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The original gardens of the Royal Palace of Laeken date back to the 18th century, but King Leopold II drastically changed their appearance. The king, having visited the Crystal Palace at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London, wanted such a progressive building in his palace's garden, which would combine his love for plants with multifunctional spaces that could also be used as a banquet ...
Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (農業協同組合, Nōgyō Kyōdō Kumiai), also known as Nōkyō (農協) or JA Group, refers to the national group of 694 regional co-ops in Japan that supply members with input for production, undertake packaging, transportation, and marketing of agricultural products, and provide financial services.
One quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions result from food and agriculture (data from 2019). [1]The amount of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture is significant: The agriculture, forestry and land use sectors contribute between 13% and 21% of global greenhouse gas emissions. [2]
The Surabaya Heritage Track (SHT) program comprises a sightseeing bus tour around North Surabaya (also known as "Old Surabaya"). Using a bus that is modeled after the tram that once roamed across the city in the past, so-called history trackers can enjoy and get to know the buildings and history of Surabaya, which is well known as the city of history, learn the "Babad Surabaya" traditional ...
In the Malay language, the fort is called Kota Belanda. [1] The Dutch called it Fort Dindingh, after the Dinding River, on the mainland of Perak. [2] The fort was built by the Dutch in 1670 for storage and protection of tin supplies from the Sultanate of Perak. It was destroyed in 1690 by the Malays who were discontent with the methods used by ...
Museum of the Royal Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences c.1875–1885, now the National Museum of Indonesia. The Royal Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences (Dutch: Koninklijk Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, 1778–1962) was a Dutch learned society in Batavia (now Jakarta, Indonesia).
Zaibatsu (財閥, lit. ' asset clique ') is a Japanese term referring to industrial and financial vertically integrated business conglomerates in the Empire of Japan, whose influence and size allowed control over significant parts of the Japanese economy from the Meiji period to World War II.
Colloquially known as Gua Belanda or Goa Belanda, which translates to "Dutch Cave", this cave was originally a tunnel, cutting straight through a hill and measuring 144 metres in length. It is situated roughly 300 metres from the secondary park entrance, and can be reached within a 5 minute walk.