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Hausa architecture is the architecture of the Hausa people of Northern Nigeria and Niger. [1] Hausa architectural forms include mosques, walls, common compounds, and gates. Hausa traditional architecture is an integral part of how Hausa people construct a sense of interrelatedness with their physical environment .
Gates of Hausa kingdoms are gates (Hausa: kofa) or walls (ganuwa) that formerly enclosed Hausa kingdoms. [1] In ancient times, each kingdom was enclosed with a wall that contained various gates. During battles, the gates were closed as a war strategy. Each gate has a name and a gatekeeper (Sarkin Kofa, lit. "King of the Gate").
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Arch of Hadrian (Athens) Athens: Roman period: Beulé Gate: Acropolis of Athens: Ancient period: Demmatas Gate: Fortifications of Heraklion: Venetian period: Gate of Athena Archegetis: Roman Agora, Athens: Roman period: Gate of the Arsenal: Rhodes (city) Knights period: Guora Gate: Rethymno: Venetian period: Jesus Gate: Fortifications of ...
The Athens Library is part of the Marathon County Public Library (MCPL) and the Wisconsin Valley Library Service, a regional library system. [10] The library began in the early 1900s as a small collection of books in the Bloczynski Hotel. In 1926, the Athens Women's Club assumed management of the library, moving the collection to the Athens ...
The shooting took place at Abundant Life Christian School, a private school in Madison, Wisconsin, with about 420 students from kindergarten through 12th grade.
The hastiness of the construction resulted in a wall only about 3 metres (9.8 ft) high and less than 1 metre (3.3 ft) thick, rather than a proper fortification. [11] The course of the wall was as follows: from the Odeon of Herodes Atticus at the foot of the Acropolis, it went to the Theatre of Dionysus, and thence to the Arch of Hadrian, whose lower portion was walled up.
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