The Chora Church was originally built outside the walls of Constantinople, to the south of the Golden Horn. Literally translated, the church’s full name was the Church of the Holy Saviour in the Country: although “The Church of the Holy Redeemer in the Fields” would be a more natural ...
Fields of study according to region include the history of large historically interconnected areas (such as the history of Europe and other continents and of particular regions, such as the Near East or Middle Asia) and the history of individual countries and peoples, such as the history of ...
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Others, especially those in the most fertile areas, were transformed into larger arable fields, which can be seen on Stable cadastre maps dating back to the first half of the nineteenth century. However, in the 1950s, plužina field patterns were still predominant in large parts of the ...
of Jerusalem and the Jerusalem Corridor – the strip of land that connected the city to coastal Israel between 1948 and 1967. First on the list is building a new access road to Jerusalem, north of the Green Line. The road would connect two new areas of Israeli settlement in the West ...
the immaculate common areas, every corner of Livo Hotel is meticulously cleaned and well-maintained. This attention to detail ensures that guests can relax and enjoy a hygienic and comfortable stay. Additionally, the hotel's prime location has earned it a rating of 8.7. Situated in the heart ...
According to legends (of which there are many), after the hand is taken from a hanged criminal and dried, it can be used to cast spells or unlock restricted areas. When the hand is waved in front of people, they are rendered helpless, opening themselves up to thieves or some othe...
When thehand-cranked telephoneat Elden Hathaway's home in Bryant Pond, ME, was disconnected in 1983, manual telephone service in the US officially came to an end. Hathawayhad run thelocal telephone companyout of his home for years - complete with a switchboard in his living room - but reti...
It is usually at least 100 meters wide in busy city areas and sometimes twice or three times broader in the surrounding countryside. Broad bypass canals have been built around major cities in recent years to alleviate “traffic jams.” The Suzhou segment of the Jiangnan Canal runs through the...
Brothels must be licensed, can only be in areas with fewer than 700,000 people, and can't advertise "in any public theater, on the public streets of any city or town, or on any public highway." As recently as 2019, efforts to ban prostitution by the Nevada state legislature failed. ...