot Hard Labor," the version "Franchie Bell" can be found on page 54. [1]
Mount Hood, also known as Wy'east, is an active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range and is a member of the Cascade Volcanic Arc.It was formed by a subduction zone on the Pacific Coast and rests in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
Winter view in the Hermon. Mount Hermon (Arabic: جبل الشيخ / ALA-LC: Jabal al-Shaykh ('Mountain of the Sheikh', Levantine Arabic pronunciation: [ʒa.bal eʃ.ʃeːx]), Hebrew: הַר חֶרְמוֹן, Har Ḥermōn) is a mountain cluster constituting the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range.
The chapel, located in the right side of the basilica and dedicated to St. Mary and St. Thomas of Aquino, was built in the late 15th century by will of Cardinal Oliviero Carafa. He was a member of the Dominicans , who at the time administrated the church, and his palace was located nearby.
Some representative refractive indices; Name of material λ (nm) Refractive index no. n Reference Vacuum: 1 (by definition) Air at STP: 1.000273 [citation needed]Gases at 0 °C and 1 atm
The Louvre (English: / ˈ l uː v (r ə)/ LOOV(-rə)), [4] or the Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre [myze dy luvʁ] ⓘ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world.
The Cairo Geniza is an accumulation of almost 200,000 Jewish manuscripts that were found in the genizah of the Ben Ezra Synagogue (built 882) of Fustat, Egypt (now Old Cairo), the Basatin cemetery east of Old Cairo, and a number of old documents that were bought in Cairo in the later 19th century. These documents were written from about 870 to ...
The main quarter of the town is located on the right bank of the Lot River and is linked to the quarter on the left bank by a bridge from the 13th century, the principal arch of which, constructed during the reign of Louis XIII in place of two older arches, has a span of 36 metres (118 ft) and a height of 18 metres (59 ft).