<p>The Innuitian Mountains are a mountain range in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, Canada. They are part of the Arctic Cordillera and are largely unexplored, due to the hostile climate. They are named after the northern indigenous people, who live in the region. In some locations the Innuitian Mountains measure over 2,500 m in height, and 1,290 km in length. The highest point is Barbeau Peak at 2,616 m. There are no trees or wildlife in the Innuitian Mountains due to the harsh cold climate as well as being located north of the Arctic tree line. This region is mostly barren with vast areas of permafrost. There are metallic mineral resources including iron and zinc and fossil fuel resources such as coal.</p><br>
<p>The Innuitian Mountains consist of numerous smaller mountain ranges. Some of these are the British Empire Range, the Princess Margaret Range and the United States Range, which is the world&#39;s second most Northern mountain range after the Challenger Mountains.</p><br>
<p>The Innuitian Mountains were first seen by European explorers in 1882 by the explorer Adolphus Greely from Lake Hazen.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>The Innuitian Mountains present form was shaped during the Innuitian orogeny in the middle of the Mesozoic Era when the North American Plate moved northward. The Innuitian Mountains contain igneous and metamorphic rocks, but for the most part are composed of sedimentary rock. They are younger than the Appalachians, and so erosion has not yet rounded them significantly.</p><br>
<p>The Innuitian Mountains resemble the Appalachian Mountains in composition and contain similar types of minerals. The mineral resources have not been greatly exploited, due to the cost of developing such a remote region while cheaper alternatives are available elsewhere. The estimate amount of petrol in the area is approximately 281.4 billion barrels of oil equivalent to 36% of all extractable oil left in the world.</p><br>
<p>The Braid Hills form an area towards the south-western edge of Edinburgh, Scotland.</p><br>
<p>The hills themselves are largely open space. Housing in the area is mostly confined to detached villas, and some large terraced houses. The Braid Hills Hotel sits above Pentland Terrace and Comiston Road, overlooking the park across the road.</p><br>
<p>The area is well known for its golf course and its views of the city, and is a popular destination for families taking children sledging in the winter. There is also a riding stables and school, eastwards towards Liberton, which arranges pony trekking.</p><br>
<p>Nearby areas are Morningside to the north, Comiston to the west, and Liberton to the east.</p><br>
<p>The core of the name is shared with the Braid Burn and the nearby Hermitage of Braid woodland park.</p><br>
<p>Sir Bevil Grenville&#39;s Monument is a monument erected in 1720 on Lansdown, then called "Lansdowne Hill", 4 mi north-west of the city of Bath, in Somerset, England. It was designated a Grade II* listed building on 1 February 1956, and a scheduled monument on 12 December 1950.</p><br>
<p>The monument commemorates the heroism of the Civil War Royalist commander Sir Bevil Grenville (1596–1643) of Stowe, Kilkhampton in Cornwall and Bideford in Devon, who on 5 July 1643 fell mortally wounded at the Battle of Lansdowne, leading his regiment of Cornish pikemen. It was erected by Grenville&#39;s grandson and has been maintained by his descendants. This has included the repair of inscriptions carved on the base of the monument, eulogising Grenville and his forces.</p><br>
<h2>Background</h2><br>
<p>The Battle of Lansdowne took place on 5 July 1643 during the Civil War. The Royalists under Lord Hopton attacked the Parliamentarians led by Sir William Waller who occupied a commanding position on Lansdowne Hill. Under the leadership of Sir Bevil Grenville, Hoptons Cornish pikemen stormed Wallers breastworks, while Royalist musketeers outflanked Waller by passing through the woods on each side of his position. Grenville was mortally wounded in hand-to-hand combat as Parliamentarian horse counter-attacked and were driven off. He received a mortal blow to the head with a pollaxe and was taken to the rectory at nearby Cold Ashton where he died. His death was a set-back from which the king&#39;s cause in the Westcountry never recovered, for he alone knew how to handle the unruly Cornishmen.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The monument was erected in 1720 by George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne (1666–1735), grandson of Sir Bevil and heir male to William Granville, 3rd Earl of Bath (d.1711), great-grandson of Sir Bevil and the last male in the senior line of the family. In 1714 Baron Lansdowne had erected a mural monument to Sir Bevil in the Grenville Chapel in the Church of St James the Great, Kilkhampton, Cornwall, in which parish was situated the Grenville seat of Stowe.</p><br>
<p>The monument has been repaired several times. Initially in 1777 and again in 1828 and then in 1879, each time the repairs were funded by Granville&#39;s descendants. Note that the original spelling was Bevil Granville but today Grenville or Greville are commonly used.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The monument is of ashlar stone masonry, 25 feet (7.6 m) high, in the English Baroque style. On the south side is a slate tablet inscribed with a quotation from the account by Lord Clarendon (1609–1674) in his History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England of the Battle of Lansdowne (1643). On the north side are two poems. On top is a griffin (the crest and supporters of the Grenvilles) holding an escutcheon displaying the Grenville coat of arms: Gules, three clarions or. On another side are shown the Royal Arms of King Charles II (1660–1685) supported by the arms of Sir Bevils eldest son and heir John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath (1628–1701) and by the arms of the latters half first cousin General George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, KG (1608–1670). Monck was the principal figure behind the Restoration of the Monarchy to King Charles II in 1660, in effecting which he was much assisted by Sir John Grenville, for which services both were elevated to the peerage.</p><br>
<h2>Inscription</h2><br>
<p>The Elegy on Sir Bevil Grenville by William Cartwright, a fellow Royalist, who died shortly after Sir Bevil on 29 November 1643, is inscribed on the monument:</p><br>
<p>This was not Nature’s courage nor that thing,</p><br>
<p>We valour call which Time and Reason bring,</p><br>
<p>But a diviner fury fierce and high,</p><br>
<p>Valour transported into Ecstasy.</p><br>
<p>Dalmahoy is hotel and former country house near Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is located off the A71 road, 3.5 km south of Ratho. The house is protected as a category A listed building, while the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The estate was the property of the Dalmahoys of that Ilk until the early 18th century. The house was built in 1725 for George Dalrymple, a younger son of the Earl of Stair, and was designed by the architect William Adam (1689–1748). Dalmahoy was sold in 1750 to James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton.</p><br>
<p>In 1787 an extension and a number of alteration were made to designs by Alexander Laing. Further alterations were made in the 1830s, involving William Burn, and in 1851 by Brown and Wardrop. In 1927 the house was leased and converted to a hotel, with golf courses being established in the grounds.</p><br>
<p>The present hotel was built in 1990, and comprises substantial extensions to the original building and the golf course/hotel complex played host to the second ever (and first in Europe) Solheim Cup in 1992. Dalmahoy is now an independent hotel.</p><br>
<p>The Stoney Littleton Long Barrow  is a Neolithic chambered tomb with multiple burial chambers, located near the village of Wellow in the English county of Somerset. It is an example of the Severn-Cotswold tomb and was scheduled as an ancient monument in 1882. It was one of the initial</p><br>
<p>monuments included when the Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882 became law.</p><br>
<p>The chambered long barrow was built around 3500 BC. Excavations in the early 19th century uncovered bones from several individuals. The stone structure is about 30 m in length and contains a 12.8 m long gallery with three pairs of side chambers and an end chamber.</p><br>
<h2>Location and access</h2><br>
<p>The barrow is approximately 1.5 km south west of the village of Wellow. It is on a limestone ridge overlooking Wellow Brook approximately 200 m to the north and west of the barrow. It is surrounded by a rectangular grass area accessed via a stile and footpath from a car park at Stoney Littleton Farm.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Chambered long barrows were constructed during the Neolithic between 4000 and 2500 BC for the ritual inhumation of the dead. Stoney Littleton Long Barrow was probably constructed around 3500 BC.</p><br>
<p>The tomb was first opened around 1760 by a local farmer to obtain stone for road building. Some of the artefacts from the excavations are in the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery.</p><br>
<p>It was scheduled as an ancient monument in 1882. Since 1884 the Stoney Littleton Long Barrow has been in state care, and is now managed by English Heritage who have provided an information board at the site. Further conservation work and a geophysical survey were carried out in 1999 and 2000 by the Cotswold Archaeological Trust.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Severn-Cotswold tombs consist of precisely-built, long trapezoid earth mounds covering a burial chamber. The Stoney Littleton Long Barrow stands on a limestone ridge overlooking Wellow Brook and the village of Wellow. It is constructed from stone, including Blue Lias and Forest Marble quarried within an 8 km radius.</p><br>
<p>It is about 30 m in length and 15 m wide at the south-east end, it stands nearly 3 m high. Internally it consists of a 12.8 m long gallery with three pairs of side chambers and an end chamber. The passage and entrance are roughly aligned towards the midwinter sunrise. The roof is made of overlapping stones. There is a fossil ammonite impression decorating the left-hand doorjamb.</p><br>
<p>Unusually, the barrow is not situated on flat ground and "looks as though it is sliding down the side of a hill."</p><br>
<p>The Shanks Islands form a group of five small rocky islets located close to the south-western coast of Tasmania, Australia. Situated near where the mouth of Port Davey meets the Southern Ocean, the islets have a combined area of 2.72 hectare and are part of the Swainson Islands Group. They comprise part of the Southwest National Park and the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site.</p><br>
<h2>Fauna</h2><br>
<p>The islets are part of the Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area, so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds. Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the little penguin, short-tailed shearwater (8,700 pairs), fairy prion (5,000 pairs), silver gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern.</p><br>
<p>Falls Village is a village and census-designated place in the town of Canaan in Litchfield County, Connecticut. It is considered to be the second smallest town in Connecticut. Because Falls Village is the town center and principal constituent village in Canaan, the entire town is often referred to as "Falls Village." That usage also avoids confusion of the town with Canaan Village in the town of North Canaan, Connecticut, not far away. Falls Village derives its name from a waterfall, known as Great Falls, which is formed along the Housatonic River within the village.</p><br>
<p>The Falls Village post office is assigned zip code 06031, which encompasses the entire town of Canaan.</p><br>
<p>In 1979 the Falls Village District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as an historic district. The district represents about 70 acre that were built in the middle of the 19th century as a result of the area being selected as a station stop for the Housatonic Railroad in the early 1830s. Newer buildings around the junction of USA Route 7 and Route 126 are excluded.</p><br>
<p>The historic district includes examples of Greek Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne architecture.</p><br>
<p>Contributing properties in the historic district include the D. M. Hunt Library, built in 1891, and St. Patrick&#39;s Church.</p><br>
<p>Mount Tyndall is a mountain that is part of the Tyndall Range, a spur off the West Coast Range, located in the Western region of Tasmania, Australia.</p><br>
<p>The mountain was named in 1877 by James Reid Scott on the suggestion of Thomas Bather Moore in honour of Professor John Tyndall, a Fellow of the Geological Society who made important contributions in physics, atmospheric science and geology.</p><br>
<p>The area is at the northern end of a block of mountains that are north of Mount Sedgwick.</p><br>
<p>Located at the base of the mountain are a number of glacial lakes, most notably Lake Westwood and Lake Dora. The mountain lies southeast of the Henty Gold Mine, and Hydro Tasmania dam on the Henty River; and south of Lake Mackintosh, Lake Murchison and Tullah.</p><br>
<p>Thomas Hill Standpipe, which holds 1,750,000 USgal of water,</p><br>
<p>is a riveted wrought iron tank with a wood frame jacket located on Thomas Hill in Bangor, Maine, United States. The metal tank is 50 ft high and 75 ft in diameter. Built in 1897, it is an architecturally distinctive city landmark, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.</p><br>
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<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Built in 1897, it is the districts oldest standpipe and has been in use since its construction. Its purpose is the same today as when it was built; to help regulate Bangors water pressure in the downtown area and to provide water storage for emergencies. In 1895, it was discovered that the city pumping station contained faulty equipment, risking the possibility of a city water shortage.</p><br>
<p>A.B. Tower of Holyoke, Massachusetts, designed the structure and in 1897 the New Jersey Steel and Iron Co. assembled the 50 ft high and 75 ft diameter steel tank atop Thomas Hill. The land had been owned previously by brothers James and Charles Thomas.</p><br>
<p>The original specifications for the standpipe consisted of four single-sided legal pages, and, unusually, gave the architect the right to freely change the labor and material costs without voiding the contract.</p><br>
<p>The final construction cost was $295,109.36.</p><br>
<p>Originally, the exterior was painted dark gray with the pillars and lattice work painted white. During World War II, the standpipe was painted olive drab for camouflage purposes, because of its proximity to Dow Army Airfield, but it was repainted white in 1949. While once open to the public, it was closed during the war, following a 1940 accident in which a 12-year-old boy was killed when he fell while climbing on the beams under the stairway.</p><br>
<p>Bangor Water District assumed ownership of the standpipe in 1957 when a quasi-municipal (separate from the city) water district was formed.</p><br>
<p>Recently, a fire detection system and a "dry" sprinkler system which can be filled from an outside hydrant were added to protect the landmark structure.</p><br>
<h2>Structure</h2><br>
<p>The standpipe is really two structures in one. The standpipe itself consists of steel plates riveted one outside the other. The building which enclosed it is 85 ft in diameter and 110 ft high.</p><br>
<p>The 24 main posts which extend up past the observation deck begin at the base of the structure. Made of hard pine, they measure 12×12 inches and are 48 ft long. The entire structure has a stone foundation 9 ft high and 3½ feet thick at the base. The sill atop the foundation is made of bent pine planks and is 14 in thick.</p><br>
<p>Along the interior wall of the façade is a winding staircase which leads to the promenade deck encircling the top of the building. The deck is 12 ft wide and 280 ft in circumference.</p><br>
<p>The exterior of the building is clad in wooden shingles, and the line of windows that illuminate the inside stairs are topped by hoods in the then-popular Shingle style of architecture. To erect the wooden part of the structure took 42,000 ft of hard pine and 22,000 cedar shingles. James M. Davis of Bangor, who had recently built the original Bangor Auditorium in only 22 days, set up a portable saw mill and blacksmith shop on the site and employed 22 men. The entire project took about six months to complete,</p><br>
<p>and was filled starting in June 1898.</p><br>
<p>The lights around the top of the Standpipe are sometimes referred to as "the crown on the Queen City".</p><br>
<h2>Tour Schedule</h2><br>
<p>Currently the promenade deck is opened up four times a year to visitors, once every season.</p><br>
<h2>Landmark Status</h2><br>
<p>The standpipe is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is also designated an American Water Landmark by the American Water Works Association.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The standpipe is 225 ft above sea level. It is located northwest of downtown Bangor, atop Thomas Hill.</p><br>
<p>The Gaising or Gaiziņkalns, at 1,022 feet  above sea level, is the highest point in Latvia. It is situated a short distance to the west of the town of Madona, central Vidzeme.</p><br>
<p>Although only relatively low, Gaiziņkalns has been developed into a skiing area with three slopes and several guesthouses. In order to rival Suur Munamägi - the highest point of neighbouring Estonia at 318 metres - a tower was built which exceeds the latter in height. Although the construction work was not finished, the tower became a popular tourist attraction, which led to its closure due to the serious risk to safety. The tower was demolished in December 2012, and the rubble removed. There is a nearby multilingual sign marking the high point, but nothing at the natural summit itself.</p><br>
<p>Clifton Aqueduct, built in 1796, carried the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal across the River Irwell in Clifton, near Manchester, England. It is preserved as a Grade II listed structure. The aqueduct is constructed of dressed stone with brick arches. Three segmental arches with keystones rest on triangular-ended cutwaters. Above the cutwaters are flat Pilasters. A C20 brick parapet remains on the eastern side. There is a towpath on each side, and the aqueduct contains grooves for stop planks to be inserted, to drain the canal. The aqueduct was engineered by Charles Roberts and John Nightingale.</p><br>
<p>The aqueduct is one of two remaining along the canal route, the other being Prestolee Aqueduct. The canal is undergoing restoration and is hoped to be in operation around 2020.</p><br>
<p>As of 2011, the aqueduct is currently not in water.</p><br>
<h2>Rail Access</h2><br>
<p>The nearest station is Clifton (Manchester) railway station.</p><br>
<p>Diakopto  is a town and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reforms it is a municipal unit of the Aigialeia municipality. The municipal unit has an area of 103.932 km. Population 6,429 . The town of Diakopto is situated on the Gulf of Corinth, near the mouth of the Vouraikos river and at the lower end of the Vouraikos Gorge. The gauge Diakofto–Kalavryta Railway built in 1885 leads up to the town of Kalavryta passing the Mega Spilaio Monastery at about halfway. Diakopto is on the old Greek National Road 8 ; the new Greek National Road 8A  passes 1 km to the south. Diakopto is located about 40 km east of Patras, and 15km southeast of Aigio.</p><br>
<h2>Subdivisions</h2><br>
<p>The municipal unit Diakopto is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):</p><br>
<p>Ano Diakopto (Ano Diakopto, Pounta)</p><br>
<p>Diakopto (Diakopto, Kalyvitis, Kernitsa, Lofos)</p><br>
<p>Eliki (Eliki, Kalanteri)</p><br>
<p>Katholiko</p><br>
<p>Keryneia (Keryneia, Nea Keryneia)</p><br>
<p>Mamousia (Mamousia, Derveni, Stavria)</p><br>
<p>Nikoleika</p><br>
<p>Rizomylos</p><br>
<p>Rodia</p><br>
<p>Trapeza (Trapeza, Paralia Trapezis)</p><br>
<p>Tripia (Tripia, Metochi, Terpsithea)</p><br>
<p>Zachloritika</p><br>
<h2>Population</h2><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In the area there were three ancient Greek cities: Boura, Helike and Keryneia. The area followed the fate of the rest of Achaea. Between 1460 and 1821 the area was ruled by the Ottoman Empire, except a brief period of Venetian rule between 1687 and 1715. As a result of the Greek War of Independence of 1821 Diakopto became part of the new Greek state. The municipality was created in 1835. The municipality was known as Voura (Βουρά).</p><br>
<h2>Persons</h2><br>
<p>Dionysis Papagiannopoulos (1912–1984) actor</p><br>
<h2>Sporting clubs</h2><br>
<p>Lykoi Diakoptou</p><br>
<p>Floga Rodias</p><br>
<p>Iraklis Zachloritikon</p><br>
<p>Niki Nikoleikon</p><br>
<p>Athlitikos Omilos Diakoptou (AOD)</p><br>
<p>The Reformed Church of Tappan in Tappan, Rockland County, New York  is a historic church. It is a contributing property to the Tappan Historic District.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Its first structure built 1716 (worshipers met in homes before this), was used in 1780 for the trial of British Major John André, who conspired with Benedict Arnold to buy the plans for the fortifications at West Point for the British and of Joshua Hett Smith, tried for and acquitted of treason.</p><br>
<p>The church was used in 1778 after the Baylor Massacre as a prison/hospital.</p><br>
<p>The current building on the site dates from 1835. The building is designed according to the Federal style and was inspired by the Cedar Street Presbyterian Church in Manhattan. It has box pews to help keep in warmth from little foot stoves brought by worshipers in winter.</p><br>
<p>In its cemetery are buried original settlers of county, early ministers of church, and American Revolutionary War soldiers. Some stones are inscribed in Dutch; there is a marker at this site.</p><br>
<p>Chester Amphitheatre is a Roman amphitheatre in Chester, Cheshire. The site is managed by English Heritage; it is designated as a Grade I listed building, and a scheduled monument. The ruins currently exposed are those of a large stone amphitheatre, similar to those found in Continental Europe, and although it was long believed that a smaller wooden amphitheatre existed on the site beforehand, excavations since 1999 have shown that the wooden grillage is the base of the seating. Today, only the northern half of the structure is exposed; the southern half is covered by buildings, some of which are themselves listed.</p><br>
<p>The amphitheatre is the largest so far uncovered in Britain, and dates from the 1st century, when the Roman fort of Deva Victrix was founded. It is a peculiarly English myth that the amphitheatre would have been primarily for military training and drill; all the evidence recovered from excavation shows that it was used for cock fighting, bull baiting and combat sports, including classical boxing, wrestling and, probably most importantly, gladiatorial combat. The poet Oppian wrote that the Romans inherited the Greek passion for the cockfight, which was held "on anniversaries... as a solemn rite", a consecration, in effect a sacred cockfight, to remind men that they should be "perpetual imitators of the cock".</p><br>
<p>In use through much of the Roman occupation of Britain, the amphitheatre fell into disuse around the year 350. The amphitheatre was only rediscovered in 1929, when one of the pit walls was discovered during construction work. Between 2000 and 2006, excavation of the amphitheatre took place for Chester City Council and, after 2004, English Heritage.</p><br>
<h2>Construction</h2><br>
<p>The first amphitheatre is believed to have been a simple structure built by Legio II Adiutrix during their brief posting in Chester at some point in the late 70s, but was soon rebuilt by Legio XX Valeria Victrix when Legio II Adiutrix were reposted to the Danube region in 86. This amphitheatre fell into disuse when Legio XX were assigned to the construction of Hadrian&#39;s Wall, and upon their return around 275, the amphitheatre was once again rebuilt.</p><br>
<p>The newer structure consisted of a 40 ft high stone ellipse, 320 ft along the major axis by 286 ft along the minor. The major axis lines up approximately along the north-south line, and exits are placed at all four points of the compass; in keeping with most Roman forts of the era, the amphitheatre was placed at the south east corner of the fort. The amphitheatre could easily seat 8,000 people, and around it, a sprawling complex of dungeons, stables and food stands were built to support the contests, while a shrine to Nemesis, goddess of retribution, was built at the north entrance to the arena. The unusually large and developed amphitheatre complex has led historians to speculate that Chester would have become capital of Roman Britain had the Romans successfully captured Ireland.</p><br>
<h2>Dereliction</h2><br>
<p>Following the Roman departure from Britain, the amphitheatre once again fell derelict, and the masonry was scavenged from the site leaving only a small depression at the centre of the site, which was used to stage bear fights and public executions, and was eventually completely filled in by erosion and refuse dumping. A Georgian house complex known as "Dee House" were built over the south end of the arena, while a Georgian townhouse called "St. John&#39;s House" was built over the north end. Although all records of the amphitheatre were lost, the unfavourable contours of the filled-in amphitheatre prevented roads from passing through the site, preserving the underground remains and allowing the site to later be excavated without the need for extensive demolition.</p><br>
<h2>Rediscovery</h2><br>
<p>Although the existence of an amphitheatre in Chester had been speculated for years, the first evidence for it was discovered in 1929 when gardening works at Dee House revealed a long curved wall. Further works revealed that the structure was largely intact underneath the ground. However, the site of the amphitheatre was covered by buildings and lay in the way of a new planned road, designed to bypass the narrow curved lane which skirted the perimeter.</p><br>
<p>Nevertheless, the Chester Archaeological Society agreed to raise enough money to divert the new road and excavate the arena. Progress was initially slow; the council refused to change the course of the road unless money was raised to fund the substantial demolition work that would be required, and it was not until 1933 that the route of the road was finally changed. In order to fund the excavations, Chester Archaeological Society purchased St. John&#39;s House and leased it to the council to fund the dig. The dig was initially scheduled for 1939, but was postponed indefinitely with the outbreak of World War II.</p><br>
<p>Work resumed in 1957, when the council vacated St. John&#39;s House and the Ministry of Works offered a substantial subsidy for excavation. As Dee House was still in use, only the northern half could be excavated. A small area was dug up, and the rest redeveloped as a short-lived park, which was quickly removed to allow further excavation. The badly pillaged and damaged supporting walls were removed and marked with concrete trim and the arena wall was propped up with concrete panels.</p><br>
<p>The amphitheatre remained in this state until 2000, when archaeological work was resumed on the site. Among the finds were the remains of the earlier amphitheatres and of an even older Roman building existing on the site. A number of cooked animal bones and cheaply made Roman pots showing images of gladiator combat were also found, leading a number of historians to suggest that the site was one of the first places to develop souvenirs for spectators to buy.</p><br>
<p>The amphitheatres central, river-side location is very valuable. Cheshire County Council purchased an area to the south of the exposed area for Chesters new County Court, the northern wing and car park of which were built over the south western corner of the arena. Despite the councils insistence that the court cover as little of the arena as possible, the work was widely unpopular with residents and the press, especially following the Councils previous support of excavation projects. In 2007 the southern half of the amphitheatre remained covered by Dee House and the County Court.</p><br>
<h2>Chester Amphitheatre Project</h2><br>
<p>In January 2004 the Chester Amphitheatre Project was launched, jointly owned, funded and supported by Chester City Council and English Heritage. Its aims were to conduct new excavation and survey, to create a Chester amphitheatre and research centre and to hold an international amphitheatre conference (February 2007). During the summers of 2004 to 2006 excavation was co-directed by Dan Garner (Chester City Council) and Tony Wilmott (English Heritage). Three areas were tackled:</p><br>
<p>Area A: on the north-west quadrant of the amphitheatre&#39;s seating bank, partially excavated in the 1960s by Thompson</p><br>
<p>Area B: south of the eastern entrance in an unexcavated area of the southeastern quadrant of the seating bank</p><br>
<p>Area C: in the centre of the unexcavated area of the arena.</p><br>
<p>The work was the subject of an episode of the BBC Four series Timewatch and revealed that, contrary to the conclusion drawn by Thompson that a wooden amphitheatre had preceded the stone construction, two separate stone amphitheatres had been built. In the decades around 200AD the amphitheatre appeared to have been largely rebuilt, producing roughly a doubling of the seating capacity. The new massive outer wall sat in a deep foundation trench 2.7m wide penetrating the sandstone bedrock to a depth of over 1.3m. During the excavations, finds included a coin from the time of Vespasian, the bone hilt of a Gladius and Samian ware bearing images of hunting and combat.</p><br>
<p>Following further discoveries at the site in 2010, some writers suggested that the amphitheatre was the prototype for King Arthur&#39;s Round Table, but English Heritage, acting as consultants to a History Channel documentary in which the claim was made, declared that there was no archaeological basis to the story.</p><br>
<h2>Amphitheatre mural</h2><br>
<p>A trompe l&#39;oeil mural was commissioned in August 2010 by Chester Renaissance to enable visitors to experience the illusion of a complete amphitheatre as well as showing how the original structure may have looked. Archaeologists advised artist Gary Drostle on the original construction and found artefacts from the site.</p><br>
<p>The artist designed an image that spanned the 50 metre walkway wall, starting with a continuation of the current amphitheatre edges that merged seamlessly into the recreation of the original walls and seating towards the centre. The painted ellipsis of the sand covered ground and depiction of the central tethering stone allow a viewer to experience a full immersion in the amphitheatre that was not possible with the previous, blank wall. Details such as the red, marble covered arena wall, position of the doorways and vomitoriums and outside walls were all carefully recreated as the evidence suggested.</p><br>
<p>Taking over 6 weeks to complete with two, six metre scaffolding towers and five painters, the public and tourist groups could watch the progression of the mural and interact with the artist and his assistants, the British weather dictating working hours.</p><br>
<p>The mural will be a permanent feature of the amphitheatre. The artist used Keim Mineral Paints, invented in 1878. The system is a liquid silicate paint which comprises a potassium silicate binder with inorganic fillers (feldspar) and natural earth oxide colour pigments. When applied onto a mineral substrate the binder is absorbed and forms a micro-crystalline silicate structure. This crystalline structure allows the substrate to breathe but prevents the ingress of driven rain.</p><br>
<p>The Sandbach Crosses are two 9th-century stone Anglo-Saxon crosses now erected in the market place in the town of Sandbach, Cheshire, England. They are unusually large and elaborate examples of the type and are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and a scheduled monument.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The most recent and authoritative dating places the larger cross from the early part of the 9th century, and the smaller from about the middle of that century. Older theories, now outdated, included the view that they were erected to commemorate the conversion to Christianity of Peada of Mercia about 653. Other sources date them to the 9th century. The original site of the crosses is unknown and it is believed that they were brought to Sandbach in the Middle Ages. The earliest documentary evidence is by William Smith, the Rouge-Dragon Pursuivant at Arms of Elizabeth I, who was from Nantwich. In 1585 he wrote &#39;two square crosses of stone, on steps, with certain images and writings thereon graven hard together. Either after the Reformation or during the Civil War they were thrown down and their parts were scattered over a wide area. Larger pieces of the crosses were found as far away as Oulton and Tarporley while smaller pieces were found on various sites in Sandbach. In the early 19th century they were collected together and in 1816 were reassembled and erected under the direction of George Ormerod, the Cheshire historian.</p><br>
<p>The crosses now consist of two upright columns set in sockets on a base of three stepped stones. The northern cross is the taller and has a mutilated head. The southern cross is truncated and has a mutilated head from a different cross. The crosses have always been a pair and were carved by the same hand. They depict religious scenes, doll-like heads and beasts in panels, together with vine-scrolls, course interlace patterns and some dragons.</p><br>
<h2>In art</h2><br>
<p>One of the Crosses (before restoration in 1816) appears in a watercolour by William Alexander, from which they were engraved by John Byrne and published in Britannia Depicta, Part III, Buckinghamshire and Cheshire (1810). Examples were sold at Sothebys on 22 February 1977, and now appear in the UKs Government Art Collection. Prints and engravings are also found at the Cheshire Records Office.</p><br>
<h2>In music</h2><br>
<p>In 2011, Foden&#39;s Band commissioned their Composer in Residence, Andy Scott, to write a piece for brass band called To the Ancient Crosses, "a vigorous and rhythmic description of the Saxon stone carved crosses in Sandbach market square", and dedicated to Sandbach Town Council for their support of the band.</p><br>
<p>Movri  is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality West Achaea, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 4,605 . It is named after the mountain range Movri. The seat of the municipality was in Sageika. Its area is 86.484 km².</p><br>
<h2>Subdivisions</h2><br>
<p>The municipal unit Movri is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):</p><br>
<p>Fragka (Fragka, Spaneika, Tsakonika)</p><br>
<p>Kareika (Kareika, Gomosto, Karamesineika, Rachi)</p><br>
<p>Krinos</p><br>
<p>Limnochori (Limnochori, Kalamaki, Kato Limnochori, Paralia Kalamakiou)</p><br>
<p>Myrtos (Myrtos, Giouleika, Pournari)</p><br>
<p>Sageika (Sageika, Apostoli, Bouteika, Gerouseika, Vrachneika, Stathmos)</p><br>
<p>Paion  is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Its population in 2011 was 1,055. The seat of the municipality was in Dafni. The municipality was created after the Greek War of Independence and was dissolved in 1912. It was recreated in 1998 under the Capodistrian Plan. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kalavryta, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 99.325 km.</p><br>
<h2>Subdivisions</h2><br>
<p>The municipal unit Paion is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):</p><br>
<p>Amygdalea</p><br>
<p>Chovoli (Ano Chovoli, Kato Chovoli)</p><br>
<p>Dafni</p><br>
<p>Nasia</p><br>
<p>Paos (Paos, Vesini, Dechounaiika, Palaios Paos, Potamia)</p><br>
<p>Pefko</p><br>
<p>Skotani (Skotani, Agios Georgios)</p><br>
<h2>Population</h2><br>
<h2>Mayors</h2><br>
<p>Papadimitrakopoulos (1907–1912)</p><br>
<p>Pío Pico State Historic Park is the site of El Ranchito, also known as the Pío Pico Adobe or Pío Pico Mansion, the final home of Pío Pico, the last Governor of Alta California under Mexican rule and a pivotal figure in early California history. Located in Whittier, California, at 6003 Pioneer Blvd. near Whittier Blvd. and Interstate 605, it is California Historical Landmark No. 127, listed as "Casa de Governor Pío Pico". Just west of the park is the San Gabriel River. Across the river is the city that bears his name - Pico Rivera. The park consists of the adobe and about three acres of surrounding land.</p><br>
<p>Starting in 1848, after the Mexican-American War, Pío Pico began acquiring the 10,000 acre Rancho Paso de Bartolo, and built a home in 1853. The home was damaged by the flooding of 1867, which set the San Gabriel River to its present course, and was nearly destroyed in 1882 by flooding. The structure was completely redone into its current form, adding American-style elements into the traditional Californio design. In 1892, Pio Pico was evicted from the property by Bernard Cohn, an American lawyer. When taking what he thought was a loan from Cohn in 1883, Pico, who could not read or write English, had conveyed the deed for the property, and courts ruled with Cohn. Pico died a pauper two years later at his daughter&#39;s home.</p><br>
<p>By 1898 the City of Whittier began buying up parts of the property to construct a water pumping facility. In 1907, local Whittier citizens, led by Harriet Williams Russell Strong, were able to have the site made a historic monument. Strong, who had known Pico since 1867, purchased the property and had it restored in 1909. The property was conveyed to the State of California in 1917 and designated one of its first State Historic Parks in 1927. The State of California did further renovations in 1944. The Adobe was seriously damaged in the 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake, forcing closure. While funds were being raised for restoration, the additional damage was caused by the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Finally, in 1996 a Los Angeles County proposition earmarked US$2.5 million for the park&#39;s restoration. Restoration of the structure began in 2000 and the historic landscape in 2002, with the park re-opened on 20 September 2003.</p><br>
<p>At the re-opening ceremonies, the Battle of Rio San Gabriel, which occurred nearby during the Mexican-American War, was re-enacted.</p><br>
<h2>Proposed for closure</h2><br>
<p>Pio Pico State Historic Park was one of the 48 California state parks proposed for closure in January 2008 by California&#39;s Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as part of a deficit reduction program. None of the proposed closures occurred then, however, the park was again targeted along with some seventy state parks for closure in 2011 by Governor Jerry Brown. The Friends of Pio Pico and the City of Whittier together raised $80,000 to keep the park from closing.</p><br>
<p>Tritaia  is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Erymanthos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 244.798 km. Population 3,086 . The seat of the municipality was in Stavrodromi. Tritaia was named after the ancient Achaean city Triteia, which was located near the present village Agia Marina. Tritaia is situated in mountainous southern Achaea, on the border with Elis. It nearly surrounds the municipal unit Kalentzi. Mount Erymanthos is located in the eastern part of Tritaia. The Greek National Road 33  runs through Tritaia.</p><br>
<h2>Subdivisions</h2><br>
<p>The municipal unit Tritaia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):</p><br>
<p>Agia Varvara (Agia Varvara, Galaros)</p><br>
<p>Agia Marina (Agia Marina, Kato Agia Marina)</p><br>
<p>Al(e)pochori (Alpochori, Agios Dimitrios)</p><br>
<p>Chiona</p><br>
<p>Drosia (Drosia, Kato Drosia, Koumperi, Pteri)</p><br>
<p>Erymantheia</p><br>
<p>Kalfas (Kalfas, Masouraiika)</p><br>
<p>Manesi Patron (Manesi, Golemi, Kato Mastrantoni, Mastrantonis)</p><br>
<p>Roupakia</p><br>
<p>Skiadas (Skiadas, Barakes, Karpeta, Pigadia)</p><br>
<p>Skouras (Skouras, Kardasi)</p><br>
<p>Spartia (Spartia, Kyparissi)</p><br>
<p>Stavrodromi (Stavrodromi, Panousaiika, Rachi, Xirochori)</p><br>
<p>Velimachi</p><br>
<h2>Population</h2><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>According to Greek mythology, the city Triteia was founded by Melanippus, son of Ares and Triteia, daughter of the sea-god Triton. It was one of the twelve cities of the ancient Achaeans. The remains of Triteia have been discovered near the village Agia Marina.</p><br>
<p>The name was reused for the municipality Tritaia that was created in 1835, which covered parts of the present municipal units Tritaia and Olenia. It was dissolved in 1912 and recreated in 1998 under the Capodistrian Plan. In 2011 Tritaia became part of the new municipality Erymanthos.</p><br>
<h2>Sports</h2><br>
<p>The football clubs AO Tritaikos and Thyella Skiada both play on the dry field in Stavrodromi.</p><br>
<p>Adams Mill Covered Bridge is located in Indiana south of State Road 18 and north of State Road 26, 1/2 mile East of Cutler to County road 50 East, north on 50 East 1/2 mile.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>John Adams was an early settler, moving to Carroll County, Indiana, in 1831. There he settled, finishing construction of his Adams Mill in 1845. In June 1871, the Carroll County Commissioners approved petitions requesting that two bridges be built over Wildcat Creek. Adams Mill Bridge was built in 1872 by the Wheelock Bridge Company. Both bridges were completed for a total cost of $12,237.33.</p><br>
<p>In 1870 Richard Loman and others petitioned for a covered bridge to be built across the Wild Cat Creek, and the proposal was approved in 1871. The bridge used a Howe Truss system. About 1900, the bridge was modified with the addition of Burr arches to increase the load the bridge could carry. By 1957 the bridges condition had worsened to the point that a local history group began a fundraising campaign for it. The bridge was closed to vehicles in 1974 because of its condition. In 1978, the bridge suffered from severe vandalism. In 1992 Friends of Adams Mill Valley, Inc., was formed to again raise money for the bridges care. The group received a grant for $291,000. In addition, the group raised $85,000 by 1999 and given to the county to receive a 20% matching grant. In the mid-1990s, bikes and foot-traffic were also banned. Finally, in 1999 the Kaser-Spraker Construction Co. started restoring the bridge. On October 9, 1999, it was reopened. The project cost $686,000.</p><br>
<h2>Today</h2><br>
<p>In 1996, Adams Mill Covered Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>In 1998 the Friends of Adams Mill Valley, Inc., made a deal with of South Bend, Indiana, in the amount of $545,932.00 for restoration.</p><br>
<p>On Oct. 9, 1999 restoration was complete and the bridge was reopened.</p><br>
<p>Olenia  is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality West Achaea, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 189.534 km. Population 5,434 . The seat of the municipality was in Lousika. The municipality is named after the ancient Achaean town Olenus.</p><br>
<h2>Subdivisions</h2><br>
<p>The municipal unit Olenia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):</p><br>
<p>Achaiko</p><br>
<p>Agios Nikolaos Kralis (Kalamaki, Agios Nikolaos, Avgeraiika, Thomaiika, Poimenochori)</p><br>
<p>Agios Stefanos (Agios Stefanos, Palaia Peristera, Fylakes)</p><br>
<p>Ano Soudenaiika</p><br>
<p>Arla</p><br>
<p>Chaikali (Chaikali, Katsaitaiika, Kounelaiika)</p><br>
<p>Charavgi (Charavgi, Neochori, Pigadia)</p><br>
<p>Flokas (Flokas, Zisimaiika)</p><br>
<p>Fostaina</p><br>
<p>Galanaiika</p><br>
<p>Gkaneika</p><br>
<p>Kato Mazaraki</p><br>
<p>Lousika (Lousika, Spaliaraiika, Ypsili Rachi)</p><br>
<p>Mitopoli (Mitopoli, Komi, Souvaliotaiika)</p><br>
<p>Portes</p><br>
<p>Santomeri (Santomeri, Ampelakia, Polylofo)</p><br>
<p>Bedwellty was a parish and urban district in Monmouthshire, South Wales, until 1974.</p><br>
<p>The original ancient parish was very large, including most of the upper Ebbw and Sirhowy valleys. A number of coal mining communities grew up in the parish, and in the 19th century these became separate local government units.</p><br>
<p>The church of St Sannan was built in a thirteenth century Gothic style. The church tower is fourteenth century and contains six bells. The church was restored in 1858 and repaired in 1882. The exterior is whitewashed.</p><br>
<p>On 19 June 1874, Ebbw Vale, Rhymney and Tredegar local boards of health and local government districts were formed, each including parts of the civil parish. The remainder of Bedwellty itself became a local government district on 29 June 1891. In 1894 the local boards were replaced by urban districts. The areas included in Bedwellty, Ebbw Vale, Rhymney and Tredegar urban districts became separate civil parishes.</p><br>
<p>Bedwellty urban district included the hamlets and villages of Aberbargoed, Argoed, Blackwood, New Tredegar, Pengam and Rock.</p><br>
<p>In 1926, Bedwellty and Mynyddislwyn urban districts formed the West Monmouthshire Omnibus Board to ensure local control of bus services. In 1935, a County Review Order altered the boundaries between Bedwellty and Mynyddislwyn.</p><br>
<p>The urban district was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 in 1974. Its area was split: the wards of Aberbargoed, Cwmsyfiog, New Tredegar and Phillipstown passed to the Rhymney Valley district of Mid Glamorgan, and the remainder was included in the Islwyn borough of Gwent.</p><br>
<p>Further local government reorganisation in 1996 has led to the area of the former urban district being included in the county borough of Caerphilly. It now corresponds to the communities of Aberbargoed, Argoed, Bargoed, Blackwood, Cefn Fforest, New Tredegar, and part of the community of Darran Valley.</p><br>
<p>The parliamentary constituency of Bedwellty was created in 1918 covering a much larger area. It continued to exist until 1983, when it was replaced by the constituency of Islwyn. The member of parliament for the Bedwellty and Islwyn constituencies from 1970 to 1995 was Neil Kinnock, Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992, who took the title Baron Kinnock, of Bedwellty in the County of Gwent in 2005.</p><br>
<p>Leontio  is a mountain village and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Erymanthos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 71.586 km. It is situated in the southern foothills of the Panachaiko, 13 km east of Chalandritsa, 22 km southeast of Patras, 20 km southwest of Aigio and 19 km northwest of Kalavryta. Its population in 2011 was 246 for the village, 284 for the community and 380 for the municipal unit.</p><br>
<h2>Subdivisions</h2><br>
<p>The municipal unit Leontio is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):</p><br>
<p>Ano Mazaraki</p><br>
<p>Demesticha</p><br>
<p>Leontio (Leontio, Vetaiika, Golemi, Thomaiika, Katsaitaiika, Kounavaiika, Ovryokambos)</p><br>
<h2>Population</h2><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Evidence suggests that the Achaeans settled Leontio after the Trojan Wars, at this time it was a Polis. This is supported by archeological excavations in the area by the archaeologist N. Kiparisis during the period 1931-32. Mycenean tombs from the 14th-12th century BC were found. The different artifacts excavated in a number of ancient cemeteries confirmed the Polis flourished at about 1,000 BC. Though older findings date it back to 3,000-2,000 BC. The acropolis dates back to around the 3rd century BC.</p><br>
<p>It was located on the ancient border of Achaea and Arcadia near Vlasia where excavations uncovered a Mycenean tomb and an ancient theater from the 4th century BC. The temple of Artemis was located along the ancient road which led to Arcadia. Its length was 35 m and its width was 11 m.</p><br>
<p>The city was destroyed at the end of the 3rd century BC by Philip V Macedon. Leontio controlled several places including Chios and Leontopoda. The area followed the fate of the rest of Achaea.</p><br>
<p>Independence Peak or Qullai Istiqlol , at 6,940 m, is the seventh highest peak in Pamir Mountains, located at the center of Tajikistan&#39;s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, above the source of Yazgulem River in the Yazgulem Range. The mountain consists of three snow and ice covered summits and its northwest face is the source of the Fedchenko Glacier. The peak was originally named Dreispitz by a joint Russian-German team who discovered it in 1928, but failed to climb it due to deep snow and avalanche danger. The first ascent was made in 1954 by a Russian team led by A. Ugarov.</p><br>
<p>After World War II Dreizpitz was renamed Revolution Peak (Қуллаи Инқилоб, Qullai Inkilob) and in July 2006 it was given its current name Independence Peak.</p><br>
<p>Aliartos  is a small town and municipality in the Boeotia regional unit, Greece, at 109 kilometres from Athens. The 2011 census recorded 10,887 residents in the municipality, 6,094 residents in the municipal unit and 4,847 in the community of Aliartos. Its name comes from the ancient city of Haliartus.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Aliartos Lies in the center of the Kopais (Kωπαΐδα) plain. The municipality of Aliartos covers an area of 256.507 km, the municipal unit of Aliartos 148.355 km and the community 66.077 km.</p><br>
<h3>Climate</h3><br>
<p>Under the Köppen climate classification, Aliartos has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa), with wet, cool winters and dry, hot summers.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The modern town of Aliartos is a recent creation. In the early 19th century, the site was occupied by two small agricultural settlements, Moulki (Μούλκι) and Krimpas (Κριμπάς). In 1835, the name of ancient Haliartus was revived for the newly established municipality which encompassed these settlements. Krimpas was renamed to Aliartos in June 1919, but in 1951 the settlement was disbanded and the name was transferred in July 1953 to Moulki. The names of Moulki and Krimpas survive as quarters of the new town.</p><br>
<h2>Municipality</h2><br>
<p>The municipality Aliartos was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units:</p><br>
<p>Aliartos</p><br>
<p>Thespies</p><br>
<p>Dervenochoria  is a former municipality in Boeotia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Tanagra, of which it is a municipal unit. In 2011 its population was 1,869. The municipal unit has an area of 222.938 km. It covers the southernmost portion of Boeotia. The main village is Pyli.</p><br>
<h2>Subdivisions</h2><br>
<p>The municipal unit Dervenochoria is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):</p><br>
<p>Dafni</p><br>
<p>Pyli (Pyli, Panaktos, Prasino)</p><br>
<p>Skourta</p><br>
<p>Stefani</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The municipality was created in 1997.</p><br>
<p>Most of Dervenochoria was hit by a devastating wildfire (see 2007 Greek forest fires) on Thursday June 28, 2007 that came from Parnitha westward. Some damages to property including houses and buildings were reported. The aftermath was that much of the forest turned into an ashy landscape that may take years to restore its natural beauty.</p><br>
<p>Distomo  is a town in western Boeotia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 131.270 km, the community 80.498 km. Population 3,881 . Distomo is situated in the western foothills of Mount Helicon, at about 450 m elevation. It is 5 km north of the Gulf of Corinth coast, 9 km southeast of Arachova, 12 km east of Desfina, 16 km southeast of Delphi, 18 km west of Livadeia and 105 km northwest of Athens. The Greek National Road 48  passes north of the town.</p><br>
<p>Distomo is known as the site of the Distomo massacre that was perpetrated by the German army against the local inhabitants during the Second World War. One of the most important monuments of Byzantine architecture, the monastery of Hosios Loukas, is situated close to Distomo. The aluminum producing company Aluminium of Greece has its production facilities in the coastal village Agios Nikolaos. Other industries include agriculture and services.</p><br>
<h2>Subdivisions</h2><br>
<p>The municipal unit Distomo is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):</p><br>
<p>Distomo (Distomo, Agios Nikolaos, Paralia Distomou)</p><br>
<p>Steiri (Steiri, Hosios Loukas monastery)</p><br>
<h2>Population</h2><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>On 10 June 1944, Distomo was the venue for a massacre by the Germans. Massacre of civilians constitutes a war crime. It was meant as "retribution" for the previous death of three Germans at the hands of local guerrillas, even though the villagers had no relation to the guerrillas.</p><br>
<p>The 4th SS Polizei Division perpetrated grave crimes with superiors encouraging the soldiers. Among them ripping out the intestines of a baby and splattering them on a close relative.</p><br>
<p>Decades later, a Greek court awarded restitution to Greek victims, but the German government pressed Greece politically to nullify that decision.</p><br>
<p>To enforce the decision by the Greek court, this case was brought before an Italian court, Greece being unwilling to enforce their own decisions. The judges awarded the plaintiffs the Villa Vigoni in Menaggio, Italy, a German government-sponsored nonprofit foundation. The German government appealed a decision by the Italian supreme civil court for restitutions at the International Court of Justice, claiming for State immunity.</p><br>
<p>The Gualeguay River  is one of the major rivers of the Mesopotamic province of Entre Ríos, Argentina. Its source is in the north of the province, in the region between the cities of Federación and San José de Feliciano, and meanders in a general south-southwestward direction across the center of the province for about 350 to 375 km, receiving a large number of tributary streams. It passes by the cities of Villaguay, Rosario del Tala, and Gualeguay, and finally empties into the Río Paraná Ibicuy, a distributary of the Paraná River in the Paraná Delta.</p><br>
<p>The Gualeguay&#39;s drainage basin covers an area of 22,716 km&sup2; (about one third of the total area of the province), along a depressed area between the systems of low hills of the west (Cuchilla de Montiel) and east (Cuchilla Grande) of Entre Ríos. Measurements taken in 1964–1968 place its average discharge at 210 m3/s.</p><br>
<p>Thisvi  is a village and a former municipality in Boeotia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Thebes, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 245.492 km, the community 39.350 km. Population 2,476 .</p><br>
<p>The municipal unit consists of the communities of Chostia, Domvraina, Ellopia, Thisvi and Xironomi. The seat of the former municipality was in Domvraina. The municipal unit is named after the Mycenaean city (now ruined) of Thisbe, which is mentioned by Homer in the Iliad&#39;s Catalogue of Ships as a participant in the Trojan War. The scant remains of the Mycenaean acropolis that is surrounded by Cyclopean walls is located on a hill called Palaiokastro which is to the Northwest of the town.</p><br>
<p>Koroneia  is a village and a former municipality in Boeotia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Livadeia, of which it is a municipal unit. The population of the municipal unit was 3,170 at the 2011 census.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The municipal unit Koroneia consists of the following communities: Agios Georgios (the seat of the former municipality), Agia Anna, Agia Triada, Alalkomenes and Koroneia. The community Koroneia consists of the villages Koroneia and Agia Paraskevi. The municipal unit has an area of 190.535 km, the community 32.178 km.</p><br>
<p>The village Koroneia is situated at the northern foot of the Helicon Mountains. It is 11 km southeast of Livadeia.</p><br>
<h2>Population history</h2><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Koroneia was named after the ancient town Coronea or Coroneia (Κορώνεια). According to tradition, the ancient town was founded by Coronus, son of Thersander and brother of Haliartus. It was also said to have been founded by Boeotians from the town Arne in Thessaly.</p><br>
<p>In the Battle of Coronea (447 BC), Athenian forces under Tolmides were defeated by the Boeotians.</p><br>
<p>In the Battle of Coronea (394 BC) a force of Spartans and their allies under King Agesilaus II — Xenophon being with him — defeated a force of Thebans and Argives.</p><br>
<p>In the Third Sacred War (356 BC–346 BC) Coronea was twice taken by the Phocians under Onomarchus. Pausanias, who travelled through the area in the second century AD, found an altar of Hermes Epimelius and an altar to the winds in the market place of Coronea. A little lower down was a sanctuary of Hera.</p><br>
<p>The only historically identifiable bishops of Coronea are Agathocles, who took part in the Council of Ephesus in 431, and Aphobius, who was a signatory of the joint letter sent by the bishops of the Roman province to which Coronea belonged to Byzantine Emperor Leo I the Thracian in 458 concerning the killing of Proterius of Alexandra. No longer a residential bishopric, Coronea is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.</p><br>
<p>The village Koutoumoulas was first mentioned in 1756. After the Greek War of Independence, the village was the seat of a short-lived (1835-1840) municipality Koroneia. Between 1840 and 1912 it was the seat of the municipality Petra. In 1912 Koutoumoulas became an independent community, which was renamed to Koroneia in 1915. This community became part of the larger municipality Koroneia in 1997, which became part of the municipality of Livadeia in 2010.</p><br>
<p>Schimatari  is a town and a former municipality in Boeotia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Tanagra, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 38.285 km. Population 7,173 . It is situated in the wide valley of the river Asopos, at 6 km from the South Euboean Gulf coast. The Motorway 1  passes north of Schimatari. Schimatari is located 13 km south of Chalcis, 23 km east of Thebes and 43 km north-northwest of Athens. The Tanagra Airport lies to the south.</p><br>
<p>An agricultural settlement until the 1980s, its proximity to Athens has led to a significant growth in industrial activities and population.</p><br>
<h2>Subdivisions</h2><br>
<p>The municipal unit Schimatari consists of one single community Schimatari, which contains the villages Oinoi, Plaka Dilesi and Schimatari.</p><br>
<h2>Population</h2><br>
<h2>Twin cities</h2><br>
<p>Pozzoleone, Italy</p><br>
<p>Ennistymon, Ireland</p><br>
<p>Antikyra or Anticyra  is a port on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth in modern Boeotia, Greece. It appeared in the Homeric Catalogue of Ships as the primary port of ancient Phocis. It was famed in antiquity for its black and white hellebore. Antikyra was destroyed and rebuilt during the 4th- and 3rd-century wars of Macedonia and Rome and following a 7th-century earthquake. During the 14th century, it was held by Catalan mercenaries. It now forms a unit of the unified municipality of Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra and is a center of Greek aluminum production. The municipal unit has an area of 23.332 km. Its population in 2011 was 1,537.</p><br>
<h2>Name</h2><br>
<p>Antikyra has been identified with the Kyparissos or Cyparissus (Κυπάρισσος, "Cypress") which appears in the Homeric Catalogue of Ships as the primary port of ancient Phocis. It became known as Antikirrha or Anticirrha (Ἀντίκιρρα) from its position on the opposite side of a peninsula from Kirra, Delphi&#39;s port on the Gulf of Corinth. This name then became Antikyrrha or Anticyrrha (Ἀντίκυρρα) and then Antikyra. The last was followed by the Romans, Latinized as Anticyra. During its period under the Catalans, it was known as Port de Arago. Under the Ottomans, it became known as Aspra Spitia (Άσπρα Σπίτια) for its white houses but its former name was restored in the early 20th century. Under the former BGN/PCGN standard, it was romanized as Andikira in America and the United Kingdom until 1996.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Antikyra is situated on the Bay of Antikyra (Anticyranus Sinus) on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth. It lies 2 or southwest of Paralia Distomou (also formerly known as "Aspra Spitia") and 10 km southewast of Desfina. It is separated from Delphi by Mount Cirphis and from the Crissaean Gulf by the Opus peninsula (Opus Promontorium). The municipal unit also contains the villages of Agia Sotira and Agios Isidoros.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Ancient</h3><br>
<p>It was a town of considerable importance in ancient times. In antiquity, Antikyra was associated with the still-older settlement of Kyparissos which was noted as the primary port of Mycenaean Phocis in Homers Iliad. The name literally means "cypress" but was glossed as deriving from the towns mythical founder Cyparissus, son of Orchomenus and brother of Minyas. The Catalogue of Ships states the Phocians who joined the Trojan War sailed from Kyparissos to join the main fleet at Aulis before it sailed for Troy. The reputed graves of the heroes Schedios and Epistrophos, the Phocian admirals, were maintained through Roman times.</p><br>
<p>The name Antikyra was said to have derived from an "Antikyreos" or "Anticyreus" who cured Herculess insanity with local hellebore. Black and white hellebore were the main reason for the towns fame in the ancient world. Both grew nearby and were regarded by Greek medicine as cures for forms of insanity, gout, and epilepsy. The circumstance gave rise to a number of Greek and Latin expressions, like Αντικυρας σε δει or "naviget Anticyram," and to frequent allusions in Greek and Roman literature. and to frequent allusions in the Greek and Latin writers.</p><br>
<p>Antikyra was destroyed in 346 by Philip II of Macedon amid the Third Sacred War. It recovered enough to quickly begin construction of a temple to Artemis with a cult statue commissioned to Praxiteles by 330. Antikyra was then besieged, destroyed, and rebuilt several times during the Roman Republic&#39;s Macedonian Wars. In 198, it was sacked by Titus Quinctius Flamininus, who choose it as winter base for his army.</p><br>
<p>During the 2nd century, Antikyra struck autonomous bronze coins with the head of Poseidon on the obverse and Artemis bearing a torch and an arch on the reverse.</p><br>
<p>Pausanias visited the city during the third quarter of the 2nd century and gave a detailed account of it in his Description of Greece. He notes the grave of Schedios and Epistrophos, a temple to Poseidon with a bronze idol in the "Lateran type", two gymnasia (one including a statue of Xenodamos, who won the pangration at the Olympics in 67 owing to the participation of the emperor Nero), an agora with many bronze statues, a sheltered well, and two temples of Artemis outside the town walls. One was dedicated to Artemis Diktynna; the other held Praxiteles&#39;s sculpture and, according to a newly discovered inscription, was dedicated to Artemis Eileithyia.</p><br>
<h3>Medieval</h3><br>
<p>Under the Byzantines, the city served as a bishopric. (A large 5-nave basilica with a mosaic floor was unearthed in the 1980s.) A large earthquake destroyed most of the city around 620. During the 14th century, the city was named Port de Arago while its fortress was held by the Catalans, probably under the aegis of the county of Salona (mod. Amphissa). It became known as Aspra Spitia or Asprospitia under the Turks.</p><br>
<h3>Modern</h3><br>
<p>Aspra Spitia&#39;s connection with the ancient Antikyra was established by William Martin Leake in 1806 when he found an inscription mentioning its name. The area was subsequently excavated by Lolling, Dittenberger, Fossey, the 10th Archaeological Ephorate, and the 1st Byzantine Ephorate. During this period, an archaic temple of Athena was discovered, along with its Sever-style bronze idol, a large part of the 4th-century ashlar fortification with 2 rectangular towers, and an early Christian bath with a hypocaust.</p><br>
<p>The community became an independent municipality (including Desfina) in 1836, following Greek independence. In 1912, Aspra Spitia split into the two communities of Desfina and Antikyra. In the 1950s and 60s, Aluminum of Greece developed the countrys largest aluminum plant to exploit nearby bauxite deposits. A new town was developed for its workers under the name Aspra Spitia; this is now known as Paralia Distomou. Greenpeace has complained of the effects of the red mud dumped into the bay from the plant. At the 2010 Kallikratis reform, Antikyra was merged with its neighbors to form Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra.</p><br>
<h2>Population</h2><br>
<p>Chandra Taal , or Chandra Tal is situated in the Spiti part of the Lahul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh . Mountains of scree overlook the lake on one side, and a magnificent cirque presents a view on the other. Chandra Taal is a popular destination for trekkers and campers. The lake is accessible on foot from Batal as well as from Kunzum Pass from late May to early October. There is also a motorable road available till a parking made 2km before the lake. Stay options are available 5km before the lake on prebooking. The road from Kunzum Pass is accessible only on foot, and it is about 8 km from Chandra Taal. Suraj Tal is also accessible Chandra Taal, 30 km away. Vast meadows on the banks of the lake are the camping sites. During springtime, these meadows are carpeted with hundreds of kinds of wildflowers.</p><br>
<p>The lake is situated on the Samudra Tapu plateau, which overlooks the Chandra River.</p><br>
<p>The lake is one of two high-altitude wetlands of India which have been designated as Ramsar sites.</p><br>
<h2>Night view at Chandra Taal</h2><br>
<p>Chandra Taal offers magnificent view at night (after sunset). While temperature drops below Zero degree celsius during pre-winter, the sky is filled count-less stars & offers Spectacular Milky way view.</p><br>
<p>Cousine Island is a small granitic island 30 hectare in the Seychelles 6 km west of Praslin Island. It is a combination luxury resort and since 1992 a nature preserve.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1992 the island was purchased and a conservation program was introduced to protect nesting sea turtles and maintain the existing populations of endemic land birds.</p><br>
<h2>Flora & Fauna</h2><br>
<p>Cousine Island is a breeding ground for seabirds and has a population of transplanted Aldabra giant tortoises. The island has undergone an extensive vegetation rehabilitation program which involves planting of indigenous flora and the removal of alien plant species. Since 1995 over 2000 native trees have been planted.</p><br>
<p>Indo-Pacific hawksbill turtles are known to nest on this island.</p><br>
<h3>Important Bird Area</h3><br>
<p>The island has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because it supports populations of the Seychelles warbler, magpie-robin and fody, as well as substantial breeding colonies of wedge-tailed shearwaters, white-tailed tropicbirds, lesser noddies and white terns.</p><br>
<h2>Tourism</h2><br>
<p>In order to finance the restoration project a small exclusive bungalow resort was built on Cousine. The hotel manager, his family, and an ornithologist with his family, live in the staff quarters on the east beach. They are responsible for the restoration, maintenance and preservation of flora and fauna of the island. The current staff is 16 employees.</p><br>
<p>There are four beachfront French Colonial style villas (maximum number of guests allowed is 10) on the island.</p><br>
<p>It is 30 hectares., it is the world&#39;s third most expensive private island.</p><br>
<h2>Image gallery</h2><br>
<p>The Okanagan Highland is an elevated hilly plateau area in British Columbia, Canada, and the USA state of Washington . Rounded mountains with elevations up to 8,000 feet above sea level and deep, narrow valleys are characteristic of the region.</p><br>
<p>BC Geographical Names, a service of the British Columbia Integrated Land Management Bureau, defines the Okanagan Highland as an area extending southward from the Shuswap River and the Coldstream Valley, east of Vernon, British Columbia, for 85 miles to the 49th parallel and into the State of Washington, lying between the Monashee Mountains and the on the east, and the Thompson Plateau and the Okanagan Valley on the west. The eastern boundary of the Okanagan Highland is clearly defined by the valley of the Kettle River. The western boundary is drawn arbitrarily and is somewhat difficult to define, because there are no natural features to follow between Penticton in the Okanagan Valley and Lumby in the Coldstream Valley.</p><br>
<p>The Washington State Department of Natural Resources describes the "Okanogan Highlands" as a larger area, extending from east of the Cascade Mountains and north of the Columbia Basin into northern Idaho and the Shuswap Highland in British Columbia. This region includes FDR Reservoir (the impounded Columbia River above Grand Coulee Dam), the Kettle River Range, and the southern portion of the Monashee Mountains.</p><br>
<p>The highest summit in the Highland is Big White Mountain, at its northeastern extremity, which is also the highest summit of the Beaverdell Range, a mountain range which extends south from Big White between the Kettle and West Kettle Rivers. Other notable summits are Okanagan Mountain, Little White Mountain, Mount Baldy, Mount Hull, and Mount Bonaparte which is the highest summit in the US portion of the Highland.</p><br>
<p>The Okanagan Highland is the source of several rivers in addition to the Kettle and West Kettle, including the Sanpoil River.</p><br>
<p>Franklin Square is one of the five original open-space parks planned by William Penn when he laid out the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1682. It is located in the Center City area, between North 6th and 7th Streets, and between Race Street and the Vine Street Expressway .</p><br>
<p>William Penn included this piece of green space in his original city plan as one of five squares, although the park was slow to develop because it was a marshy land. Originally, the park was a place for settlers to meditate and set a virtuous behavior to set a proper example. The Park was supposed to be landscaped to have settlers understand the value of nature. In the 1920s, the park was abandoned and the surrounding area became known locally as the “tenderloin,” with an entertainment district featuring taverns and bordellos, and became a place for individuals experiencing homelessness to sleep on the park’s benches, resulting in its reputation as Philadelphia’s "skid row". In 2003, Historic Philadelphia, Inc. renovated the park by adding commercials and houses to attract tourists which in turn helped the park back to its originality. Tourists are now able to enjoy the renovated park, family-friendly attractions, and the surrounding nature. Franklin Square is restored back to its original plan how William Penn wanted the park to be used.</p><br>
<p>It is now managed by Historic Philadelphia, a non-profit organization.</p><br>
<p>Franklin Square was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1981.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Origins</h3><br>
<p>Originally called North East Publick Square, Franklin Square was renamed in 1825 to honor Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. William Penn founded the square to establish a commercial center for settlers. He wanted settlers to have a space that was well-ordered to ensure they would set the proper example for fellow settlers. William Penn wanted the space to set an example to promote social discipline. However, William Penn did not have the proper warrant to have jurisdiction over the squares. When more settlers came to the land, the square was subject to neglection. In its early years, the square was an open common used for grazing animals, storing gunpowder during the American Revolution and drilling soldiers during the War of 1812. In 1741, Governor Thomas Penn leased the square to German Reformed Church. From 1741 to 1835, a portion of the Square was used as a cemetery by the German Reformed Church; some of the graves still remain, marked by a plaque.This plan was protested by Philadelphians who felt the cemetery was against William Penn&#39;s plan and wanted to ensure the square was used for nature purposes. Even though there were protests, the square was continually used for burial purposes.During the 1820s, William Rush and Thomas Birch redesigned the park to depict nature by designing the park to be symmetrical to walkway and plant locations. This was to ensure the park would be orderly for tourists while ensuring the vision that William Penn had.</p><br>
<h3>Decline</h3><br>
<p>In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Franklin Square was at the center of a fashionable residential neighborhood; but beginning in the 1920s, a series of events corresponding with the rise of the automobile began the decline of the Square and its surrounding neighborhood. The construction of the Ben Franklin Bridge, from 1922–26, leveled blocks of row homes, shops, and other structures; the Bridge begins at the Square’s eastern boundary, 6th Street. The steady flow of cars over the bridge made Franklin Square’s northern boundary, Vine Street, into one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares, effectively cutting off pedestrian access on two of the Square&#39;s sides. Franklin Square declined significantly in pedestrian use. The surrounding area declined in commercial use, furthering the accompanying decline of neighborhood or tourist use of Franklin Square. During the depression, the square became a place for homeless and unemployed. Although there were raids to prevent this, the park attracted people in the surrounding areas who lost everything when settlers migrated to other places. This led to the encampment of homeless and further eroding of Franklin Square as a public green space.</p><br>
<h3>Abandonment</h3><br>
<p>Although Franklin Square had been a popular place for tourists and residents, the square began to decline due to neglect from city government. The neighborhood’s residential character was further eroded when the Federal government established Independence Mall. The government acquired private land around the Square in the 1950s and 1960s and demolished blocks of homes and other buildings. The construction of the Vine Street Expressway in the late 1980s exacerbated the problem.The park was effectively abandoned and there was broken lights, trees that were disarray, and the historic fountain was eroded. The lack of pedestrians caused the square to be an encampment site for the homeless and a place for drug dealers. Teachers from surrounding areas had to clean up the playground so the kids could still play on the playground set.The park was severely neglected to the point where people could not recognize the park and nobody wanted to visit the park anymore. In 1961, writer Jane Jacobs labeled Franklin Square "the city&#39;s Skid Row park," a description that fit for decades. Franklin Square became the least-used of Penn’s original five squares and continued to served mainly as an encampment for the homeless.</p><br>
<h3>Restoration</h3><br>
<p>From 2003 to 2006, Historic Philadelphia, Inc.— a non-profit company responsible for the Betsy Ross House and several other historical sites — refurbished the park in a $5.5 million project funded primarily by a grant from the state of Pennsylvania. Historic Philadelphia restored the fountain and cleaned up the park, aiming to bring the park back to that envisioned by William Penn. It was reopened and rededicated on July 31, 2006, in Franklin’s tercentenary year. The revitalized park contains a number of family-friendly attractions such as golf course, improved playground, carousel, and gardens. The park’s restoration helped fulfill one of William Penn’s original intentions: a green respite in the middle of the city. Recently, re-development activities surrounding Franklin Square have included new housing, commercial, and office spaces, including the redevelopment of the shuttered Metropolitan Hospital as a condominium project. As a result, pedestrian traffic has increased dramatically and residents and tourists alike are able to enjoy the park’s attractions.</p><br>
<p>In 2009, the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) announced that it was commissioning a design plan for renovating, modernizing and reopening the PATCO Speedline&#39;s underground Franklin Square Station, closed since 1979. As a result of ongoing capital projects scheduled to continue through 2016, PATCO stated in 2014: "We do not presently have the capacity or capital resources to evaluate the feasibility of reopening the Franklin Square Station."</p><br>
<h2>Attractions</h2><br>
<h3>Bolt of Lightning</h3><br>
<p>Local legend maintains that Franklin Square is where Benjamin Franklin conducted his famous, though misunderstood, "kite and key" experiment in 1752. However, it would have been unlikely for Franklin to fly a kite near a cemetery, and not all that far from possible observers from town. The legend is memorialized in Isamu Noguchi’s Bolt of Lightning... A Memorial to Benjamin Franklin, a 101-foot tall, 60-ton stainless steel sculpture commissioned by the Fairmount Park Art Association and costing $850,000. It was erected in 1984 in Monument Plaza at the base of the Ben Franklin Bridge, facing the Square across 6th Street, a location personally chosen by Noguchi.</p><br>
<p>Noguchi had first proposed the sculpture in 1933, but the idea was rejected then as being too radical. The sculpture, which depicts a kite, a bolt of lightning and a key, is not universally admired. In 1984, the Philadelphia Inquirer said about it:</p><br>
<p>It shrinks in its plaza before the bridge, inaccessible to pedestrians and, for motorists, a sliver out-dazzled by a parade of billboards announcing the sizzle of Atlantic City. It is a crumpled, bent-can of a sculpture, in the end, a symbol more of the dispirited swatch of Vine Street it concludes; a propped-up monument to a city that, like Rodney Dangerfield, has had — and, with this piece of art, may continue to have — one tough time getting respect.</p><br>
<p>Columnist Larry Mendte called it "the ugliest piece of art in Philadelphia" and "a bizarre eyesore".</p><br>
<h3>Fountain</h3><br>
<p>The Franklin Square Fountain was built in 1838 and the source of the water is from Schuylkill River. The fence and stone work of the fountain are from the original layout. The fountain is thought to be the oldest surviving fountain in William Penn’s five historic squares.</p><br>
<h3>Living Flame Memorial</h3><br>
<p>In 1976, the Living Flame memorial was erected to honor the city&#39;s fallen police officers and firefighters. The memorial is centered by Reginald E. Beauchamp. The memorial has a fund called Fallen Heroes Support Fund to support the fallen police officers and firefighters. In 2011, there was a competition to create a new design for the memorial.</p><br>
<h2>Happenings</h2><br>
<p>The Parx Liberty Carousel is located just northwest of the Fountain. Many of the carousels animals recall Philadelphias historical heritage.</p><br>
<p>Philly Mini Golf, located north of the Fountain, is the only miniature golf course in Center City. The holes are based on some of the citys best-known tourist spots, such as Elfreths Alley, the Ben Franklin Bridge, and the Liberty Bell.</p><br>
<p>Two playgrounds, one for younger children, and the other for older ones, are located in the park&#39;s southeast quadrant.</p><br>
<p>A food vendor, SquareBurger, is located near the Fountain.</p><br>
<p>Franklin Square has a tradition of hosting the Philadelphia Chinese Festival. The park will have 29 different handcrafted lanterns and this gives tourists the opportunity to explore Franklin Square.</p><br>
<p>Deskati  is a mountainous municipality in the Grevena regional unit. The current municipality of Deskati was formed in 2011 by the merge of the former municipality of Deskati and the municipality of Chasia. The main economic activities in Deskati are farming and animal husbandry.</p><br>
<h2>Administrative division</h2><br>
<p>The municipality Deskati was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units (constituent communities in brackets):</p><br>
<p>Chasia (Karpero, Katakali, Trikokkia)</p><br>
<p>Deskati (Deskati, Dasochori, Paliouria, Panagia, Paraskevi)</p><br>
<p>The community of Deskati consists of 4 settlements: Agios Georgios, Deskati, Diasellaki and Gilofos.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Deskati is located in the southern slopes of Kamvounia mountain. It is surrounded by mountains covered with firs, pines and oaks.</p><br>
<h2>Economy</h2><br>
<p>The main occupations in Deskati are agriculture, mainly wheat and tobacco, and animal husbandry. Deskati has 61,790 stremmas of arable land, 24.363 sheep and goats and around 1,000 cattle. There are also small industries occupied in ironwork, marble processing, woodworking and building materials.</p><br>
<h2>Popular events</h2><br>
<p>Deskati is famous for its Andromana, an event that happens at the end of spring, where men stand on each other&#39;s shoulders to create a large structure with their bodies. This event is similar to the Castells in Catalonia, Spain.</p><br>
<p>Agios Kosmas  is a village, a community and a municipal unit of the Grevena municipality. The municipality was established in 1997 with the name Kosmas o Aitolos , which was changed to Agios Kosmas in 2004. The seat of the municipality was in Megaro. The 2011 census recorded 49 residents in the village, 75 residents in the community and 870 residents in the municipal unit. The village is named after the 18th-century saint Cosmas the Aetolian.</p><br>
<h2>Administrative division</h2><br>
<p>The municipal unit of Agios Kosmas consists of nine communities: Agios Kosmas, Dasyllio, Kalirachi, Kalloni, Kydonies, Kyparissi, Megaro, Oropedio and Trikorfo.</p><br>
<p>The community of Agios Kosmas consists of three settlements: Agios Kosmas, Ano Ekklisia and Ekklisia.</p><br>
<h2>Population</h2><br>
<p>According to the 2011 census, the population of the municipal unit of Agios Kosmas was 870 people, a decrease of almost 49% compared to the previous census of 2001.</p><br>
<p>Mesolouri  is a mountain village and a former community in Grevena regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Grevena, of which it is a municipal unit. Mesolouri had 33 inhabitants as of 2011.</p><br>
<p>Mesolouri is located in Macedonia and built in the eastern side of the northern Pindos mountains at an altitude of 1080 meters. It administratively belongs to Grevena regional unit and the region of West Macedonia. Ecclesiastically, Mesolouri belongs to the Holy Metropolis of Grevena. It borders north with the community of Dotsiko, easternly with the municipality of Agios Kosmas, southernly with the community of Filippaioi and the municipality of Theodoros Ziakas and westwards on the community of Samarina. It abstains from Grevena 28 km., from Athens 441 km., from the Thessaloniki 215 km., from Larisa 178 km. and from Ioannina 136 km.</p><br>
<p>The village is surrounded by a verdurous region, full of trees such as beeches, pines, firs, oaks, maples, junipers and other. The fauna of the area includes animals such as bear, roe deer, wolf, foxes, badgers, squirrels, wild boar, rabbits, and many species of eagles, hawks and other birds.</p><br>
<p>From the elevations "Petra" (1.326 m), "Tsouka" (1.220 m) and "Krania" (1.237 m) which they are located around the village the view to Kastoria, Grammos, Vintsi, Kissavos and Olympus is fascinating. Between the elevations "Petra" and "Tsouka" exists a small river which shapes three possessed waterfalls of height 3 m, 2.5 m, and 5 m respectively in distance 1 km NW of village. In distance 2 km south of the settlement, in a way that is offered for walk in the forest, are located two small lakes of surface 150 m² and 50 m² and there near the locality "Paliospita" with ruins of old settlement. Northern of the village in distance 1 km is located the church of Prophet Helias and in the 2 km locality "Mauromati" with the homonym fountain. Southernly in distance 1 km from the village is found the locality "Mylos" is found the ruins of old watermills as well as the foundations of bridge. Inside the settlement of worthy attention are the fountain in the central square which is dated by the creation of village and the church of Agios Dimitrios, which was built in 1778 and constitutes the ornament of village.</p><br>
<p>Perivoli  is an alpine village and a former community in Grevena regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Grevena, of which it is a municipal unit. Its population was 21 inhabitants as of 2011. It was the sixth-least densely populated municipality or community in all of Greece . The village is inhabited during winter by only 10-20 people due to extreme snow. However, the population rises to 4,000 people during the summer. There are many restored houses, inns, restaurants and cafes in the village. The inhabitants are mainly native Aromanians .</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>It is situated at an altitude of 1250–1370 meters in the southwest corner of Grevena regional unit in southwestern Greek Macedonia. The municipal unit has a land area of 137 km² and consists solely of one village, Perivóli. The southernmost portion of the municipal unit is part of the Pindos National Park.</p><br>
<p>Samarina  is a village and a former municipality in Grevena regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Grevena, of which it is a municipal unit. Its population primarily consists of Aromanians . It attracts many tourists due to its scenic location and beautiful pine and beech forests. The population was 378 people as of 2011.</p><br>
<p>Samarina is the most famous of all the Aromanian villages of the Pindus and the inhabitants are fiercely proud of their heritage and traditions. Every summer on August 15, on the feast of the Dormition of the Virgin, Samarinans from all over the world assemble on their ancestral village to celebrate. There, on the main square outside the Great Church, they perform the "Great Dance" (Greek: Tranós Chorós, Aromanian: Corlu Mari): thousands of people hold hands and form concentric circles, and they walk slowly and ceremonially counterclockwise, while singing their traditional songs in a rousing unison chorus.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>Samarina is located on an eastern spur of Mount Smolikas, the highest of the Pindus range and the second-highest mountain in all of Greece. At an altitude of 1380–1515 meters, it is considered one of the highest villages in Greece and also one of the highest in the Balkans; its height puts it among soaring settlements such as: Aetomilitsa(Densko) and Seli(Selia).</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>This village in the Pindos mountains with its Aromanian population enjoyed successful periods of exceptional economic growth and cultural development. On a map it was shown under the name Santa Marina. Its inhabitants tended sheep and goats and wove a woolen fabric called flokati (nflucati, velentza), which they sold at the regions trade fairs. The people of Samarina were also involved in trade, and as muleteers they pioneered long caravans that traveled all over the Balkans. The level of culture reached by this town (it had churches, schools and a library) is evident in the excellence of its religious painting. Samarina flourished at the end of the 18th century and during the 19th. The economic success was based on a group of activities, but mostly in the cattle-breading, the small industries, the trade and the arts.</p><br>
<p>An important account of the life of the Aromanian population of Samarina at the beginning of the 20th century is provided in a study by A.J.B. Wace and M.S. Thompson entitled Nomads of the Balkans: an account of life and customs among the Vlachs of Northern Pindus, London 1914.</p><br>
<p>The Greek folklore song "Children of Samarina" (Greek: Παιδιά απ&#39;την Σαμαρίνα) is associated with it. It refers to local volunteers who fought and lost their lives during the Greek War of Independence against the Turks in 1821. In particular, it refers to the Messolonghi events and the heroic "Exodus of its Guards".</p><br>
<p>Samarina was the birthplace of Alcibiades Diamandi and Nicolaos Matussis, leaders of the Vlach "Roman Legion", who promoted a local autonomous Aromanian nationalist canton during World War II called in some cases the Principality of Pindus (this name is mainly used for the events of 1917 in Samarina). It was also where the revolutionary Ioannis Arkoudas came from.</p><br>
<p>Vesijärvi is a lake of 111 km&sup2; near Lahti in southern Finland. It suffered severe effects of eutrophication in the 1960s and a restoration programme began in the 1970s. The Enonselkä Basin is a part of Vesijärvi.</p><br>
<p>The name of the lake means The Water Lake.</p><br>
<h2>Cyanobacteria Bloom Remediation</h2><br>
<p>Biomanipulation is an approach that applies the top-down model of community organization to alter ecosystem characteristics.</p><br>
<p>Ecologists used cyanobacteria blooms as an alternative to using chemical treatments.</p><br>
<p>Lake Vesijärvi was polluted by city sewage and industrial wastewater until 1976, at which point pollution controls reduced these inputs. By 1986 massive blooms of cyanobacteria began occurring, as well as dense populations of roach, a fish that benefited from the pollution&#39;s mineral nutrients. Roach eat zooplankton that otherwise keep cyanobacteria in check. To remediate this problem, ecologists removed about a million of kilograms of fish, reducing roach to 20% of their former abundance, between 1989 and 1994, and stocked the lake with pike perch which eats roach. The water has since become clear, and the last cyanobacteria bloom was in 1989.</p><br>
<h2>In popular culture</h2><br>
<p>The ninth track on Geographer&#39;s 2012 album Myth is titled "Vesijärvi".</p><br>
<p>Nikiforos  is a village and a former municipality in the Drama regional unit, of East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been a municipal unit of the municipality of Paranesti. The municipal unit has an area of 240.998 km. The 2011 census reported a population of 2,805 inhabitants in the municipal unit and 296 in the village.</p><br>
<h2>"Drama Köprüsü"</h2><br>
<p>The Rumelia Turkish folk song "Drama Köprüsü" (Bridge Of Drama), is set near Nikiforos. The two- to three-century-old bridge has been located between Nikiforos and the nearby village of Karyafiton. Research was conducted by Nikos Latsistalis, the chairman of the Drama Asia Minor Refugees Association with the help of a Turkish refugee from Drama to Bursa.</p><br>
<h2>People</h2><br>
<p>Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt (1770–1848) is believed to have been born in Nikiforos, then Nusratli.</p><br>
<p>Paranesti  is a municipality in the Rhodope Mountains of northeastern Drama regional unit, Greece. It consists of two municipal units: Paranesti and Nikoforos. The largest villages of the municipal unit Paranesti are Paranésti , Mesochório , Káto Thólos , Χágnanto , and Prasináda .</p><br>
<p>The Natural History Museum of Paranesti is located in Paranesti.</p><br>
<h2>Municipality</h2><br>
<p>The municipality Paranesti was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units (constituent communities in brackets):</p><br>
<p>Nikiforos (Adriani, Ano Pyxari, Nikiforos, Platania, Platanovrysi, Ptelea, Ypsili Rachi)</p><br>
<p>Paranesti (Paranesti, Sili, Tholos)</p><br>
<p>The municipality has an area of 1029.392 km, the municipal unit 788.394 km.</p><br>
<p>Sitagroi  is a village and a former municipality in the Drama regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Prosotsani, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 62.890 km. Population 4,001 . The seat of the municipality was in Fotolivos. It is also the location of an important archaeological site from the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age.</p><br>
<h2>Bibliography</h2><br>
<p>Ernestine S. Elster and Colin Renfrew (eds), Prehistoric Sitagroi: excavations in northeast Greece, 1968-1970. Vol. 2, The final report. Los Angeles, CA: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2003. Monumenta archaeologica 20.</p><br>
<p>Colin Renfrew, Marija Gimbutas and Ernestine S. Elster (eds.), Excavations at Sitagroi, a prehistoric village in northeast Greece. Vol. 1. Los Angeles, Institute of Archaeology, University of California, 1986.</p><br>
<p>The Trumpeter Islets comprise a group of two unpopulated islets, with a combined area of about a hectare, located close to the south-western coast of Tasmania, Australia. Situated some 6 km where the mouth of Port Davey meets the Southern Ocean, the 1 hectare island is part of the Trumpeter Islets Group, and comprises part of the Southwest National Park and the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site.</p><br>
<h2>Fauna</h2><br>
<p>The islets are part of the Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area, so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds. Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the little penguin (1000 pairs), short-tailed shearwater (1000 pairs), Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant and Caspian tern. The Tasmanian tree skink is present.</p><br>
<p>The Harding Circle Historic District is a USA historic district  located in Sarasota, Florida.</p><br>
<p>The district is on St. Armand&#39;s Key, adjacent to Lido Key, and is centered on Harding Circle, in the middle of the key, around which is the retail area of the key.</p><br>
<p>The circle was named after Warren G. Harding US president at the time the roads were laid out by Owen Burns and John Ringling for their "Ringling Isles" development during the early 1920s. The streets on the key were named to follow the same presidential naming convention with a large boulevard running north to south called the Avenue of the Presidents.</p><br>
<p>Most of the land is dredged fill provided by Burns to enlarge the natural barrier islands that separate the Gulf of Mexico from Sarasota Bay to the west of downtown Sarasota. Once the new land was created for the development, Burns also built the original causeway leading to the islands from downtown. That causeway leads to and around the circle and to a bridge to the larger portion of Lido Key (another portion of which hooks back to the east and separates St. Armand&#39;s from Longboat Key, another barrier island to the north also connected to Lido Key by a bridge).</p><br>
<p>Sumur  was a Phoenician city in what is now Syria. Zemar was a major trade center. The city has also been referred to in English publications as Simyra, Ṣimirra, Ṣumra, Sumura Ṣimura, Zemar, and Zimyra.</p><br>
<p>Sumur (or "Sumura") appears in the Amarna letters (mid-14th century BCE); Ahribta is named as its ruler. It was under the guardianship of Rib-Hadda, king of Byblos, but revolted against him and joined Abdi-Ashirtas expanding kingdom of Amurru. Pro-Egyptian factions may have seized the city again, but Abdi-Ashirtas son, Aziru, recaptured Sumur.</p><br>
<p>It is likely, although not completely certain, that the "Sumur" of the Amarna letters is the same city later known as "Simirra." Simirra was claimed as part of the Assyrian empire by Tiglath-Pileser III in 738 BCE, but rebelled against Assyria in 721 at the beginning of the reign of Sargon II.</p><br>
<p>It has been linked by Maurice Dunand and N. Salisby to the archaeological site of Tell Kazel in 1957.</p><br>
<p>The Psel  is a river, a left tributary of the Dnipro River, which flows through Russia and Ukraine.</p><br>
<p>The Psel has a length of 717 km and a drainage basin of 22,800 km&sup2;. The river&#39;s right bank is high and steep, unlike the low, left bank. Its periods of freezing range from the end of November till the middle of March.</p><br>
<p>Important tributaries of the river include: (R): Sudzha, Grun, and Khorol; (L): Pena, Grun-Tashan&#39;, and Goltva.</p><br>
<p>Cities and towns located on the river are: Sumy, Ukraine, the administrative center of the Sumy Oblast; Oboyan, Kursk Oblast, Russia; and Hadyach, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.</p><br>
<h2>Flora and fauna</h2><br>
<p>The fauna on the riversides of the Psel includes hares, foxes, deer and wild boar, beavers. There are a great variety of birds, such as wild duck, gray heron. Along the riversides there are forest areas, are predominantly deciduous trees. There are also conifers on the sandy areas of the bank. There are also numerous meadows.</p><br>
<p>In the river there are about 50 species of fish such as crucian, bream, tench, roach, etc. There are also catfish, pike, perch.</p><br>
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<p>Afantou  is a village and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rhodes, of which it is a municipal unit. It is situated on the east coast of Rhodes just south of the resort town Faliraki. From a total population of 6,911  6,072 reside in Afantou town. The only other towns are the village of Archipoli  and the resort Kolympia .</p><br>
<p>The municipal unit also hosts the only golf course of the island, the Afantou-Golf, which is next to one of the longest beaches on the island. The municipal unit has a land area of 46.100 km². In 1996, the Music School of Rhodes (Greece) was transferred from Therme to Afantou due to housing problems for the school whilst it was situated in Therme.</p><br>
