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  2. Groot-Bijgaarden Castle - Wikipedia

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    Groot-Bijgaarden Castle (Dutch: Kasteel van Groot-Bijgaarden; French: Château de Grand-Bigard) is a 12th-century castle in Groot-Bijgaarden in the municipality of Dilbeek, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The castle was built for Almaric de Bigard, the first lord of Bigard. Groot-Bijgaarden Castle is situated at an elevation of 47 metres (154 ft). [1]

  3. Groot-Bijgaarden - Wikipedia

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    Groot-Bijgaarden (French: Grand-Bigard) is a village and deelgemeente in the municipality of Dilbeek, a suburb of Brussels, in Flanders, Belgium. Toponymy [ edit ]

  4. Raymond Pelgrims de Bigard - Wikipedia

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    Raymond Pelgrims de Bigard (2 April 1875 – 14 May 1955) was a Belgian industrialist, famous for the conservation and restoration of historic castles. [1] De Bigard became wealthy at the beginning of the 20th century. During the First World War, however, his activities were destroyed.

  5. Reservoir - Wikipedia

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    Water falling as rain upstream of the reservoir, together with any groundwater emerging as springs, is stored in the reservoir. Any excess water can be spilled via a specifically designed spillway. Stored water may be piped by gravity for use as drinking water, to generate hydro-electricity or to maintain river flows to support downstream uses ...

  6. List of reservoirs by volume - Wikipedia

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    As the name implies, water is held in reserve by a reservoir so it can serve a purpose. For example, in Thailand, reservoirs tend to store water from the wet season to prevent flooding, then release it during the dry season for farmers to grow rice. For this type of reservoir, almost the entire volume of the reservoir functions for the purpose ...

  7. Lourdes water - Wikipedia

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    As of 2008, water is dispensed from a series of taps set into stone in a circle around the base of one of the smaller towers of the Upper Basilica. In 2002 the Water Walk was introduced, across the Gave river and slightly downstream from the Grotto. It consists of a series of nine stations at which there is a small Lourdes water font.

  8. The 5 most expensive bottles of tequila - AOL

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    Dos Lunas Grand Reserve. This bottle costs $2,500, but tequila fanatics would say it's worth the hefty price. It is the only commercial tequila that is aged for 10 years. Each bottle comes along ...

  9. National Register of Historic Places listings in Grand County ...

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    Location of Grand County in Colorado. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Grand County, Colorado. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Grand County, Colorado, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...