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  2. Wharenui - Wikipedia

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    Wharenui are usually called meeting houses in New Zealand English, or simply called whare (a more generic term simply referring to a house or building). Also called a whare rūnanga ("meeting house") or whare whakairo (literally "carved house"), the present style of wharenui originated in the early to middle nineteenth century.

  3. National Register of Historic Places listings in Florida

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    Florida counties (clickable map) There are more than 1,900 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida. They are distributed through 66 of the state's 67 counties. Of these, 42 are National Historic Landmarks.

  4. Indigenous architecture - Wikipedia

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    The house is seen as an outstretched body, and can be addressed like a living being. A wharenui (literally 'big house' alternatively known as meeting houses, whare rūnanga or whare whakairo (literally "carved house") is a communal house generally situated as the focal point of a marae. The present style of wharenui originated in the early to ...

  5. Indigenous peoples of Florida - Wikipedia

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    A map of indigenous people of Florida at the time of contact. This section includes the names of tribes, chiefdoms and towns encountered by Europeans in what is now the state of Florida and adjacent parts of Alabama and Georgia in the 16th and 17th centuries:

  6. List of the oldest buildings in Florida - Wikipedia

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    House Pena-Peck House St. Augustine 1750 House Segui-Smith House: St. Augustine 1754 House St. Francis Barracks: St. Augustine 1755 Religious/Military O'Reilly House: St. Augustine 1760-1785 House Rodriguez-Avero-Sanchez House: St. Augustine 1762 House Llambias House: St. Augustine Before 1763 House González-Jones House: St. Augustine Before ...

  7. List of historic houses in Florida - Wikipedia

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    A. M. Lamb House; A. P. Dickman House; George Guida, Sr. House; George McA. Miller House; Horace T. Robles House; House at 84 Adalia Avenue; House at 97 Adriatic Avenue; House at 36 Aegean Avenue; House at 53 Aegean Avenue; House at 59 Aegean Avenue; House at 124 Baltic Circle; House at 125 Baltic Circle; House at 132 Baltic Circle; House at ...

  8. Pā - Wikipedia

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    Traditional pā took a variety of designs. The simplest pā, the tuwatawata, generally consisted of a single wood palisade around the village stronghold, and several elevated stage levels from which to defend and attack. A pā maioro, general construction used multiple ramparts, earthen ditches used as hiding posts for ambush, and multiple rows ...

  9. Marae - Wikipedia

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    A marae at Kaitotehe, near Taupiri mountain, Waikato district, 1844.It was associated with Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, a chief who became the first Māori king.. In Māori society, the marae is a place where the culture can be celebrated, where the Māori language can be spoken, where intertribal obligations can be met, where customs can be explored and debated, where family occasions such as ...