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Mbandaka (pronounced [mbaˈnda.ka], formerly known as Coquilhatville in French, or Coquilhatstad in Dutch) is a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo located near the confluence of the Congo and Ruki rivers. It is the capital of Équateur Province. The city was founded in 1883 by British explorer Henry Morton Stanley under the name ...
Situated in the north-western Congo Basin, where Cameroon, Central African Republic and Congo meet, the site encompasses three contiguous national parks totalling around 750,000 ha. Much of the site is unaffected by human activity and features a wide range of humid tropical forest ecosystems with rich flora and fauna, including Nile crocodiles ...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo accepted the convention on 23 September 1974, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. [3] There are five World Heritage Sites in the country, all of them listed for their natural significance. [3] Virunga National Park was the first site in DRC to be listed, in 1979.
This is a list of United States post office murals, produced in the United States from 1934 to 1943 through commissions from the Procurement Division of the United States Department of the Treasury. The principal objective of the United States post office murals was to secure artwork that met high artistic standards [ 1 ] for public buildings ...
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The Precita Eyes Mural Arts and Visitors Center, at 2981 24th Street, conducts mural tours; has a small art supply and mural merchandise store; is used as a gallery space and a space for workshops for adults to plan and design mural art; has space to work on mosaics and portable murals; and contains Precita Eyes Muralists’ Offices.
Mural proposals include historic Merced landmarks, abstract paintings, landscapes and more. Those works of art will eventually go up on blank walls on underpasses at G, V, R, O, M and Canal ...
The mural will not be maintained by the newly renovated Broderick Tower apartments and will fade naturally. [16] 77: Eye of the Whale: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: October 21, 1997: EXTINCT [5] 78: Florida's Marine Life: Macy's Department Store, 22 East Flagler St., Miami, Florida: May 4, 1998: On SE 1st ...