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- Hafizullah Amin seized power after a palace shootout that resulted in ... forces in Afghanistan in the spring and summer of 1979. They requested Soviet ...40 KB (5,946 words) - 15:41, 4 February 2023
- action at Suzhou Street, Yiheyuan (the summer palace), Beijing.]] ... the High Lamas and oracles of the Potala Palace, were usually skilled calligraphers ...19 KB (2,750 words) - 18:29, 25 November 2023
- Dewpoints can reach above 25°C in the summer, when the city averages almost ... in what was originally the ruler's palace. The Al Jazeera Arabic satellite ...17 KB (2,415 words) - 16:36, 29 January 2024
- is with Hades correspond to the dry Greek summer, a period during which plants ... of the Attic calendar, falling in late Summer) and lasted ten days. ...18 KB (2,798 words) - 16:07, 13 February 2024
- After the construction of the Imperial Palace (the Forbidden City) in 1420 ... 1903, by Cixi photo studio within the Summer Palace. Reminders of the Forbidden ...24 KB (3,553 words) - 16:44, 12 February 2024
- met at the Évêché (the Bishop's Palace behind the Notre-Dame de ... at the Évêché (the Bishop's Palace Committee), developed according ...32 KB (4,897 words) - 15:20, 31 August 2022
- design can be found in the Kyoto Imperial Palace (Heian Palace), the Byōdō ... Image:Nijo Castle.jpg|Ninomaru Palace within Nijo Castle ...29 KB (4,292 words) - 09:48, 1 April 2024
- Daoguang died on February 25, 1850, at the Old Summer Palace (圓明園), five miles (8 km) miles northwest of the walls of Beijing. He was succeeded ...12 KB (1,653 words) - 19:28, 21 August 2020
- 26, 1805, in Bratislava’s Primate's Palace, which forced Austria to ... Laws in the Mirror Hall of the Primate’s Palace. The Hungarian Diet was then ...38 KB (5,662 words) - 22:52, 20 November 2023
- family began vacationing during the summer months in the small town ... In 1897, a room named after Caillebotte opened in the Luxembourg Palace ...14 KB (2,036 words) - 01:24, 27 July 2023
- spring of 1528, reaching Seville in early summer. Charles V, who was at Toledo ... in Pizarro's assassination at his palace in Lima on June 26, 1541. ...25 KB (4,083 words) - 04:54, 9 April 2024
- which lasted from November 1609 to the summer of 1610, the Kurdish stronghold ... Masjid-e Imami, the Lutfullah Mosque and the Royal Palace. ...23 KB (3,547 words) - 18:36, 22 December 2022
- Mural of Battle of Pollilur in Tipu's summer palace]] ... and first floors. The king's summer palace, built in 1880, is called ...57 KB (8,382 words) - 23:21, 21 October 2023
- the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese ... to the former Edo Castle, now the Imperial Palace, made it the de facto imperial ...39 KB (5,420 words) - 03:54, 1 May 2023
- quot; (황도, 皇都) and referred to the palace as "Imperial Palace ... at the National Museum of Korea, Seoul Summer 2006]. *[http://www.asianart ...19 KB (2,644 words) - 18:12, 26 December 2022
- A few months prior to the summer 1903 meeting of the Society of German ... #039;s city center close to Schleißheim Palace. It is based on the premises ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 10:09, 29 January 2024
- when completed, was conveyed to the Royal palace. A portrait of the King was ... His picture was destroyed in a fire at the palace in 1734. Recorded descriptions ...37 KB (5,925 words) - 14:27, 29 January 2024
- "Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer," "Let Me Tell ... Republican National Convention in the Cow Palace, San Francisco, California ...30 KB (4,453 words) - 01:27, 11 November 2022
- infrastructure, including the government palace La Moneda. It has an area ... and the early nineteenth century Presidential Palace. Image:Teatromunicipal ...25 KB (3,606 words) - 18:44, 25 January 2024
- #039;s office of the Crown Prince's Palace. Although this was a minor ... continued to be unappreciated, and in the summer of 758 he was demoted to ...18 KB (2,990 words) - 21:16, 30 January 2024
- the Schönbrunn Palace: the Habsburgs' summer palace in Vienna and one of the most enduring symbols of the dynasty. ===Division of the House: ...24 KB (3,568 words) - 13:21, 24 January 2023
- of 400 to 800 mm, occurring mostly in summer. Major cities: ... Heritage Site. Also known as the Rehe Palace, this was the summer resort ...26 KB (3,622 words) - 15:13, 25 January 2023
- waters, as well as other duties around the Palace in Monaco-Ville. ... mainly ceremonial) for the Prince and his palace called the Compagnie des ...28 KB (4,097 words) - 23:17, 28 March 2024
- drawing. As a child at her family's summer home, Seven Acres, in Cape ... of Joan of Arc stands in front of the Palace of the Legion of Honor in ...28 KB (4,145 words) - 06:44, 28 July 2023
- Baghdad has a hot arid climate. In the summer from June to August ... Four main roads led from the caliph’s palace and the grand mosque at the ...29 KB (4,200 words) - 05:40, 26 August 2023
- artifacts for the refurbishment of the Palace of Whitehall. Cromwell also ... for the King's bedchamber at Whitehall Palace, Now in Nottingham ...28 KB (4,229 words) - 02:57, 2 May 2024
- and technology from China. A Bureau of the Palace Wardrobe was established ... *The light summer kimono could only be worn between May 15 and August ...33 KB (5,356 words) - 17:09, 19 May 2023
- She responds by going up to the roof of her palace to offer her prayers ... and Nergal the god of the noon and the summer solstice. ...13 KB (2,138 words) - 12:22, 27 January 2023
- section of the Great Wall of China, the Summer Palace, and the Temple of Heaven. ... *The Summer Palace (World Heritage Site) *Ruins of the Old Summer Palace ...59 KB (8,054 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- when Emperor Taizong visited his summer palace Jiucheng Palace (九成宮 ... In 633, after Wang was accused of leaking palace secrets, Emperor ...33 KB (5,278 words) - 23:26, 3 May 2023
- "new," and Khyim, meaning "palace" or house, referring ... Nepalese. In 1973, riots in front of the palace led to a formal request for ...35 KB (5,094 words) - 20:10, 21 April 2023
- *Landtag; the seat of the government of Saxony-Anhalt is a Baroque ... Rainfall and the heat combine to make the summer months particularly difficult ...14 KB (2,050 words) - 04:57, 5 November 2022
- drama critic Robert Garland. The following summer "Baby" would go ... Garland would only make one more picture with MGM, Summer Stock, which ...34 KB (5,336 words) - 21:04, 4 October 2022
- nineteenth century as Moody would organize summer conferences led and attended ... Ireland. A meeting at the Botanic Gardens Palace was reportedly attended by ...14 KB (2,134 words) - 17:25, 12 February 2024
- a leader, Tsar Nicholas announced in the summer of 1915 that he would take ... the Petrograd Soviet. In the Mariinsky Palace the Council of Ministers ...46 KB (6,600 words) - 01:52, 26 March 2024
- ) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the ... is from internal rooms within the Papal Palace. The chapel's internal ...23 KB (3,674 words) - 22:35, 29 January 2023
- In the summer of 1917 the liberals persuaded the socialists that the ... peacefully to the front of the Tauride palace and elect delegates to "present ...44 KB (5,965 words) - 22:22, 29 May 2022
- sell his 50 percent stake in the Lucerna Palace on Wenceslas Square, a legendary ... * Summer Meditations (1992/93) * The Power of the Powerless (1985) ...14 KB (2,056 words) - 14:08, 3 May 2023
- lowlands and migrated to the highlands in summer. Prior to the Chinese annexation ... yoghurt to the monks who stopped for their summer retreat. Later, Tibetan opera ...35 KB (5,227 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
- In the summer of 1969, Hillier conceived organizing an exhibition ... access. A particularly beautiful example is Eltham Palace ...22 KB (3,243 words) - 04:01, 15 August 2023
- Amarapura, died October 1, 1878 in Golden Palace, Ava) was the penultimate ... his successors, staged an unsuccessful palace rebellion, backed by the ...38 KB (5,866 words) - 22:29, 15 September 2023
- Edward was born on November 9, 1841, in Buckingham Palace. His mother ... the first few months of 1859, he spent the summer of that year studying at ...38 KB (5,885 words) - 23:54, 12 February 2024
- servants, several ladies-in-waiting, and new palace apartments. ... 7, 1533, at the king's favorite palace, Greenwich Palace. The child ...31 KB (5,055 words) - 06:48, 28 July 2023
- The climate is hot and humid in the summer, and cool and wet in the ... 2000, the Inner City of Baku with the Palace of the Shirvanshahs and Maiden ...25 KB (3,739 words) - 05:50, 26 August 2023
- The year popularly divides into three seasons: summer, the rains, ... the cultivation of such unalu (early summer) crops as wheat, gram (Cicer ...38 KB (5,752 words) - 11:00, 9 March 2023
- of Milford Haven, at Kensington Palace and his uncle, George Mountbatten ... Eventually, in the summer of 1946, Philip asked the King for his daughter ...61 KB (8,760 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- to George W. Bruen, who financed a summer trip to the Hudson Valley ... towards an almost translucent and ethereal palace in the sky. It remains one ...18 KB (2,643 words) - 21:34, 7 September 2023
- the Continental Divide in the spring and summer, and Colorado is one of the ... can cause a sudden drop in temperatures. Summer nights are cool, or even ...37 KB (5,383 words) - 22:39, 7 January 2024
- the Horus falcon perched on a stylized palace enclosure and which seems ... The American Journal of Philology 107:2 (Summer 1986), 229-242; Tom Harpur ...25 KB (3,894 words) - 18:16, 7 February 2024
- the firmament, he made Esharra, the Great Palace, to be its earthly image ... ::you made both summer and winter. ==Notes== ==References== ...15 KB (2,485 words) - 18:58, 13 February 2024
- for "(Oh! She's the) Last Rose of Summer" ... *Eddie Cantor at the Palace (1931) - solo performance *Banjo Eyes ...14 KB (2,054 words) - 18:05, 12 February 2024
- After a brief lull in the summer of 1924, Trotsky published Lessons ... and, indirectly, Zinoviev during the summer of 1928. This was soon reported ...36 KB (4,951 words) - 20:53, 31 January 2023
- Utopia," Phoenix Vol. 13(2) (Summer, 1959): 47-57. See also: ... city of Susa. And there is his principal palace, that is so rich and so noble ...29 KB (4,428 words) - 22:39, 30 November 2022
- in winter and it is slightly cooler in summer. Temperatures at Andorra ... Andorra's duty-free status and by its summer and winter resorts. There ...26 KB (3,798 words) - 20:00, 26 July 2023
- Charles II commissioned the rebuilding of Holyrood Palace. ... Abbey sited in the grounds of the Royal Palace of Holyroodhouse, which it ...33 KB (4,767 words) - 18:11, 12 February 2024
- , the Museum of Natural History, the Salvo Palace (once the tallest building ... #039;s fine beaches draw large crowds in the summer. [[Image:Montevideo ...15 KB (2,073 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- Elizabeth II. She sent them to Buckingham Palace, and in her accompanying ... together more than one hundred people each summer for a day of all things Blyton ...16 KB (2,376 words) - 18:54, 13 February 2024
- received by Sultan Suleiman at Topkapı Palace. Suleiman appointed Barbarossa ... In the summer of 1539 Barbarossa captured the islands of Skiathos ...38 KB (6,070 words) - 17:40, 30 January 2022
- are frequent rains between spring and summer (meiyu), typhoons with rainstorms ... *Chaotian Palace *Gulin Park *Jiangxin Island *Night Markets ...28 KB (3,971 words) - 20:38, 3 April 2024
- [[Image:Mukden palace Chongzheng Hall 02.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Chongzheng ... withdraws into the earth; in the early summer it becomes active again … ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- her in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace on May 29. Her godparents ... A Girl Guides company, the 1st Buckingham Palace Company, was formed specifically ...84 KB (12,053 words) - 16:21, 13 February 2024
- Horsley Hills, a famous summer hill resort in Andhra Pradesh about ... Charminar, Golconda Fort, Chandragiri Fort, Chowmahalla Palace and ...30 KB (4,151 words) - 20:00, 26 July 2023
- :I, the queen of the palace, will watch over your house." ... Distinguished Humanities Lectures II, (Summer 1996). 43-59. ...16 KB (2,459 words) - 04:00, 27 February 2023
- also known as Sissi built in 1890 a summer palace with Achilles as its ... 300px|right|Achilles as guardian of the palace in the gardens of the [[Achilleion ...34 KB (5,355 words) - 15:14, 24 December 2023
- appeared in pomp. King George found the palace in a state of disarray after ... he discreetly maintained a dairy at his palace at Tatoi, which was managed ...30 KB (4,602 words) - 15:49, 10 November 2022
- who had temporarily retreated to the Summer Palace as a place of "retirement ... forcing the Emperor into seclusion in a lake palace. After forming ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 21:35, 4 June 2023
- Nogaret, to Anagni, the Pope's summer retreat in the hills east ... [[Image:Avignon-place-palais.jpg|thumb|Square below the Palace of ...17 KB (2,612 words) - 11:07, 19 December 2023
- intellectual fraternity called the Summer Palace people, established dominance ... of eunuchs, headed by the Directorate of Palace Attendants (neishijian), ...35 KB (5,541 words) - 11:06, 10 March 2023
- cool sea breezes relieve the heat of the summer months. Due to high temperatures ... has several museums, including the Mohatta Palace Museum and the National Museum ...41 KB (5,975 words) - 17:58, 14 May 2024
- Emperor of Qin Dynasty. In fear, in the summer 207 B.C.E., Zhang surrendered ... believed that he burned down the Qin palace, which contained a large ...27 KB (4,419 words) - 14:30, 20 May 2023
- was established at the Imperial Palace in Kyoto, then the capital ... to turn sour due to bacteria during the summer months were poured out of ...26 KB (4,206 words) - 00:58, 23 December 2022
- Book of Common Prayer into Scotland in the summer of 1637. This met with a ... In the summer of 1642 these national troubles helped to polarize opinion ...48 KB (7,492 words) - 18:35, 13 February 2024
- by their chief officers, the Mayors of the Palace or majordomos. The final ... These mayors of the palace took over the Frankish empire and became ...56 KB (8,914 words) - 01:47, 4 December 2023
- by the Empress to recover at Pavlovsk Palace. After his death in 1844 ... and Nikolay Gnedich. This was set in the Summer Garden, but the group, along ...31 KB (4,830 words) - 07:40, 12 March 2024
- in the winter, and warm rainy days in the summer. Rainfall averages between ... and the seat of the Asantehene's palace. Though the chieftaincy across ...16 KB (2,385 words) - 20:13, 14 December 2023
- April; any precipitation is sparse during summer and falls generally in the ... less compared to the past). The average summer daytime maximum temperature ...45 KB (6,393 words) - 18:55, 19 August 2023
- on the Gendarmenmarkt, and Prince Henry's Palace (now the site of Humboldt University of Berlin). However, the king preferred spending his time ...32 KB (4,879 words) - 10:28, 11 April 2024
- (1.2 meters) a year in some areas. In the summer, excessive heat is rare and ... Luxembourg made its first appearance in the Summer Olympics in 1900 ...46 KB (6,759 words) - 03:09, 5 November 2022
- âlî ("great gate"), the grand Palace Gate of the Imperial Topkapı ... "almost invincible" during the summer, supported by their many ...38 KB (5,718 words) - 05:55, 18 November 2022
- Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. In the summer of 569, the Longobards (from ... Lombardy are official candidates for the Summer Olympic Games of 2020 ("Milan ...27 KB (3,967 words) - 10:58, 10 March 2023
- may have assisted him in Ireland. By the summer of 1309 he had gained a reputation ... Tiernan, and Tilda Swinton, Edward II (Palace Premiere, 1991). ...19 KB (3,020 words) - 22:48, 28 March 2023
- Reed graduated from Harvard College in 1910. That summer he set out ... Reed spent summer 1914 in Provincetown, Massachusetts with Mabel Dodge ...41 KB (6,282 words) - 07:41, 3 August 2022
- Upon his birth at St James's Palace, London on August 12, 1762 ... In the summer of 1788, the King's mental health deteriorated ...44 KB (6,632 words) - 10:49, 13 December 2023
- seized the ruins of the presidential palace, which had been heavily contested ... launched an incursion into Dagestan in the summer of 1999, and soon Russia ...53 KB (7,700 words) - 19:54, 26 March 2024
- include the Plaza Mayor, the Royal Palace of Madrid; the Royal Theatre ... Philip V built the Royal Palace, the Royal Tapestry Factory, and the ...75 KB (11,270 words) - 17:52, 8 February 2024
- [[Image:mesaverde cliffpalace 20030914.752.jpg|thumb|250px|Cliff Palace ... varies throughout the year. At the summer solstice a dagger-shaped ...40 KB (6,073 words) - 19:47, 26 July 2023
- St. John Lateran, and his official residence is the Palace of the Vatican. He also possesses a summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. Until the time of ...30 KB (4,691 words) - 14:08, 7 May 2024
- from the balcony of the presidential palace, he addressed 300,000 people; ... Aires suburb of San Vicente, his former summer residence, which was rebuilt ...17 KB (2,640 words) - 06:03, 10 May 2024
- [[Image:RomaPalazzoQuirinale.JPG|thumb|right|400px|The Quirinal Palace ... Rome hosted the 1960 Summer Olympics. Football is the most popular ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- [[Image:Daria-daulat-bagh.jpg|thumb|Tipu Sultan's summer palace ... Pollilur on the walls of Tippu's summer palace, painted to celebrate ...44 KB (6,987 words) - 23:40, 30 April 2023
- the destruction of the Chinese Imperial Old Summer Palace was begun…). He assisted in the re-embarkation of the troops before the winter set in ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 04:34, 18 April 2024
- as compared to other places in the region. Summer temperatures range from 82°F ... army. Everything around the Royal Palace sustained heavy damage from ...17 KB (2,613 words) - 00:55, 9 January 2023
- architecture. Moscow also hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics. ... title of Hero City. In 1980, it hosted the Summer Olympic Games. ...63 KB (8,988 words) - 16:33, 10 November 2022
- Harding's “front porch campaign” during the late summer and ... case of food poisoning. Arriving at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, he ...19 KB (2,918 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- at a boarding school in Chelsea until summer 1817. He was subsequently ... inheritance was estimated at $750,000. By summer 1825, Allan celebrated his ...44 KB (6,485 words) - 18:07, 12 February 2024
- in the corner." He left school in the summer of 1959 without attaining ... of drummers. After leaving school in the summer of 1959, Harrison worked ...35 KB (5,701 words) - 08:07, 23 January 2023
- 80 acres of the land next to the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, now known as Marunouchi. ... quot;] The Business History Review 41(2) Summer, 1967. Retrieved November ...21 KB (2,798 words) - 19:21, 9 November 2022
- behind the tablet over the throne in the Palace of Heavenly Purity (Qianqing ... interest in the expansion of the Old Summer Palace and supervised the construction ...28 KB (4,243 words) - 00:03, 15 April 2023
- Valley is subtropical and extremely hot in summer, with temperatures reaching ... high mountain pasture (or jailoo) in the summer. The retention of this nomadic ...39 KB (5,879 words) - 16:28, 21 March 2024
- the historic complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian, the old city ... architectural remains is Diocletian's Palace, built in Split, by the emperor ...44 KB (6,383 words) - 06:26, 11 January 2024
