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Abbey, Ard na mBrathar ('monks' height). Burial ground, friary iron working site. Ahil Beg and More, Athchoill (regrown wood). Standing stone. Ardaturrish Beg and More, Ard na dTuras (height of the pilgrimage). Burial ground coastal promontory fort. Ardnageehy Beg and More, Ard na Gaoithe (windy height).
The temple itself is almost at sea level, and so is often flooded outside the summer months. The inscriptions found in the ruins confirm that the site is the Temple of Apollo Zoster. Excavations were undertaken by the archaeologists K. Kourouniotes and M. Pittidis during 1926–27. This confirmed references in the ancient literary sources ...
Altar. Altar in Roskilde Cathedral beneath by a carved reredos. An altar is a table or platform for the presentation of religious offerings, for sacrifices, or for other ritualistic purposes. Altars are found at shrines, temples, churches, and other places of worship.
The Old Buildings of the Cape is a book by Hans Fransen, subtitled in its latest edition A survey of extant architecture from before c. 1910 in the area of Cape Town – Calvinia – Colesberg – Uitenhage. It lists extant and lost buildings and structures in the Cape Province of South Africa. [1] First published in 1965 and since updated, the ...
Pella, South Africa. / 29.033°S 19.150°E / -29.033; 19.150. Pella is an oasis in Namakwa ( Bushmanland) in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Earlier known as Cammas Fonteyn, the spring was used by a nearby stronghold of San people. In 1776 a South African Dutch farmer called Coenraad Feijt settled there and lived in harmony ...
Altar of Zeus Agoraios. Coordinates: 37.9752°N 23.7225°E. The Altar of Zeus Agoraios (meaning Zeus of the Agora) is an altar dating to the 4th century BC located north-west of the Ancient Agora of Athens, constructed from white marble, 9m deep and 5.5m wide. [1]
Cape Finisterre is the final destination for many pilgrims on the Way of St. James, the pilgrimage to the shrine of the apostle Saint James the Great in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. [6] Cape Finisterre is about 90 km (50 miles) from Santiago de Compostela . The origin of the pilgrimage to Finisterre is not certain.
The ancient Agora of Athens (also called the Classical Agora) is the best-known example of an ancient Greek agora, located to the northwest of the Acropolis and bounded on the south by the hill of the Areopagus and on the west by the hill known as the Agoraios Kolonos, also called Market Hill. [1] The Agora's initial use was for a commercial ...