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  2. Gates of Hausa kingdoms - Wikipedia

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    Gate of Galadima: This gate derives its name from Galadiman Zazzau known as Daudu, who was known by the beggars. The gate was close to his house. Some sources say it was Galadima Dokaje. [20] [21] Gate of Fada: Fada means palace. This gate is the main gate entrance to the palace of Sarkin Zazzau. [21]

  3. Downtown Paris Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Downtown Paris Historic District, in Paris, Kentucky, in Bourbon County, Kentucky, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It was deemed significant as: the largest, richest, most varied and best-preserved concentration of historic architecture in Bourbon County from the period c. 1788 to ...

  4. Hausa architecture - Wikipedia

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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 .

  5. City gates of Paris - Wikipedia

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    Principal Parisian city gates. While Paris is encircled by the Boulevard Périphérique (Paris ring road), the city gates of Paris (French: portes de Paris) are the access points to the city for pedestrians and other road users. As Paris has had successive ring roads through the centuries, city gates are found inside the modern-day Paris.

  6. Runnymede Farm - Wikipedia

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    Runnymede Farm is an American horse breeding farm located outside Paris, Kentucky on U.S. Route 27, the Paris-Cynthiana Road.It is said to be the longest continuously running Thoroughbred horse farm in Kentucky, 365-acre (1.48 km 2) established in 1867 by American Civil War Colonel Ezekiel Field Clay.

  7. Dr. Henry Clay House - Wikipedia

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    The Dr. Henry Clay House near Paris, Kentucky was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [2] Located in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky, this house was built by Revolutionary War contributor "Dr." Henry Clay, (first cousin, once removed, of politician Henry Clay) in 1787. The "Dr" may be only a courtesy title, as to date ...

  8. City walls of Paris - Wikipedia

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    Paris grew very quickly during the early Middle Ages and soon extended from the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève to the roads leading to the abbey of Saint-Denis. A new wall was begun in 1190 on the order and funding of King Philip II of France (also known as Philip Augustus) and was completed by 1213, [ 2 ] enclosing 253 hectares on both sides of ...

  9. Porte Saint-Antoine - Wikipedia

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    The Porte Saint-Antoine (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt sɛ̃t‿ɑ̃twan]) was one of the gates of Paris. There were two gates named the Porte Saint-Antoine, both now demolished, of which the best known was that guarded by the Bastille, on the site now occupied by the start of the Rue de la Bastille in the 4th arrondissement of Paris.