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Baggage

Baggage or luggage consists of bags, cases, and containers which hold a traveller’s articles while the traveler is in transit. The modern traveller can be expected to have packages containing clothing, toiletries, small possessions, trip necessities, and on the return-trip, souvenirs. For some people, luggage and the style thereof is…

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Aircraft safety card

An aircraft safety card is a document instructing passengers on an aircraft about the procedures for dealing with various emergency conditions that might arise during the flight. The safety cards are usually provided by airlines on all commercial flights, usually located in the back of the seat in front of…

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Uparkot Caves

Junagadh Buddhist Cave Groups are located in Junagadh district of the Indian state of Gujarat. The so-called “Buddhist Caves” are not actually caves, but three separate sites of rooms carved out of stone to be used as monks’ quarters. These caves were carved from Emperor Ashoka’s period up to 1st-4th…

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Anatolian beyliks

Anatolian beyliks, sometimes known as Turkmen beyliks, were small principalities (or petty kingdoms) in Anatolia governed by Beys, the first of which were founded at the end of the 11th century. A second more extensive period of foundations took place as a result of the decline of the Seljuq Sultanate…

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Hungarian State Opera, Budapest, Hungary

The Hungarian State Opera House (Hungarian: Magyar Állami Operaház) is a neo-Renaissance opera house located in central Budapest, on Andrássy út. Originally known as the Hungarian Royal Opera House. The Opera House is not only one of the most significant listed buildings of Budapest but number one institute of opera…

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Library and Archive, São Bento Palace

The Passos Manuel Library, as it became known in October 2017, is a specialized library, whose main objective is to provide bibliographic support for parliamentary works, through the acquisition, management and dissemination of national and international scientific and technical information, as well as information produced by the media. Access is…

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Architecture of Italy

Italy has a very broad and diverse architectural style, which cannot be simply classified by period or region, due to Italy’s division into several city-states until 1861. However, this has created a highly diverse and eclectic range in architectural designs. Italy is known for its considerable architectural achievements, such as…

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White color in culture

White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue), because it fully reflects and scatters all the visible wavelengths of light. It is the color of fresh snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. In ancient Egypt and ancient Rome, priestesses wore white as a…

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George Robinson Fardon

George Robinson Fardon(1807 – 1886), he is credited with introducing the wet collodion photographic process to California and experimented with paper photographs as a means for wide distribution of his pictures. Born in 1807, in Birmingham England, George Robinson Fardon travelled to New York in the 1840s. In 1849 he…

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Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France

Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, also called villa Île-de-France, is a French seaside villa located at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat on the French Riviera. The villa was designed by the French architect Aaron Messiah, and constructed between 1905 and 1912. The Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, a sumptuous residence surrounded by nine idyllic gardens in…

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Ecovillage

An ecovillage is a traditional or intentional community with the goal of becoming more socially, culturally, economically, and ecologically sustainable. It is consciously designed through locally owned, participatory processes to regenerate and restore its social and natural environments. Most range from a population of 50 to 250 individuals, although some…

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Arte Bakuba – Raffias and Velvets, Afro Brasil Museum

The exhibition “Arte Bakuba – Raffias and Velvets”, explore the natural techniques used by communities in Africa to create beautiful textiles. The Afro Brasil Museum, an institution of the São Paulo State Department of Culture, reveals the beauty, symmetry, and diversity of patterns and decorative styles of Bakuba fabrics. The…

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Harmony

In music, harmony considers the process by which the composition of individual sounds, or superpositions of sounds, is analysed by hearing. Usually, this means simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches (tones, notes), or chords. The study of harmony involves chords and their construction and chord progressions and the principles of connection that…

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Color

Color (American English) or colour (Commonwealth English) is the characteristic of human visual perception described through color categories, with names such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, or purple. This perception of color derives from the stimulation of cone cells in the human eye by electromagnetic radiation in the visible…

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Minor Arts of South India, Salar Jung Museum

Wood carvings occupy a significant place in the history of Indian art. The early scriptures furnish detailed description of various types of sacred trees and plants which could be used for carving the figures of gods and goddesses. In this gallery the visitors can have a glimpse of wood-carvings of…

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Winter sports tourism guide in Australia

Australia has a surprisingly large winter sports industry. Although the season is short compared to resorts in the Northern Hemisphere, Australians take full advantage of what they have, and they extend their winter sports season with snow machines. Understand Winter Sports in Australia encompasses a great variety of activities across…

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Mahogany color

Mahogany is a reddish-brown color. It is approximately the color of the wood mahogany. However, the wood itself, like most woods, is not uniformly the same color. Mahogany Color coordinates Hex triplet #C04000 RGB (r, g, b) (192, 64, 0) CMYK (c, m, y, k) (0, 67, 100, 25) HSV…

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Heritage tourism

Heritage tourism is a form of tourism aimed at the cultural heritage of a place. Heritage tourism is also defined as “traveling to experience the places and activities that originally represent the stories and people of the past”. Heritage tourism and cultural tourism are close together, with heritage tourism concentrating…

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Teresian Library, Mantova, Italy

The Teresian Library (Italian: Biblioteca Teresiana) is a historical library, founded in Mantua by the empress Maria Theresa of Austria, in 1780. Since 1881 it has been a municipal library. Location Former Jesuit College The Library is located in the former College of the Society of Jesus. The Jesuits, in…

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Connected farm

A connected farm is an architectural design common in the New England region of the United States, and England and Wales in the United Kingdom. North American connected farms date back to the 17th century, while their British counterparts have also existed for several centuries. New England connected farms are…

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Japanese architecture

Japanese architecture (日本建築) has traditionally been typified by wooden structures, elevated slightly off the ground, with tiled or thatched roofs. Sliding doors (fusuma) were used in place of walls, allowing the internal configuration of a space to be customized for different occasions. People usually sat on cushions or otherwise on…

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Parmesan Renaissance

The Renaissance in Parma was one of the main declinations of Renaissance art in Italy. Late compared to other centers, Parma developed from the second decade of the sixteenth century a school of absolute prestige and relevance, among the most interesting of the century, churning out two absolute masters of…

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Fortuny Palace, Venice, Italy

The Palazzo Fortuny is a palazzo gothic of Venice located in the district of San Marco. It takes its name from the last owner, the artist Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo , and is home to the museum of the same name. Today the museum is part of the Venice Civic…

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