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- from 36°F (2°C) to 49°F (9°C). Average summer dewpoints range from about ... Its distinctive cry is heard during the summer months in the northern part ...43 KB (5,977 words) - 17:20, 12 May 2024
- The average temperatures are from 32 to 39 degrees Celsius in the ... *Machaerus, a fortified hilltop palace located in Jordan on the eastern ...24 KB (3,779 words) - 08:53, 28 January 2024
- summers. The length and intensity of the summer dry season increases southwards ... in autumn, winter, and spring, while summer is usually more stable. ...48 KB (6,888 words) - 16:16, 22 September 2021
- Henan has a temperate continental climate, with most rainfall in summer ... (Long Ting), (the site of the imperial palace of the Song and Jin dynasties ...27 KB (3,852 words) - 17:21, 7 February 2022
- turquoise color, especially in the summer. The most famous mountain ... at Switzerland's southern tip. Summer tends to be warm and humid ...52 KB (7,532 words) - 14:19, 28 April 2023
- only a 5°C difference between winter and summer median temperatures. Although ... are also displayed at the Mexican National Palace and the Palace of Fine Arts. ...57 KB (8,268 words) - 10:36, 10 March 2023
- the year is mild and moderately wet. Summer days are usually warm and ... the Paris Opera Ballet, while the former palace of the Louvre now houses ...70 KB (10,606 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- In summer 1898, he addressed a memorandum to the Tsar Witte, 211–215. ... On October 9, 1905, he went to the Winter Palace for a meeting. Witte told ...50 KB (7,301 words) - 10:01, 26 January 2023
- in the northeast. The average in July (summer) is 73°F (23°C) in the ... style, with a prince's fortified palace surrounded by town dwellers’ ...72 KB (10,102 words) - 01:29, 3 May 2023
- minute retraced his steps to the imperial palace. In the confusion, the leading ... was constructed at Inchtuthil. In the summer of 84, Agricola faced the ...53 KB (7,893 words) - 19:45, 12 July 2023
- on the walls of the Dalai Lama's summer temple of Lukhang. ... Krishnamacharya, who taught at Mysore Palace from 1924 until his death ...28 KB (4,293 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- posted just outside the gates of Buckingham Palace. Carpenter and Tolkien ... In the summer of 1911, Tolkien went on holiday in Switzerland, a trip ...53 KB (8,151 words) - 08:28, 13 March 2024
- In summer 1921, the overextended Spanish army suffered (on July 24 ... for the King) and resided in the El Pardo Palace (not to be confused with ...40 KB (6,158 words) - 04:53, 9 April 2024
- was carried out in the last month of the summer. (Seawright 2007) The festival ... before the first court, with the royal palace at the left and the gigantic ...38 KB (6,086 words) - 05:03, 17 July 2022
- winters, averaging about 44°F (7°C). Summer temperatures average 75°F ... torrents in winter and nearly dry in the summer, in spite of their length ...58 KB (8,519 words) - 04:58, 17 June 2023
- For there my palace-royal shall be placed, Whose shining turrets shall ... north to be in a region of very long summer days, causing complaints ...24 KB (3,811 words) - 23:37, 30 April 2023
- was blanketed with snow. During the Cretan summer, average temperatures reach ... agricultural production, with all kinds of summer vegetables and fruit produced ...65 KB (9,468 words) - 20:07, 17 May 2024
- went into beautifying the austere Cité Palace in Paris for Eleanor's sake. ... summoned Eleanor to Normandy in the late summer of 1183. She stayed in Normandy ...39 KB (6,271 words) - 00:13, 13 February 2024
- founded in Bohemia, with the bishop's palace located on the Prague Castle ... thumb|250px|Packed with tourists on a busy summer day in Malá Strana (Lesser ...35 KB (5,518 words) - 00:31, 12 April 2023
- to the salvation of souls. In the summer of 325 C.E., the bishops ... in the central structure of the imperial palace, with preliminary discussions ...32 KB (4,986 words) - 17:21, 28 March 2024
- fluctuations between day and night, summer and winter may vary greatly. Turks—nomadic or pastoral, agrarian or town-dwellers, living in tents ...28 KB (4,327 words) - 00:39, 29 November 2023
- of the tumuli was investigated. The Palace of Philip II was excavated ... Archeology Institute Prof. L.Yablonsky, Summer of 2006. First known kurgan ...28 KB (4,185 words) - 18:43, 2 May 2023
- showcased in the garden of the Trocadéro palace, while other pieces were ... extreme temperatures, particularly in summer months), and about 30 people ...27 KB (4,075 words) - 22:49, 9 May 2023
- Drama, the Kiev Puppet Theater, October Palace, and the National Philharmonic ... Kyiv and Dynamo Kyiv. During the 1980 Summer Olympics held in the Soviet ...26 KB (3,695 words) - 04:01, 6 October 2022
- of angry Parisians broke into the royal palace and demanded to see their ... it with a most awkward-looking Italian summer villa in the centre of Paris ...62 KB (10,084 words) - 04:10, 4 November 2022
- Austria is cold in the winter, in the summer temperatures can be relatively ... Germany seceded from the empire in the summer of 1806, forming the Confederation ...90 KB (13,119 words) - 17:56, 22 August 2023
- on the north-side was a large palace, remains of which still survive ... following year Hormizd was overthrown by a palace coup and his son Khosrau ...72 KB (11,035 words) - 16:49, 23 December 2022
- the highest levels of precipitation. In summer, temperatures in the south ... right|thumb|300px|Euxinograd, once a summer palace of the Bulgarian tsars]] ...61 KB (8,943 words) - 18:41, 22 November 2023
- |style="text-align: left;" |- The Palace of Truth, 1870 ... interference. The first was The Palace of Truth (1870), based on ...46 KB (7,062 words) - 22:03, 3 May 2023
- for the next three centuries, and that summer the Ottoman navy ravaged ... battle, including two in the Doge's Palace in Venice: by Paolo Veronese ...28 KB (4,326 words) - 10:04, 22 September 2023
- In the summer of 1793 the sans-culottes, the Parisian enragés especially, accused even the most radical Jacobins of being too tolerant of greed ...31 KB (4,299 words) - 01:21, 21 April 2023
- Andrea Doria to discuss the issue in his palace at Fassolo, and the two admirals ... In the summer of 1557 he left the Bosphorus with a fleet of 60 galleys ...33 KB (5,326 words) - 18:45, 6 November 2022
- the weather disturbances that form in the summer and fall, move offshore into ... Guards took over the president's palace in Nouakchott. The army surrounded ...28 KB (4,027 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- quot; where many high officials spent the summer. Later in April, arsons set ... many as 50 in a courtyard outside the King's palace. ...41 KB (6,196 words) - 18:35, 4 March 2024
- thumb|Green Coconut Vendor in Delhi, India in Summer ]] ... (notably in Manila's Coconut Palace). * Hawaiians hollowed the ...29 KB (4,782 words) - 22:20, 7 January 2024
- 039;s rivers face many problems, including summer droughts, the building of ... the seasonal heavy rains of the southwest summer monsoon. ...79 KB (10,302 words) - 22:30, 3 March 2023
- Its spring season is warm and windy, its summer is short and hot with many ... *Zhaojun Tomb is the tomb of Wang Zhaojun, a Han Dynasty palace lady ...33 KB (4,665 words) - 19:29, 5 March 2024
- | footnote3 = The mainland uses UTC−4 (in summer: UTC−3 ; ... armed forces bombarded the presidential palace, Allende reportedly committed ...39 KB (5,549 words) - 16:43, 10 December 2023
- Tiridates I of Armenia in the park of the Palace of Versailles.]] ... burned Artaxata to the ground. In the summer, Corbulo began moving towards ...29 KB (4,494 words) - 03:48, 1 May 2023
- The first time anybody paid me to show up on television was in the ... and Sophia in the spin-off The Golden Palace. However, the series was ...54 KB (7,980 words) - 18:02, 29 September 2023
- Mexico or vice-king lived in the viceregal palace on the main square or Zócalo ... Carranza took up residence in the presidential palace. === 20th century ...184 KB (26,093 words) - 20:54, 1 February 2024
- Beginning in the summer of 1955, he launched a "Denounce the ... make a deal with Ho Chi Minh. During the summer of 1963, administration officials ...70 KB (11,017 words) - 20:17, 3 May 2023
- king and the pope. At the end of the summer of 1511, he went to France ... clothes, and put on the robes of court and palace, and in this graver dress ...29 KB (4,511 words) - 23:28, 14 November 2022
- was received as a guest at the fabled palace of Alessandro Cardinal Farnese ... Clovio reports visiting El Greco on a summer's day while the artist ...77 KB (11,557 words) - 00:06, 13 February 2024
- quote="When I was here this summer for commencement, I came ... the Queen personally: I had lunch at the Palace once upon a time." He ...80 KB (11,371 words) - 23:33, 1 August 2023
- on the royal yacht to visit her at her summer home on Belle-Île. ... with Bernhardt and her family at her summer residence at Belle-Île, ...103 KB (16,692 words) - 01:55, 22 March 2023
- Town of Banff. Weather conditions during summer months are pleasant, with ... The carnival featured a large ice palace, which was built by internees ...34 KB (5,022 words) - 03:27, 17 September 2023
- quarters had fallen ill over the terrible summer months. Ammunition and food ... Throne Room, in the Grand Master's Palace in Valletta. Four of the ...33 KB (5,056 words) - 23:20, 3 March 2023
- had retreated back to Japan. In the summer of 1593, a Chinese delegation ... Most of Seoul, the capital city, was laid waste. The royal palace ...32 KB (4,655 words) - 22:08, 8 February 2023
- to visit Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. She welcomed visits by senior ... * Kavanagh, Ray. 2001. Spring, Summer and Fall: The Rise and Fall ...34 KB (5,329 words) - 08:42, 10 March 2023
- and Liberals. Baldwin spent much of the summer in France, so Chamberlain ... Chamberlain went to his formal appointment at Buckingham Palace uncertain ...55 KB (8,451 words) - 16:28, 11 November 2022
- in the attack. He fled the presidential palace by catching a taxi after ... in Cyprus took a dramatic new turn in the summer of 2007 when the UN-sponsored ...55 KB (8,362 words) - 00:23, 3 May 2023
- century, as seen in the Governor’s Palace in Hrodna. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 2008. [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/59081/Belarus ...48 KB (6,863 words) - 08:51, 27 September 2023
- "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom." Even before ... In the summer of 1962, Morrison met his first love, Mary Werbelow ...31 KB (4,948 words) - 20:58, 3 April 2024
- On August 10, a crowd stormed the Tuileries Palace, seizing the king ... mutinies, which kept many ships in port through the summer. ...65 KB (9,639 words) - 10:56, 11 April 2024
- in the eighteenth century Leopold Palace on Wilhelmstrasse, just across from Hitler’s offices in the Reich Chancellery, was to centralize Nazi ...34 KB (5,445 words) - 21:47, 6 May 2024
- [http://www.playbill.com/production/sweet-charity-palace-theatre-vault ... It is a professional summer repertory theatre devoted to preserving ...42 KB (6,266 words) - 16:11, 11 November 2022
- [[File:Presidential Palace, Ashgabat, (5730564029).jpg|thumb|right ... privileged individuals (those with summer homes in rural areas) could ...47 KB (6,838 words) - 00:25, 3 May 2023
- from northeast winter winds and southwest summer winds. The rainy season ... as president in a dramatic prison-to-palace rise] Associated Press (April ...33 KB (4,780 words) - 14:52, 4 April 2024
- Genghis went to Liupanshan to escape the severe summer. ... burial site. In 2004, Genghis Khan's palace was allegedly discovered ...50 KB (8,058 words) - 06:47, 18 April 2024
- One of Oppenheimer's first acts was to host a summer school for ... *Conant, Jennet. 2005. 109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the ...58 KB (8,808 words) - 01:10, 8 February 2023
- at 37°F (3°C) and highest in July (summer) at 64°F (18°C) The average ... in Belgium and was confined to his palace by the Germans, who remained ...76 KB (10,944 words) - 08:52, 27 September 2023
- was thoroughly reshuffled during the summer of 1793. The summer of 1793 saw sans-culotte disturbances reach a peak under ...73 KB (10,932 words) - 21:23, 26 December 2022
- of the imperial library of the Holy Palace of Constantinople by the ... The Persian army was gathered in Asia Minor in the summer and autumn ...77 KB (11,840 words) - 17:01, 27 January 2023
- only two distinct seasons - winter and summer—spring and autumn are usually ... Kamchatka Peninsula, and spring floods and summer/autumn forest fires throughout ...137 KB (20,217 words) - 18:16, 22 December 2022
- 175) A secretariat near the king's palace employed scribes and officers ... monsoon water and then dried up in summer except for the few fed by ...55 KB (7,789 words) - 20:20, 3 May 2023
- the soulscape like fleeting sunlight in a summer wind, and the hunger for ... 11955.html Animal Rights] City Journal (Summer 2000). Retrieved February 2020. ...58 KB (8,069 words) - 21:36, 16 April 2023
- up an elaborate headquarters in the Royal Palace at Kandy, Sri Lanka, although ... Mountbatten usually holidayed at his summer home in Mullaghmore, County ...36 KB (5,344 words) - 04:07, 4 November 2022
- a long and nearly fatal illness near the end of summer 1904, from which she never really recovered. Falling ill again in July 1906, she died on the ...36 KB (5,555 words) - 08:08, 23 January 2023
- (4,400 meters). Nepal has five seasons: Summer, monsoon, autumn, winter ... the timing, intensity, and duration of the summer monsoons. ...47 KB (6,833 words) - 16:19, 11 November 2022
- is heated by solar energy during the summer, and releases that energy ... E., at the same site where the Huaqing Chi palace was later built. In the first ...43 KB (6,456 words) - 20:26, 13 December 2023
- 300px|A traditional Beijing opera stage at the Summer Palace in Beijing]] Beijing opera performers utilize four main skills. The first two are ...41 KB (6,269 words) - 18:41, 11 January 2023
- March 1378, he appeared at the Episcopal palace at Lambeth to defend himself ... In the summer of 1381, Wycliffe formulated his doctrine of the Lord ...43 KB (7,057 words) - 04:45, 3 May 2024
- buildings and fountains for the Summer Palace. The papal decree, which ... *Spence, Jonathan D. The memory palace of Matteo Ricci. London: Penguin ...58 KB (8,323 words) - 21:09, 10 December 2023
- Yeltsin's stay in Sverdlovsk, a CPSU palace was built which was named ... oligarchs" in the mid-1990s. By summer 1996, substantial ownership ...42 KB (6,205 words) - 19:43, 20 November 2023
- season is concurrent with the onset of the summer East Asian Monsoon in May ... One of Taiwan's greatest attractions is the National Palace Museum ...97 KB (13,790 words) - 00:28, 4 January 2024
- Black Death first reached England in the summer of 1348. The Black Death ... in Europe—was introduced, and Blenheim Palace was built. However, baroque ...103 KB (15,568 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- The houses of Cordoba were air conditioned in the summer by "ingeniously ... of Granada, with its beautiful Alhambra Palace and Gardens. In Spain, annual ...36 KB (5,672 words) - 21:18, 9 November 2022
- a Wesleyan mission school next door to the palace of the Regent. Following ... In summer 2001, Mandela was diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer ...40 KB (6,067 words) - 04:28, 11 March 2023
- language|Marathi]], at the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower]] ... #039;s mean monthly temperature in mid-summer (May) is 33°C (91°F); in ...39 KB (5,723 words) - 02:34, 11 March 2023
- in the east; winter is drier than summer. The warmest region in Poland ... I (c. 935 – May 25, 992), had his palace on an island in the Warta ...71 KB (10,329 words) - 17:32, 2 January 2024
- believe that Pilate tried Jesus at Herod's Palace on Mount Zion. The Via Dolorosa, or way of suffering, is regarded by many as the traditional ...43 KB (6,551 words) - 12:27, 7 May 2024
- with the Soviet advance. In the summer of 1944, plans for a large ... notable architecture included the Zwinger Palace, the Dresden State Opera ...44 KB (6,668 words) - 07:18, 17 November 2023
- at a lower altitude, is hot during the summer, and temperatures can exceed ... nightclubs move for several months in the summer to an outdoor terraza much ...115 KB (17,210 words) - 19:06, 7 February 2023
- of alcohol near his family's summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine ... Jonathan Pollack, [http://www.nwc.navy.mil/press/Review/2003/Summer/art1 ...61 KB (9,229 words) - 08:20, 23 January 2023
- in Europe—was introduced, and Blenheim Palace was built in this era. However ... Joseph Paxton, architect of the Crystal Palace. Paxton also continued to ...123 KB (18,096 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- and military assistance to Panama in the summer of 1987, in response to the ... Artist Roberto Lewis' Presidential Palace murals and his restoration ...42 KB (6,441 words) - 11:11, 11 March 2023
- temperature range. Generally, spring and summer are sunny, whereas autumn ... of the warships began to shell the royal palace, causing Manuel II and the ...88 KB (12,576 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- within the Al Asimah governorate. The main palace headquarters is located in ... down the Persian Gulf coast. In the summer, boats sailed for pearls; ...41 KB (6,203 words) - 15:18, 22 March 2024
- during the march to Moscow during the summer and autumn. Starvation, desertion ... A hall of military fame]] in the Winter Palace with portraits of the Russian ...45 KB (6,717 words) - 10:59, 11 April 2024
- century. Merovingian rule was ended by a palace coup in 751 when Pippin the ... assembled in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles and proclaimed ...115 KB (16,736 words) - 17:52, 14 December 2023
- The first film showing in Turkey was held in the Yıldız Palace, ... The film "Susuz Yaz" (Dry Summer), made by Metin Erksan, won ...58 KB (8,535 words) - 00:22, 3 May 2023
- of 65°F (18°C) rising to July (summer) levels of 92°F (33°C) ... The Emirates Palace, which is reputed to be the most expensive hotel ...41 KB (6,013 words) - 11:40, 3 May 2023
- York: Penguin Books, 2003), 441. By the summer of 1933, this process was ... Two major displays of Nazi German art and culture were at the 1936 ...65 KB (9,573 words) - 18:36, 30 April 2023
- Casa de Pizarro, Peru's Government Palace in Lima]] ... the indigenous feast of the Inti Raymi (summer solstice) is celebrated in ...46 KB (6,833 words) - 23:21, 26 August 2023
- Outside of Paris, in the summer of 1793 resistance grew against the events in the capital. A revolt broke out in Lyon, and there were centers ...54 KB (8,542 words) - 21:56, 28 November 2022
- the island’s annexation. During the summer of 1848, President James ... used in the attack on the Presidential Palace in Havana by the Directorio ...72 KB (10,971 words) - 06:40, 11 January 2024
- Queen Elizabeth II at a ceremony in Buckingham Palace. url= https://www ... In 2009, Pelé assisted the Rio de Janeiro bid for the 2016 Summer ...132 KB (18,506 words) - 20:27, 15 February 2024
- The northern zone (containing Beijing) has summer daytime temperatures of more ... gate. The lower tablet reads "The Palace Museum" (故宫博物院)]] ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 2024
- place in January and February followed by summer between March and May, the ... [[Image:Mysorepalace.jpg|thumb|400px|Mysore Palace at Mysore represents ...50 KB (6,914 words) - 20:25, 4 January 2024
- where Galerius commissioned an imperial palace, a new hippodrome, ... of the football events as part of the 2004 Summer Olympics.url=http://www.olympic ...256 KB (33,767 words) - 18:54, 1 April 2024
- and remain humid for the rest of the year. Summer temperatures rarely exceed ... than eight inches (200mm) of rain. Average summer temperatures exceed 100°F ...82 KB (12,001 words) - 11:17, 6 March 2024
- wintertime brings heavy snowfall. In the summer, the region is cooler than ... with large temperature differences between summer and winter, and between day ...89 KB (12,871 words) - 15:44, 4 February 2022
- Kennedy re-entered Harvard in the summer of 1953 and improved his ... Hague Academy of International Law during one summer. Burns, 52. ...80 KB (11,614 words) - 02:50, 19 April 2023
- *Annual public art program each summer, sponsored by the Zürich City ... Old City District, located in a baroque Palace near Niederdorf Street. Two ...53 KB (7,882 words) - 06:16, 13 June 2023
- century. Merovingian rule was ended by a palace coup in 751 when Pippin the ... right of Louis XIV. Louis built a great palace at Versailles, patronized ...109 KB (16,195 words) - 06:41, 1 April 2024
- in Athens is 50°F (10°C). July (summer) sea-level temperature approaches ... for Athens, particularly on the hottest summer days. Nevertheless, widespread ...73 KB (10,722 words) - 18:19, 27 January 2023
- Edward VII and George V) at Buckingham Palace in 1895. By 1903 a five-team ... the Winter Olympics since 1924 (and at the summer games in 1920). Canada won ...69 KB (11,304 words) - 17:15, 10 February 2024
- in a compilation of Italian tales entitled Palace of Pleasure (1582). ... #039;." Shakespeare Quarterly 52(2) (Summer 2001): 189-221. ...57 KB (9,012 words) - 21:40, 16 April 2023
- defending the Convention in the Tuileries Palace. He seized artillery pieces ... Johnson] Claremont Review of Books III(3) (Summer 2003). Retrieved October 14, 2022. ...53 KB (8,268 words) - 01:21, 11 November 2022
- * Guided tours focusing on educating, summer camps, outdoor classes ... continental Europe, old, well-established palace hotels have names like the ...101 KB (14,057 words) - 17:18, 7 May 2024
- father had held a position, maintained a palace. Costanza's brother ... In the summer of 1610 he took a boat northwards to receive the pardon ...56 KB (8,917 words) - 22:11, 25 November 2023
- people all the rest of his life. In the summer of 1934, three unsuccessful ... was held for two years in the Aga Khan Palace in Pune. Although the ruthless ...56 KB (8,938 words) - 15:04, 16 June 2023
- Concerned for his survival, he fled to the palace to hide himself. According ... of the judicial system. He extended the summer court session, as well as ...58 KB (9,002 words) - 11:01, 19 December 2023
- included the present-day Presidential Palace. The Brandenstein Brigade ... proposed a further military pact in summer 1918 as a part of their plan ...60 KB (8,826 words) - 19:50, 26 March 2024
- where they held their meetings: the Palace of Natolin near Warsaw and ... The Warsaw Pact was dissolved in the summer of 1991 and the Soviet troops ...65 KB (9,745 words) - 00:13, 25 January 2024
- installed in the office of Mayor of the Palace at the service of the King ... has perhaps a better right than the blown summer of the Renaissance to be ...60 KB (9,144 words) - 10:41, 10 March 2023
- At Ebla (Tel Merdikh), a royal palace was discovered containing one of the largest and most comprehensive archives of the ancient world. Ebla ...53 KB (7,689 words) - 00:57, 21 April 2023
- On July 11, Salisbury went to Buckingham Palace without notifying his Cabinet ... to calm the situation by devoting the summer to the question. In public ...63 KB (9,535 words) - 21:17, 6 May 2024
- extremes are about 110°F (42°C) in the summer and −20°F (−29°C) in ... different social groups, met in the late summer of 1989 to discuss major ...107 KB (15,967 words) - 21:14, 9 February 2024
- book La Era de Trujillo that "In this summer of 1955, half the Latin American ... " Until Santo Domingo's National Palace was built in 1947, he worked ...66 KB (9,421 words) - 19:56, 29 April 2024
- * In the palace of Topkapi, in Istanbul, there is a room with relics ... Civilizations?” Foreign Affairs 72(3) (Summer 1993): 22–49. ...71 KB (11,340 words) - 17:01, 18 March 2022
- Belgrade has the old royal palace of Yugoslavia, and has centuries-old churches, mosques, and several national museums. An area called New Belgrade ...67 KB (9,913 words) - 19:49, 21 April 2023
- song into a national hit: by the following summer, the Jolson number "Sonny ... *Robinson, David. From Peepshow to Palace: The Birth of American Film ...78 KB (11,661 words) - 18:11, 23 February 2023
