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Originating in ancient India, Vastu Shastra (Sanskrit: वास्तु शास्त्र, vāstu śāstra – literally "science of architecture" [2]) is a traditional Hindu system of architecture [3] [4] based on ancient texts that describe principles of design, layout, measurements, ground preparation, space arrangement, and spatial geometry. [5]
Air Base name Base Aerienne French title Location Notes Saint-Denis Air Base: BA 181 Base aérienne 181 Saint-Denis "Lieutenant Roland Garros" Réunion: Tahiti - Faa'a Air Base: BA 190 Base aérienne 190 Tahiti – Faa'a "Sergent Julien-Allain" French Polynesia: Lamentin Air Base: BA 365 Base aérienne 365 Lamentin: Martinique: Cayenne ...
The Mediterranean-style house type is believed to have spread in Gaul in the mid-1st century. It is thought that most inhabitants' urban houses were located along streets and had shops on the façade facing these thoroughfares. [E 1] It is further postulated that the living spaces were located at the rear or in rooms upstairs. [E 2]
The maintenance of overseas military bases enable the French Armed Forces to conduct expeditionary warfare, and often tend to be located in areas of strategic or diplomatic importance. In the French terminology, the "prepositioned forces" consist of the "sovereignty forces" based in the Overseas France and the "forces of presence" based abroad.
Parshvanatha Temple, Khajuraho, the southeast corner, with guardians Indra (E) and Agni (SE). The Guardians of the Directions (Sanskrit: दिक्पाल, IAST: Dikpāla) are the deities who rule the specific directions of space according to Hinduism, Jainism and Vajrayāna Buddhism—especially Kālacakra.
It was briefly a base for RAF Bomber Command Wellingtons, which were sent to Salon from England, for raids on the Italian port of Genoa, as a part of Operation Haddock. [3] After the 1940 Battle of France and the June Armistice with Nazi Germany, it became part of the limited (French: Armée de l'Air de Vichy) air force of the Vichy Government.
2. Pays de la Loire. Pays de la Loire comprises five department, each with a different character and charm: Loire-Atlantique: Average home price €648,000 ($691,000)
Mont-de-Marsan Air Base (French: Base aérienne 118 Mont-de-Marsan) (ICAO: LFBM) is a front-line French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) (ALAE) fighter base located approximately 2 km north of Mont-de-Marsan, in the Landes department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. The airport is at an elevation of ...