Institute for Adult Learning

The Institute for Adult Learning Singapore (IAL) () is an autonomous institute within the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS). IAL provides training for adult educator (or AE) and undertakes research in adult learning within the Training and Adult Education industry.
History.
IAL was established in 2008 to provide training for adult educators and undertake research in adult learning. From 1 April 2019, IAL was restructured into an autonomous institute within Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS).
Adult Education Professionalisation (AEP).
In 2014, a new scheme - Adult Educators Professionalisation or AEP was launched by IAL, the scheme aims to recognise adult educators with due recognition and benefits such as career progression, training subsidies and networking opportunities. There will be three levels of AEP namely Associate Adult Educators (AAE), Specialist Adult Educators (SAE) with either Curriculum Development or Facilitation track or Adult Educator Fellows (AEF). As of today, there are more than 1,900 AEP holders.
Centres.
The IAL currently has three research centres:
Programmes.
IAL offers Certificate, Diploma and Master level programmes. The programmes are:


Asafo market

Asafo Market is a trading centre in Asafo, Kumasi, the capital of Ashanti, Ghana, to the western side of the Asafo interchange. Asafo Market was formerly called Nkrumah Market, which was named after the first Prime Minister of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, but the name was changed to Asafo Market when Nkrumah was overthrown.


Jinnah Hall

Jinnah Hall is a historical landmark and point of interest located in Company Bagh, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan. Jinnah Hall was built in 1949. It was named for the Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Jinnah Hall was built originally as a town hall and library but now currently used as an exhibition hall, event space, and library.


Arcade house, Pyzdry

Arcade house in Pyzdry is a bungalow built in 1768 and located in the square in Pyzdry. It was renovated several times, underwent major overhaul in 1956–1957. Its gable wall fronts the square. It is plastered and has a light-frame construction. At the front the arcade is supported by four wooden pillars, which were replaced in 1957. For several years it was the seat of the Regional Museum in Pyzdry and now it is used for organising temporary exhibitions.


Bara Kaman

Bara Kaman is the unfinished mausoleum of Ali Adil Shah II in Bijapur, Karnataka in India.
Ali Adil Shah of the Adil Shahi dynasty wanted to build a mausoleum of unmatched architectural quality. It was planned that twelve arches would be placed vertically as well as horizontally surrounding the tomb of Ali Adil Shah. However, for unknown reasons the work on the structure was left incomplete: only two arches were raised vertically. Rumour has it that the construction of the mausoleum was stopped because once completed its shadow would touch the Gol Gombaz. Nowadays the remains of the twelve horizontally placed arches can still be seen.
The site is managed by the Archaeological Survey of India.
The Bara Kaman was built in 1672AD, by Ali Adil Shah II, and was supposed to be the burial mausoleum for the king and his wives. Bara Kaman has the tombs of Ali Adil Shah II, his wife Chand Bibi, his mistresses and his daughters.
The architect of Bara Kaman was Malik Sandal. The structure has raised walls in concentric arches. After the arches were erected, the inner arches were toppled, leaving only the outermost arch. No cement was used, instead iron rings were used to hold the stones together.


National University of Callao

The National University of Callao is a post-secondary institution in the Bellavista District of the Constitutional Province of Callao in the country of Peru. It was established on 2 September 1966.
This scholarly institute retains its original technical character, unique to Peru. The University has maintained its technical character, and has grown to eleven departments, fifteen professional schools, and a postgraduate school.
Departments.
The university had in 1967 the following departments:
Now, in 2015, the UNAC has 11 Faculties and 17 careers:


Tour D2

The Tour D2 is a tall skyscraper in the La Défense business district outside of Paris, France. It is located in the municipality of Courbevoie and is used for office purposes. It includes a public garden on its roof.


Jamali Stadium

Jamali Stadium, also known as Township Rollers Stadium, is a football stadium in Tlokweng, South East, Botswana and the home of Botswana Premier League club Township Rollers. It is the fifth club-owned stadium in Botswana.
Construction of the stadium was started in 2018 after Township Rollers raised concern over the condition of the Botswana National Stadium and UB Stadium which they had been using for league home matches. It was a joint project between club president Jagdish Shah and property mogul Sayed Jamali and was planned to be the first step of a Rollers City which would also include a resort, gym, shopping complex and training fields. The stadium was officially opened on 20 July 2019 with a friendly match between Premier League teams Notwane and Extension Gunners followed by another friendly between Township Rollers and Kaizer Chiefs.


Rialto Theatre (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

The Rialto Theatre is a former movie theater in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The theater opened in 1924 as a 700-seat Streamline Moderne style theater. Built for $150,000, it "was considered one of the Midwest's most beautiful theaters."In the 1940s, a balcony was added. It closed in 1989 and in 1993 was named by the city as a "locally designated historic district."
A non-profit organization, The Reclamation Project, bought the Rialto in 2003 with the intention of rehabbing it at an estimated cost of $2 million. However, after being unable to raise the funding, the organization put the theater up for sale in 2015 for $249,000.


Gazanchi Fortress

Gazanchi Fortress is fortress dated from the third millennium BC located in the village of Gazanchi. It is believed to have been heavily occupied by local tribes and is depicted in painted ceramic artifacts as having been a significant social center during the Middle Bronze Age.


Canisius Secondary School

Canisius Secondary School is one of the earliest centres of learning in Zambia. It is located at Chikuni Mission about 10 km east of Chisekesi town in Monze District in the Southern Province.
The history of the school starts with the founding of Chikuni Mission in July 1905 by Catholic Church missionary Fr Joseph Moreau S.J, of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) order of priests and brothers. The school is named after Saint Peter Canisius (Petrus Canisius), the first Dutchman to join the Jesuits. Primary schools were started at Chikuni and surrounding areas from the time the mission was founded, but it was only in August 1949 that the secondary school was opened.
In 2009, the school celebrated 60 years of education to the people of Zambia. Today, both the local Jesuits and expatriate Jesuits belonging to the Zambia Malawi province continue to minister in this institution. Currently, the student population revolves around 700 students both from around Chikuni area and also from across the nation.
The core values promoted by the Jesuit education in Zambia and indeed throughout the world is informed by the Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm (IPP) which focuses on the dignity of an individual. In educating the students, Jesuits also aim at forming the conscience of their students so that in term the students will be able to have preferential option for the poor, underprivileged and those who live on the margins of society. Furthermore, that they may be able to promote faith that does justice. The Jesuit education fosters to develop a complete human being in all circles of human growth.


Sima Hydroelectric Power Station

The Sima Power Station is a hydroelectric power station located in the municipality Eidfjord in Vestland, Norway. It stands at the mouth of the Sima River. The facility Lang-Sima operates at an installed capacity of , and has an average annual production of 1,212 GWh. The facility Sy-Sima has an installed capacity of , and an average annual production of 1,640 GWh. Operator is Statkraft.


Selfridges Building, Birmingham

The Selfridges Building is a landmark building in Birmingham, England. The building is part of the Bullring Shopping Centre and houses Selfridges Department Store. The building was completed in 2003 at a cost of £60 million and designed by the architecture firm Future Systems. It has a steel framework with sprayed concrete facade. Since its construction, the building has become an iconic architectural landmark and seen as a major contribution to the regeneration of Birmingham. It is included as a desktop background as part of the Architecture theme in Windows 7.
Architecture.
The architecture firm Future Systems were appointed by Selfridge's then chief executive, Vittorio Radice, to design only the third store outside London. Although Selfridges was physically integrated with the Bullring Shopping Centre the client wanted a distinct design approach which would set the store apart from the rest of the development and become an instantly recognisable signpost for the brand. The building's facade is curved, wrapping around the corner of Moor Street and Park Street. The facade comprises 15,000 anodised aluminium discs mounted on a blue background.


Lubcha Castle

Lubcha Castle () was a residential castle of the Radziwill family on the left bank of the Neman River at Lubcha near Navahradak Belarus.
The castle began its life in 1581 as a fortified residence of Jan Kiszka, a powerful Calvinist magnate. It had timber walls, a single stone tower, and was surrounded by moats on three sides, the fourth side protected by the river.
Lubcha later passed to Janusz Radziwiłł, Great Hetman of Lithuania, who expanded the castle by adding three stone towers. In 1655 it was taken and devastated by the rebellious Cossacks under Ivan Zolotarenko.
Only the barbican and one other tower were left standing after the Cossack incursion. The deserted estate changed owners several times, remaining untenanted until the mid-19th century, when a Gothic Revival palace was built on the grounds.
The Lubcha estate suffered much damage during both world wars. The palace was reduced to a shell in 1914 and was remodeled into a school building by the Soviets in 1947. In the early 21st century, some of the castle walls were rebuilt by a team of volunteers.


Catholic Private University Linz

The Catholic Private University Linz is one of four universities in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, with approximately 500 students enrolled. Its roots go back to 1672 and it is a Papal faculty since 1978. It is an accredited private university but its tuition fees currently (as of December 2004) match those of Austria's public universities.


Tai Fung Tong Art House

The Tai Fung Tong Art House () is an exhibition venue in São Lázaro, Macau, China.
History.
The art house is located at Choi Lok Chi Mansion which was constructed in 1918 by Choi Lok Chi, the director of Kiang Wu Hospital and Macao Chamber of Commerce and the president of Macau Tung Sin Tong Charitable Society. The mansion once housed a catholic school.
Hours of operation.
The art house is open every day except Mondays from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.


Wat Si Muang

Wat Si Muang or Simuong (Lao: ວັດສີເມືອງ) is a Buddhist temple in Vientiane, the capital of Laos.
History.
The temple was built in 1563, in the former Kingdom of Lan Xang. A statue of King Sisavang Vong stands in front of Wat Simuang.
There is a legend that pregnant women at the time of construction were given to as sacrifice to God.
Description.
Inside, the temple is unusual in being divided into two rooms. The front room is quiet, with a monk usually on hand to give blessings. The rear room houses the large main altar, with statues and images of the Buddha.


Fortress of Segura

The Fortress of Segura () is a fortress in the civil parish of Zebreira e Segura, municipality of Idanha-a-Nova, the Portuguese district of Castelo Branco. It is classified by IGESPAR as a Site of Public Interest.


The Moving Wall

The Moving Wall is a half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. It was devised by John Devitt after he attended the 1982 annual commemoration ceremonies celebrated in Washington for Vietnam veterans. He felt that he needed to share his experience with those who did not have the opportunity to go to Washington. Devitt, Norris Shears, Gerry Haver, and other Vietnam veterans volunteered to build the Wall. It went on display for the first time in Tyler, Texas, in October 1984.
Two structures of The Moving Wall now travel the United States from April through November, spending 5 or 6 days at each site. Veterans' organizations contact his company, Vietnam Combat Veterans, Ltd., to arrange local visits. By 2006, the structure has made more than 1000 visits. On its visits, the Moving Wall is often escorted by state troopers or volunteer organizations such as the Patriot Guard Riders, who accompany the memorial on motorcycles.
The first Moving Wall structure to retire has been on permanent display at the Veterans Memorial Amphitheater in Pittsburg, Kansas since 2004. The Memorial is open to the public with no admission fee, 24 hours a day, year round.


Ali Akbar College of Music

The Ali Akbar College of Music (AACM) is the name of three schools founded by Indian musician Ali Akbar Khan to teach Indian classical music. The first was founded in 1956 in Calcutta, India. The second was founded in 1967 in Berkeley, California, but moved to its current location in San Rafael, California the next year. The third was founded in 1985 in Basel, Switzerland and is run by Khan's disciple Ken Zuckerman.
In 2003, a collection from the AACM's sound archives formed one of the 50 "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" recorded works chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. Among these AACM recordings were live performances by Allauddin Khan, Kishan Maharaj, Nikhil Banerjee and Alla Rakha.


Catholic University of Brussels

The "Katholieke Universiteit Brussel" (English: Catholic University of Brussels) was a Flemish university located in Brussels, founded in 1969 as "University Faculties St Aloysius" (UFSAL), in many ways the equivalent of a liberal arts college. Teaching was primarily in Dutch. It became a university in the early 1990s. It only ever awarded basic undergraduate degrees, which in the older Belgian system of a four-year licenciate meant students had to go on to other universities to complete their courses of study.
In the late 1990s, as a result of politically fuelled doubts about the university's survival, student levels fell drastically, with a knock-on effect on government funding. In 2007 the university merged with a number of other tertiary institutions in Brussels (see Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel (HUB, European University College Brussels)), and then had a separate existence only as a legal fiction for accreditation and funding purposes.
In 2013, the academic degrees of the KUB were integrated in the Catholic University of Leuven.


Kafja e Madhe

Kafja e Madhe is an old restaurant located in the city of Shkodër, Albania. The building is listed as a monument of architecture by the Institute of Monuments for Albania. In the first half of the 20th century, the restaurant was regarded as part of the luxury life of the city.
History.
The construction of the building was started by the Ashik family in 1920. Under unknown circumstances, the building was sold to the Luka family some time afterwards. After 1945, the building – like the majority of commercial venues of Shkodër – was transferred to state ownership. regardless, it managed to keep its original purpose as a restaurant, bar, and hotel. In 1960 the building was declared a cultural monument of architecture. The building was professionally restored in 1987–1988, in spite of the bad economic situation in the country at the time. Although by 1992 it stopped being used as a restaurant, and a casino started operating here, reportedly until 1997.
Current status.
As of 2013, the building is unoccupied and awaits total restoration.


Gate of la Latina

The Gate of la Latina (Spanish: "Puerta de la Latina") is a gate located in Madrid, Spain. It was declared "Bien de Interés Cultural" in 1984.


Aomori Prefecture Tourist Center

The is a skyscraper located in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Construction of the 76-meter, 15-story skyscraper was finished in 1986.


Eye of Spring Trade Center

The Eye of Spring Trade Center, also known as Dongfeng Plaza, is a complex of two skyscrapers Under construction in Kunming, China. The towers will be 100 storeys at and 72 storeys at tall. Once completed, they will be the tallest in Kunming and Yunnan province.
The Eye of Spring complex is a part of the re-development of Dongfeng Square. Prior to the start of construction the historic Workers' Cultural Hall was demolished, the Dongfeng Square dug up, and work began on two underground metro stations on opposite sides of the square. Construction started in 2017 but was put on hold in Mid-2020.


Kamppi Center

Kamppi Centre (, ) is a complex in the Kamppi district in the centre of Helsinki, Finland, designed by various architects, the main designer, however, being Juhani Pallasmaa. It is said to be Helsinki's new downtown commercial and residential centre. As a four-year construction project, it was the largest singular construction site in the history of Finland, involving the extensive and difficult redevelopment of the Kamppi district in downtown Helsinki.
The Kamppi Centre combines the commercial need for streamlined, optimized shopping environment with the necessary supply of customers by maximum accessibility and mobility. One of the first of its kind in Europe, the centre consists of:
The entire complex was opened in stages, with the new metro station entrance opened on 2 June 2005, the central bus terminal on 5 June, the long-distance bus terminal on 6 June and the shopping centre opened on 2 March 2006.
The appearance of the building is a reflection of the main architect Juhani Pallasmaa's ongoing interest in Constructivist architecture and Structuralist architecture, as if the building functions as a machine.


AVIC Plaza

AVIC Plaza is a skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. At the time it was completed in 2012, it became the tenth-tallest building in Shenzhen, and the eighty-fifth-tallest in China.


Amb Temples

The Amb Temples (), locally known as Amb Sharif (; "Noble Amb"), are part of an abandoned Hindu temple complex on the Sakesar mountain, located at the western edge of the Salt Range in Pakistan's Punjab province. The temple complex was built in the 7th to 9th centuries CE during the reign of the Hindu Shahi empire.
Location.
The ruins are located near Amb Sharef village, on Sakesar mountain in the Soon Valley of Pakistan. The ruins form the westernmost ruins of a string of Hindu temples in the Salt Range mountains that includes the Katas Raj Temples and Tilla Jogian monastic complex.
Architecture.
The main temple is roughly 15 to 20 metres tall, and built out of brick and mortar on a square plinth. It is regarded as the "loftiest" of temples built by the Hindu Shahi empire. The temple ruins have three stories, with stairwells leading to inner ambulatories.
The temple is decorated with Kashmiri style motifs on its exterior, including a cusped niche. The structure of the main temple, differs from Kashmiri temples which typically have pointed tops. The main temple is instead similar in style to the nearby "Kalar" temple, and Kafir Kot temple in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
To the west about 75 metres lies another smaller temple, which is 2 story or 7 to 8 meters high, situated near a cliff. The temple features a small vestibule chamber facing towards the main temple. It was a few metres from a second similarly sized temple, which no longer exists. The entire temple complex was surrounded by a fortification, with the earliest construction at the site dating to the late Kushan period.
Conservation.
The site was visited by Alexander Cunningham in the late 19th century, and was partly conserved in 1922-24 by Daya Ram Sahni. The temple had been looted over the centuries, with the last remaining statuary removed from the site in the late 19th century and placed in the Lahore Museum. The site is currently protected by Pakistan's "Antiquities Act (1975)".


Malt Kiln Farmhouse

Malt Kiln Farmhouse is an historic building in Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton, Lancashire, England. It is believed to date to the mid-18th century, and has been designated a Grade II listed building by Historic England. The property is located on a short lane just off Thistleton Road.
The building is constructed of rendered brick with a slate roof in two storeys and with a symmetrical two-bay front. In the centre is an open gabled porch. The windows are 12-pane sashes. At the rear is a large stairlight.


Pontal

Pontal is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 50,852 (2020 est.) in an area of 356 km2. The elevation is 515 m.


Greenbridge science park

The Ostend Science Park is a business incubator and science park of located on the Plassendale site in Ostend (Belgium). The site is aimed towards research and development in the Blue Economy.
History.
Due to the expansion of the incubator at the Zwijnaarde science park in Zwijnaarde a new location was needed, which would become the "Greenbridge-incubator". Together with the University of Ghent several organisations participated in the new incubator, such as the Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge-Oostende, POM West-Vlaanderen, Plassendale nv. and ADMB. In addition the project received support of the European Community ('5B Phasing out EFRO') and the Flemish Community.


Ita Thao Pier

The Ita Thao Pier () is a pier at Sun Moon Lake in Yuchi Township, Nantou County, Taiwan.
Architecture.
The pier features the Ita Thao Visitor Center which also houses the ticketing counter.
Destinations.
The pier serves for destinations to Shuishe Pier and Xuanguang Pier at the other perimeter sides of Sun Moon Lake.


Runde Lighthouse

Runde Lighthouse () is a coastal lighthouse located on the island Runde in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. It was first lit in 1767. The lighthouse was automated in 2002; the residential buildings were vacated and have since been used as a self-service tourist station.


Beulah College

Beulah College is a coeducational Christian secondary school in Tongatapu, Tonga, established in 1938. The SDA Annual Statistics first report on Beulah College in 1941. It lists 109 students and five teachers for only grades 1–8. Four students graduated. The 2009 report lists 202 students, 97 of which were Seventh-day Adventists. The school provided a complete secondary school education. There were 16 graduates.


Bethanien Airport

Bethanien Airport is an airport serving the town of Bethanien, Namibia. The runway is southeast of the town, paralleling the C14 road.


National Historical and Archaeological Museum Complex Sulayman

The National Historical and Archaeological Museum Complex Sulayman is a museum in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. It was established in 1949 as "Osh Regional Museum". The present museum building was completed during the Soviet era in 1978 to celebrate the 3,000th anniversary of the city of Osh. It was carved inside the Sulayman Mountain, which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009. The structure represents a glassed concrete arch that closes the entry to the cave.
The National Historical and Archaeological Museum Complex Sulayman is one of the largest museums in Kyrgyzstan. The collections include more than 33,000 pieces of archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, works of handicraft, paintings, sculptures and graphics.


Chester Opera House

Chester Opera House was a cinema and theatre which showed both movies and live stage performances in Chester, Illinois, USA. Elzie Segar, the creator of Popeye, worked there from the age of twelve. The Chester Opera House was built in the late 19th century. It was converted to a movie house about 1920 by its owner, Bill Schuchert. Now closed as a movie theater, the old Opera House now houses a Popeye-themed gift shop and museum.


Si Ling Secondary School

Si Ling Secondary School was a co-educational government school in Marsiling, Singapore. The school has been given awards such as the Character Development Awards. Si Ling has enrichment programmes such as the Outdoor Education Programme and iMEET, where students use tablet PCs to learn mathematics.
Si Ling Secondary School merged with Marsiling Secondary School with effect from 1 January 2017, due to the low intake of Secondary 1 students in 2016.
Majority of students in Si Ling Secondary School were moved to Marsiling Secondary School, and some were moved to other schools.
In 2018, its space was taken over by Rainbow Centre Yishun Park School which will be on an interim use until 2022 when it will subsequently move to its purpose-built campus at Admiralty Link.


Dooks of Doom


Embassy of Colombia, Holy See

The Embassy of Colombia to the Holy See is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Colombia to the Holy See; it is headed by the Ambassador of Colombia to the Holy See. It is located in the Prati neighbourhood of the Municipio XVII of Rome, just outside Vatican City, precisely at Via Cola di Rienzo, 285 at the intersection of Via Silla, and it is serviced by the Ottaviano–San Pietro–Musei Vaticani metro station and the Risorgimento tram stop.
The Embassy is also accredited to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. The Embassy is charged with representing the interests of the President and Government of Colombia, improving diplomatic relations between Colombia and the accredited countries, promoting and improving the image and standing of Colombia in the accredited nations, promoting the Culture of Colombia, encouraging and facilitating tourism to and from Colombia, and ensuring the safety of Colombians abroad.
Unlike all other embassies, the Embassy of Colombia near the Holy See is not located within the accredited entity, this is because of the size limitations of Vatican City, all embassies accredited to the Holy See are located in Rome and are accredited to the Holy See and not to the Vatican City State proper.


Portobello Marine Laboratory

The Portobello Marine Laboratory is located on the end of a short peninsula close to the township of Portobello, within the limits of the city of Dunedin in New Zealand's South Island. It is run as part of the University of Otago, the main campus of which is 23 kilometres to the southwest in Dunedin's main urban area.
History.
The laboratory is New Zealand and Oceania's oldest established marine research facility and was opened on 13 January 1904. It was originally proposed for Dunedin by leading MP and naturalist G. M. Thomson as a fish hatchery.
Initially planned to be sited at Pūrākaunui, north of Port Chalmers, the current site on the shores of Otago Harbour was deemed more suitable.
The laboratory went through a period of revival in the 1950s, in which Elizabeth Joan Batham was a key player.
The laboratory is highly regarded worldwide for its facilities and research, and is an important asset to the university's Marine Science Department. The facility also includes the New Zealand Marine Studies Centre and Aquarium, which offers education programmes to pre-booked groups. For this reason, the laboratory is often referred to locally as the Portobello Aquarium.


Fenghuoshan Tunnel

The Fenghuoshan Tunnel () is the highest railway tunnel in the world. It is 1,338 metres (4,390 feet) long, and stands 4,905 meters (16,093 feet) above sea level. It is part of the Qinghai–Tibet Railway, linking Qinghai and Tibet that was completed in 2006.
The tunnel is located in the western, sparsely populated Zadoi County, Qinghai (the eastern edge of the Hoh Xil mountainous region between the Kunlun and Tanggula mountain ranges).


Ornsay

Ornsay is a small tidal island to the east of the Sleat peninsula on the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
Description.
The island provides good shelter to a natural harbour which is overlooked by the village of Isleornsay. The "Ornsay" lighthouse stands on the neighbouring islet, Eilean Sionnach. After the lighthouse was automated, Eilean Sionnach Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage became privately owned and is now let as holiday accommodation.
Lighthouse.
The lighthouse was built in 1857 by Thomas and David Stevenson. It is a masonry tower with a gallery, lantern and keeper's house. The apparatus entered service on 10 November 1857. The lens system was improved in order to show the light strength according to the distance to be shown. The lighthouse is equipped with a fourteen-day battery backup to keep the emergency light working. It was modernized in 1988 when mains power was installed. The lighthouse emits a white occulting light every 8 seconds and was automated in 1962.
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Farhat Hached High School

The Farhat Hached High School in Radès, Tunisia, was founded in 1962. It has about 1,800 students and 130 teachers.


Victoria Terrasse

Victoria Terrasse is an historic building complex located in central Oslo, Norway. The complex now houses the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
History.
Victoria Terrasse was built between 1884 and 1890 as an apartment complex. It was designed by architect Henrik Thrap-Meyer, assisted by Wilhelm von Hanno, Paul Due and Richard Steckmest. It consisted of three quarters and provided a fashionable residential complex. The complex's features included rich profiling and a wide variety of wrought iron detail. The building complex utilized electric power and had the largest apartments along the main facade. The facades are articulated with relatively deeply profiled horizontal bands that mark the two main floors. The exterior is made of polished tiled brick painted white, enhanced by decorative towers, domes and cupolas.
From 1891 to 1895, Henrik Ibsen lived on the first floor of the southern quarter. It was taken over by the Norwegian government in 1913 and put to use by the police and various political departments.
Infamously, it was taken over by the Sicherheitspolizei and Sicherheitsdienst in April 1940, serving as headquarters during the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. The offices held the interrogation centre for all prisoners in Oslo, and the place became synonymous with torture and abuse. On occasion prisoners jumped out of windows to their death while waiting to be interrogated.
Allied bombers tried to destroy Victoria Terrasse on 25 September 1942 and 31 December 1944 but missed the complex and instead hit civilian targets.


Heritage USA

Heritage USA was an American Christian-themed water park, theme park and residential complex in Fort Mill, South Carolina, built by televangelist Jim Bakker and his wife Tammy Faye Messner, founders of PTL Club.
The park, which occupied , was built by church builder Roe Messner. Pictures of the park, including the water park called Heritage Island, remain accessible online. Since its closure in 1989, projects have been constructed on the land it once occupied, portions of which have been sold to several companies.
The former Heritage USA facilities in Fort Mill, South Carolina, which were purchased by MorningStar Fellowship Church in 2004, were renamed Heritage International Ministries (H.I.M.).
History.
Heritage USA opened in 1978, and by 1986, it attracted nearly 6 million visitors annually and employed around 2,500 people. The facilities included the 501-room Heritage Grand Hotel, the attraction Main Street USA, an indoor shopping complex, the Heritage Village Church, Upper Room, a 400-unit campground, The Jerusalem Amphitheater, conference facilities, King's Castle, a skating rink, prayer and counseling services, cable television production studios, Bible and evangelism school, visitor retreat housing, staff and volunteer housing, timeshares and the Heritage Island water park and recreational facilities. It was the third-largest theme park by attendance, with 4.9 million visitors per year, behind only Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida and Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Heritage USA was described as a Christian version of Disneyland; before the scandal leading to its closure, Jim Bakker had plans to expand the park.
Falwell's slide.
According to the September 21, 1987, issue of "Time" magazine, televangelist Jerry Falwell "plunged" down a "hellish" water slide called the "Typhoon" wearing a suit, fulfilling "a promise made during a fund-raising drive that netted $20 million for the debt-ridden PTL". This drive eventually took the PTL Club and Heritage USA from Jim Bakker. The article said Jim Bakker "arranged for Falwell to take over PTL in March in an effort to avoid what he called a 'hostile takeover' of the television ministry by people threatening to expose a sexual encounter he admitted to having seven years earlier with church secretary Jessica Hahn." Photographs of Falwell's water-slide plunge circulated worldwide. Video of the slide is also available on YouTube.
Closure.
At Heritage USA's peak, when it earned $126 million per year, the IRS revoked its tax exemption. Soon after Bakker's federal indictment and public condemnation for raping and drugging Jessica Hahn and a man seven years before, park attendance dropped. Falwell said the park competed unfairly with tax-paying attractions and that the tax-exempt ministry should be separated from PTL's business interests. Under Falwell's leadership, Heritage USA sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with debts estimated at $72 million.
In return for a promised lifetime annual four-day vacation stay, 165,000 people had donated $1,000 to Jim Bakker's planned Heritage USA hotel tower; each donor received $6.54 in compensation. Starting in 1987, Bakker's legal and personal troubles made headlines, and in September 1989 Hurricane Hugo caused severe damage to many of the buildings. Heritage USA closed shortly after the storm.
Redevelopment efforts.
In 1991, the Heritage USA property was purchased for $52 million by San Diego evangelist Morris Cerullo in partnership with a Malaysian investment group, MUI Group (Malayan United Industries Berhad). The property was renamed "New Heritage USA". The partnership between Cerullo and MUI ended over a disagreement concerning Cerullo's issuance of discount cards for the theme park. MUI filed suit against Cerullo and ultimately bought out his interest in the venture, renaming the property Regent Park. Cerullo retained control of PTL's cable network, which at the time was known as "The Inspirational Network", ultimately moving it to Charlotte, North Carolina and renaming it "The New Inspirational Network".
, it is known as The Inspiration Network (INSP). MUI is the parent company of Laura Ashley plc, which moved its US headquarters and distribution center to the property. The corporate offices of Laura Ashley are located in the former PTL World Outreach Center, a pyramid-shaped building that formerly housed the Bakkers' offices and those of the leaders of PTL. Since MUI purchased the building, it has been renamed "The Regent Building". Through its local subsidiary Regent Carolina Corporation, MUI built a golf course and residential development on most of the former Heritage USA property.
For a short period in the 1990s, MUI operated the 501-room hotel and resort under a management agreement with Radisson Hotels, calling the property the "Radisson Grand Resort," but the complex was not successful as a secular venture and ultimately closed and fell into disrepair. In December 2004, the remainder of the property was sold to Coulston Enterprises, owned by local developer and former MUI executive Earl Coulston. Coulston Enterprises sold portions of the property that had housed the PTL Ministry to MorningStar Ministries of Charlotte, headed by Rick Joyner; and Flames-of-Fire Ministries of Fort Mill, headed by Coulston's wife Sabrina.
MorningStar has undertaken ongoing renovations to the portions of the property purchased by the ministry, including the Heritage tower. Despite a few wishing to see the tower town down and erecting a new billboard on Interstate 77 calling for its demolition. The buildings that had housed Flames-of-Fire were sold to The Broadcast Group, a television and multi-media production company headed by Dr. Dale Hill, who formerly worked for Bakker and PTL. Coulston Enterprises has developed several new subdivisions that include houses and restaurants on the remainder of the property.
In January 2006, a 24-hour prayer ministry opened at the former Heritage USA. Musicians and prayer leaders formed The Zadok House of Prayer (ZHOP) after relocating from the International House of Prayer in Kansas City. In April 2009, ZHOP vacated the grounds, and the building that housed their ministry, a former PTL warehouse complex, was sold to MorningStar Fellowship Church. It now houses MorningStar's K-12 private school Comenius School of Creative Leadership (CSCL). In late 2006, the IRS placed a tax lien for $13.2 million on Regent Carolina Corporation, which had not yet transferred control of the golf course, common areas and roads to the Regent Park homeowners association. The golf course was subsequently sold to Southern Gailes. In 2018, Rick Joyner expressed interest in rebuilding the theme park.
Legacy.
The Barn & PTL Studios.
Coulston entered into a lease/purchase agreement in April 2009 with The Broadcast Group, a multimedia production and training company founded in 1986 by former PTL Television Network executive Dr. Dale Hill, for the portion of the property encompassing the former Barn auditorium, Total Learning Center and PTL Television Network Studios. The studio production facility was renamed "The Broadcast Group Complex". The former PTL Television Studios and adjacent Total Learning Center complex were almost immediately renovated and reopened upon the closing of the lease/purchase agreement in 2009. The Barn Auditorium renovations were completed in April 2012 and the facility was reopened and renamed "The Barn at Regent Park".
In February 2014, The Broadcast Group suddenly relocated their operations from the buildings to a nearby office park in Fort Mill and shortly afterwards it was announced that all of the buildings and the surrounding 18-acre property had been acquired by Antioch International Church, which operating from a converted/renovated former PTL warehouse near the Heritage Grand Hotel, for $3.81 million on April 24, 2014; according to York County, South Carolina tax records. Antioch moved their church to a property at 8400 Regent Parkway and now uses the former Barn Auditorium as their new church home. The complex comprising The Barn & studios has since been renamed The River Place.
The Upper Room.
In January 2009, a group called "Friends of The Upper Room" created an online petition to Flames-of-Fire Ministry and Coulston Enterprises—then owners of The Upper Room—asking them to consider donating the property to another ministry or selling it at a reduced price to save the property from rumored demolition plans. The Upper Room building and surrounding properties were placed on the market.
In November 2010, over 565 people had signed the petition and rumors that The Upper Room's owners planned to demolish it continued to circulate. In May 2010, the Friends of the Upper Room called for interested people worldwide to pray daily to ensure the building's future. On November 19, 2010, it was announced that The Upper Room had been acquired by Christian concert promoter Russell James, who planned to begin renovations on December 1, 2010, with planned opening date of January 1, 2011; it would be known as the Upper Room Chapel.
The facility underwent extensive restoration; the outdoor "Walk of Faith" was restored and is again used as a house of intercessory prayer. It will ultimately be open 24 hours a day, with live video streaming through a website.
Heritage Grand Hotel redevelopment.
The Heritage Grand Hotel has been completely restored and continues to be used as a hotel and conference center. Some of the hotel rooms have been combined and converted into private condominiums; a portion is now known as Heritage Court & Heritage Suites. The hotel's atrium is used as a church by MorningStar's local congregation. While the hotel is still known as the Heritage Grand Hotel, the complex housing it, shops and a conference area has been renamed Heritage International Ministries (HIM). HIM had its grand opening in September 2007, and its spiritual grand opening on January 1, 2008.
King's Castle demolition.
On March 19, 2013, developer Earl Coulston, who had purchased much of the former Heritage USA property, began demolishing "The King's Castle", an abandoned arcade and go-kart track that was originally intended to house the world's largest Wendy's restaurant. The building was under construction at the time of the Bakkers' departure in the late 1980s; construction ceased when Heritage USA entered bankruptcy and payments to contractor Roe Messner were stopped. The castle was later completed by Heritage USA's then-new owner Regent Carolina Corporation (f/k/a New Heritage Carolina Corporation), a subsidiary of MUI Corporation of Malaysia. It was used for several years as an arcade and go-kart track before closing and falling into disrepair and abandonment.
Coulston jointly owned the building with neighboring MorningStar Fellowship Church as his property line ran through the rear portion of the building. MorningStar had originally intended the castle to be renovated and used as a youth center but later determined that it had been too heavily vandalized and was in too much disrepair to renovate. Coulston approached MorningStar and offered to pay for the cost of demolition because it was partially on his property and abutted a nearby housing complex he was developing. As soon as demolition began, it was halted the same day because the contractor did not have proper permission from either the State of South Carolina or York County. Demolition resumed once the proper permits were secured and the site has since been cleared.
Jerusalem Amphitheater/King's Arena.
The property encompassing the "Jerusalem Amphitheater" (also known as "King's Arena") and campground is owned by Earl Coulston. The campgrounds have been renovated and are now known as Crown Cove RV Park. The outdoor amphitheater has been demolished. A large portion of the amphitheater was demolished as part of Coulston's plan to retrofit it with a roof and turn it into a venue for youth concerts. This never materialized and the amphitheater remained abandoned for many years before being demolished in October 2012.


Mahon Point Shopping Centre

Mahon the Point Shopping Centre is the second largest shopping centre in Munster. Located in the Mahon area of Cork in Ireland, the centre was opened in February 2005. It has over 2000 free-of-charge indoor and outdoor parking spaces.
Facilities.
The centre contains 420 stores, which range from clothing, chemists, homeware, bludgeoning tools and mobile phone providers. Of the clothing stores, there is a large Debenhams (shutdown as of April 2020) at the eastern end of the building, as well as smaller units including River Island, Next, Zara and Jack & Jones and other high street fashion brands. There are several restaurants, swimming pool, and cafés in the mall, including Nando's, Starbucks and O'Briens Irish Sandwich Bars. At the western end of the mall is a radio booth for Cork's Red FM (known as "The Pod") from which the station broadcasts on a weekly basis.
Also at the western end of the mall is a large Tesco supermarket, with groceries, homeware, food and clothing.
The mall also houses an Omniplex cinema. With thirteen screens, the cinema also has the first OmniplexMAXX (IMAX) screen in Ireland. The cinema has a total capacity of 2,500 seats. There is a food court beside the cinema entrance which includes a McDonald's, a KFC, a Bagel Bar and other fast-food outlets.
An adjoining retail park has a number of home and gardening supply stores, including Argos, Halfords, Curry's PC World, and a B&Q.
Public transport.
The centre is served by the Bus Éireann routes 202, 215, 215A and 219.


Mombo Airstrip

Mombo Airstrip is an airstrip in northeastern Tanzania in the Korogwe District of the Tanga Region of Tanzania. It is west of the town, and near the Usambara Mountains.


Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel, Sarajevo

The Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel ( - "crkva sv. Arhanđela Mihaila i Gavrila"), also known as the Old Orthodox Church, is a Serbian Orthodox church in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was first mentioned in Ottoman sources dating to 1539. The Church was, however, built on older foundations).


St. Andrews Presbyterian Kirk

St. Andrews Presbyterian Kirk is a church in downtown Nassau, Bahamas. The church was founded by fifty-five Scottish Presbyterian settlers in 1798, as the St. Andrews Society. On August 7, 1810 the foundation stone of the Kirk was laid, while in 1842 a Session room was added to the Kirk. In 1872 it started a mission School in Bin Town. In 1890s the manse was started.
It adheres to the Westminster Confession of Faith, Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed and has several house fellowships. For several years it was affiliated with the Church of Scotland, but in 2010 it switched to affiliation with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church and is now affiliated with the EPC. The long range plan to form the Bahama Presbytery.
Lucaya Presbyterian Church in Grand Bahama is also affiliated with the EPC.
 St. Andrew's Presbyterian Kirk was founded by members of the St. Andrew Society and, under the direction of Rev. John Rae, began conducting services in the Court House in January 1810.
The first Nassau company of the Boy's Brigade began at St. Andrew's in 1909. Under the leadership of Rev. J. Herbert Poole, St. Andrew's School was founded in 1948. During the ministry of Rev. James Jack, Lucaya Presbyterian Kirk was founded and began holding regular services in Freeport, Grand Bahama in 1968. In 1994, another mission charge, Kirk of the Pines, was created in Marsh Harbour, Abaco.


Kirkland Performance Center

The Kirkland Performance Center is a 394-seat theater in downtown Kirkland, Washington. It opened in June 1998.


Collegio del Cambio

The Collegio del Cambio, is the historic seat of the exchange guild in the Palazzo dei Priori in the city of Perugia, Italy. It was built between 1452 and 1457 and now houses a number of artistic masterpieces.


Mkwawa University College of Education

The Mkwawa University College of Education (MUCE) is a constituent college of the University of Dar es Salaam in Iringa, Tanzania.
The College was established in 2005 following the upgrading of the former Mkwawa High School in response to the growing demand for teachers in the country. Since its establishment in 2005, MUCE has achieved various remarkable milestones, including the increase in students’ enrolment, number of both academic and administrative staff along with their notable development to Master's and PhD levels. Moreover, the College has undergone massive infrastructural development and established various postgraduate programmes namely; Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) which is offered by the Faculty of Education, Master of Science with Education (M.Sc.Ed) by the Faculty of Science and Master of Arts with Education (M.A.Ed) offered by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. More efforts are under way to establish more postgraduate programmes at Master's level and their effective implementation from the academic year 2019/2020.


Legislative Palace of Uruguay

The Legislative Palace of Uruguay () is a monumental building, meeting place of the General Assembly of Uruguay, and the seat of the legislative branch of the Uruguayan government. It is located in the "barrio" of Aguada in the city of Montevideo.
Constructed between 1908 and 1925, the building was inaugurated on August 25, 1925 in commemoration of the centenary of the Declaration of Independence. It was declared a National Historic Monument in 1975 by the government of President Juan María Bordaberry.
History.
The history of the Legislative Palace begins in 1902 with a law that approves the call for international competition for architectural projects for the construction of a new headquarters for the legislative branch, since its old headquarters, the Montevideo Cabildo, had several inadequacies. The project of the architect Vittorio Meano, who at that time was building the Palace of the Argentine National Congress in Buenos Aires, was approved, however he never found out that his project had been the winner, since he died suddenly before he could be contacted by the Legislative Palace Commission, organizer of the project competition. The construction of this building started in 1904 sponsored by the government of President José Batlle y Ordoñez. It was designed by Italian architects Vittorio Meano and Gaetano Moretti, who planned the building's interior that is covered with marble. Among the notable contributors to the project was sculptor José Belloni, who created numerous reliefs and allegorical sculptures for the building. On August 25, 1925, the Palace was formally inaugurated. Although the decoration work was not completed until 1964. The inauguration was presided over by President José Serrato.
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Architecture.
The Palace is a Greco-Roman eclecticist style building, whose facades, interior walls, vaults and columns are covered with different marbles from Uruguay, it took almost three decades to build.
It consists of three large halls and several adjoining rooms, an upper floor, where the Library of the Legislative Power works with more than 250,000 volumes and some parliamentary offices, as well as a large basement where there are offices, warehouses and printing and binding workshops. The main facade of the building is aligned with the axis of symmetry of Libertador Avenue.


Eskom Centre

The Eskom Centre is a skyscraper in the Central Business District of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was built in 1955 to a height of 61 metres. The building was the headquarters of Eskom from 1958 until the company relocated to Sandton in the mid-1980s. The building was the tallest building in Johannesburg when it was finished in 1958. The building was so high compared to other buildings in Johannesburg that it was the only one that could be seen from the patch of veld that is now called Kensington B.
Background.
Eskom Centre replaced Eskom House, a building in the city centre built in 1937. The location is in Braamfontein on a block surrounded by Smit, Harrison, Loveday and Wolmarans Streets. Situated on the site of an old dairy and residential properties, the land was purchased for R522,441. The architects were R C Rinaldi & Partners and it was built for R3,709,241. The construction period was twenty-seven months with the building completed in October or November 1958. The building has 17 floors, was a height of 61.24 metres and had an underground area 13.6 metres below ground level. By the middle of the sixties, the company had again outgrown the building with staff spread out to other buildings. Eventually a decision was made to purchase land north of Sandton as a future headquarters site.


Club Med Ria Bintan

Club Med Ria Bintan is a resort on the island of Bintan, Indonesia. The resort was established in October 1997 by the , and has an annual average occupancy of 2%. Set in 1.2 acres, it has a 1/2-hole golf course designed by Gary Player. Club Med Ria Bintan is an example . At the time of establishment, Southeast Asia was experiencing a financial crisis, but the hotel was a success.
Facilities.
The resort has facilities for aqua aerobics, archery, badminton, basketball, beach volleyball, cardio room, circus school, flying trapeze, golf, gym, pilates, sailing, snorkeling, soccer, table tennis, tennis and yoga, and has a spa and massage centre offering various treatments. It has three conference rooms.


Museum St. Ingbert

Museum St. Ingbert is a former art museum in St. Ingbert, Saarland, Germany.


Chateau Neuf

Chateau Neuf is a building in Oslo, Norway that houses the Norwegian Students' Society "(Det Norske Studentersamfund)" including cafes, bars, performance centers, and other facilities for student assembly. It is situated at Slemdalsveien 15 near Majorstuen just south of the main campus of the University of Oslo at Blindern.
Name.
Though the name "Chateau Neuf" literally means 'new castle' in French. It also involves a pun on the French word "neuf", which is pronounced like the Norwegian onomatopoeia for 'oink', alluding to the Student Society's personified patron and coat of arms symbol, "His Majesty the Pig" ("Hans Majestet Grisen").
History.
Although the Students' Society was housed in permanent facilities at Universitetsgaten 26 from 1861 onwards, the society outgrew this structure by 1918 and moved to different locations around the city. During the German occupation of Norway (1940–1945), the Student Society was dissolved due to oppositional attitudes to the occupying forces, and was re-established after the liberation in 1945.
In the 1950s, funds were raised to build a new structure, spearheaded by Jan P. Syse (1930–1997).
Based on expansion plans for the University of Oslo, the site was picked, though the university changed its plans after Chateau Neuf's construction had started.
Ground was broken by C. J. Hambro in 1963 in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the society. The architects were Kjell Lund and Nils Slaatto. Construction was complete in 1971 and officially opened in 1973.


Guanyinge Reservoir

Guanyinge Reservoir () is a large-scale reservoir located on the main stream of Taizi River, Benxi County, Liaoning Province. Its water surface is 62 square kilometers, with a total storage capacity of 2.2 billion cubic meters.
Guanyinge Reservoir is a Sino-Japanese cooperation project, which is a key project of Liaoning Province and the Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of China using Japanese yen loans, with a total investment of 1.568 billion yuan, of which 11.78 billion yen is used for loans in Japanese yen.
The main project of Guanyinge Reservoir was officially started in May 1990 and completed in September 1995.


Rustaveli Theatre

Rustaveli National Theatre ( ) is the largest and one of the oldest theaters of Georgia, located in its capital Tbilisi on Rustaveli Avenue. Housed in an ornate Rococo-style edifice, the theatre was founded in 1887 and since 1921 has carried the name of Georgia's national poet Rustaveli.
History and architecture.
The building was founded in 1887 as an "Artists' Society". Upon request of the Artists' Society, several celebrated artists were commissioned to paint frescoes on the walls and ceilings of the basement. These artists included prominent Georgian painters Lado Gudiashvili and David Kakabadze, as well as theatre set designer Serge Sudeikin, who is known for his work for the Ballets Russes and the Metropolitan Opera. Two other important Georgian painters, Mose and Iracly Toidze, eventually joined the project as well. The masterpieces that once adorned the lower level of the Rustaveli Theatre were whitewashed during the period of Soviet rule and only a small portion of the frescoes has been restored.
In 1921 the building was renamed Rustaveli Theatre. Construction of the theatre was funded by Alexander Mantashev and it was designed by Cornell K. Tatishchev and Aleksander Szymkiewicz, Tbilisi's Municipal Architect.
From 2002 to 2005 the theatre underwent a thorough renovation, which was largely funded by Georgian businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili.
Performance facilities.
The theatre is home to three stages including, the main stage (about 800 seats), the small stage (283 seats) and a Black Box Theatre (182 seats) for experimental performances. The theatre is also available for conferences and events and houses a large ballroom, a small ballroom and a small foyer.


Martinci railway station

Martinci railway station () is a railway station on Belgrade–Šid railway. Located in Martinci, Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia. Railroad continued to Kukujevci-Erdevik in one and the other direction to Sremska Mitrovica. Martinci railway station consists of 5 railway track.


Theresienbad

The Theresienbad is a complex of indoor and outdoor swimming pools in the Meidling district of urban Vienna.
It includes an indoor pool with a sauna, a Turkish bath (and former public bath) and a diving platform, and a summer pool. There is a heated paddling pool for children.
In the swimming pool there are two monumental ceramic mosaics by Carry Hauser including "Bather" (1964), and mosaics in the steam room by Paul Meissner ("Scene of the Ancients bathing", 1953) and Rudolf Hausner ("Triton playing the flute", 1953).
At the entrance to the pool hall there is a bronze sculpture by Oskar Thiede, designed as a monument to the baths' history.


Mull of Galloway

The Mull of Galloway (, ; ) is the southernmost point of Scotland. It is situated in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, at the end of the Rhins of Galloway peninsula.
The Mull has one of the last remaining sections of natural coastal habitat on the Galloway coast and as such supports a wide variety of plant and animal species. It is now a nature reserve managed by the RSPB. Mull means rounded headland or promontory.
The Mull of Galloway Trail, one of Scotland's Great Trails, is a long-distance footpath that runs from the Mull of Galloway via Stranraer to Glenapp near Ballantrae, where the trail links with the Ayrshire Coastal Path.
Lighthouse.
An active lighthouse is positioned at the point. Built in 1830 by engineer Robert Stevenson, the white-painted round tower is high. The light is above sea level and has a range of . The lighthouse and lighthouse keepers' houses are designated as a Category A listed building.
During World War II, on 8 June 1944 at 7.30 pm, a French member of the British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA), Cladius Echallier, died by striking the Lighthouse in a Beaufighter, while making a low landfall from the Irish Sea.
The lighthouse is now automatic, and an old outhouse has been converted into a visitor centre, run by the South Rhins Community Development Trust, a group of local people and businesses. In 2013 there was a community buyout and the Mull of Galloway Trust purchased land and buildings, with the exception of the tower, from Northern Lighthouse Board.
In 2004 a new café was built at the Mull of Galloway, called the "Gallie Craig". Its design incorporates into the landscape with a turf roof, giving views across to Northern Ireland and southwards to the Isle of Man.
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St. Dumitru Church (Orhei)

The St. Dumitru Church () is a church in Orhei, Moldova.


Empire State Building in popular culture

The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper on Fifth Avenue between West 33rd and 34th Streets in Midtown, Manhattan, New York City. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet (381 m), and with its antenna included, it stands a total of tall. The Empire State Building stood as the world's tallest building for nearly 40 years, from its completion in early 1931 until the topping out of the original World Trade Center's North Tower in late 1970. It has been featured in numerous films, TV shows, songs, video games, books, photographs, and artwork.


Logistics House

Logistics House is a skyscraper in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa. It was built in 1974 to a height of . It has 25 floors. The building is the former headquarters of South African Airways.


Torres Obispado

Torres Obispado, Spanish for Bishop's Towers, is a skyscraper complex in Monterrey, Mexico which consists of a 305.3m mixed-use supertall skyscraper called T.Op Torre 1 and a 156m residential skyscraper called T.Op Torre 2. Upon completion, T.Op Torre 1 became the tallest skyscraper in Latin America.
Description.
T.Op Torre 1.
T.Op Torre 1 is mixed use and houses a Hilton Garden Inn, restaurants, office space, and residences.
T.Op Torre 2.
T.Op Torre 2 is primarily residential.


Roebuck, Dublin

Roebuck, also originally known as "Rabuck", was an estate and townland in the baronys of Dublin, Uppercross, and Rathdown in Ireland.
Roebuck became established as a location shortly after the Norman invasion of Ireland (from 1169). In 1261, it was owned by Fromund Le Brun, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and a castle was built there in the 13th century, which was badly damaged in the Irish Rebellion of 1641. It was pictured by Gabriel Beranger around 1768. It was sold by Nicholas Barnewall, 14th Baron Trimlestown, to James Crofton, an official of the Irish Treasury, in around 1800.
In 1466, Elizabeth le Brun married Robert Barnewall, 1st Baron of Trimlestown. The Irish Civil Survey of 1654-56 recorded that the estate consisted of around 500 acres. It remained in the hands of the Trimlestown family until the early nineteenth century when parts were sold off. The surgeon Solomon Richards acquired land in the area of the estate known as Roebuck Grove from Baron Trimlestown in 1812.
The estate was acquired by the Westby family in 1856 and from 1943 until 1985 it was owned by the Little Sisters of the Poor. It later became part of the University College Dublin campus.


Dahara Airport

Dahara Airport is an airport serving Timbedra in Mauritania.


Mania Tower

Mania Tower is a high-rise building located in the centre of Pleven, Bulgaria. The basement and the two lowest floors contain the City Centre Pleven shopping mall, while the tower is used as a business centre. The building was built as Hotel Pleven. In 2006, it was reconstructed and renovated. With its 60 m and 15 storeys it is the second tallest building in the city after the Pleven TV Tower.


Gate of Alchemy


Wa Airport

Wa Airport is an airport serving Wa, a city in the Upper West Region of Ghana which is also its capital. The airport is operated by Ghana Airports Company Limited.
History.
The land was acquired by the Government in the year 1958.
Airlines and destinations.
The airport opened to scheduled commercial flight operations on 15 October 2019 with service by Africa World Airlines from Accra via Tamale using an Embraer 145 regional jet.
Services were suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and remain suspended pending resolution of various safety challenges.


Nakagusuku Hotel ruins

The , also known as the Royal Hotel or , is an abandoned, unfinished hotel in Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa. It sits no more than 50 meters from the walls of Nakagusuku Castle.
Background.
It is believed to have been built by a wealthy businessman from Naha in order to take advantage of the 1975 Okinawa Ocean Exposition. The hill directly South of Nakagusuku Castle was chosen as the construction site because of the view of both the Pacific Ocean and the East China Sea. There were warnings given by monks from a nearby Buddhist temple that the site was home to numerous graves and sacred sites, but they were initially ignored. After many construction accidents, the workers refused to finish the complex. It now sits empty and overgrown by vegetation.
Name.
The hotel's most common name in Japanese is written as 中城高原ホテル跡 (Nakagusuku Takahara/Kogen Hotel site). The name is less of a name and more of a description. 高原 can be pronounced as either "Takahara" or "Kōgen", the latter meaning "plateau". An alternative name, "Royal Hotel", is the supposed name that the builder intended for it, and is evidenced by the faded word "Royal" painted above the entrance.


Church of the Exaltation of the Cross, Ternopil

Church of the Holy Cross (Vozdvizhenskaya, Zdvyzhenska, Nadstavna) is the oldest church in Ternopil in western Ukraine. It is an architectural monument of national importance which was built at the end of the 16th century. It is located on a hill overlooking Ternopil Pond.


Plovdiv Regional Historical Museum

The Plovdiv Regional Historical Museum (, "Regionalen istoricheski muzey Plovdiv") is a historical museum in the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Established in 1951, it covers the history of Plovdiv from the 15th century until today (the older history is presented in the Plovdiv Archaeological Museum). It has three departments, each occupying a separate historic building.
History.
The Regional History Museum in Plovdiv was established in 1951 as a research and cultural organization for investigation, study, preservation and display of cultural assets from the past of the city of Plovdiv and its region in the period 15th–20th century.
Expositions.
The History Museum in Plovdiv manages four expositions.
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Gheorghe Zane University

The Gheorghe Zane University was a private university in Iaşi, Romania. Founded in 1996, it was named in honor of the Romanian economist Gheorghe Zane.
In September 2013, Gheorghe Zane University was absorbed into Petre Andrei University of Iași.
Structure.
Faculties


Al Rayyan Al Qadeem station

Al Rayyan Al Qadeem station is a station on the Doha Metro's Green Line. It serves the municipality of Al Rayyan, specifically Old Al Rayyan, Lebday, and other suburbs of Al Rayyan City. It is found on Al Rayyan Al Qadeem Street in the Lebday district.
The station currently has no metrolinks. Facilities on the premises include restrooms and a prayer room.
History.
The station was opened to the public on 10 December 2019 along with the other stations of the Green Line (also known as the "Education Line").
Connections.
It is served by bus routes 40 and 45.


Kymenlaakson Osakunta

Kymenlaakson Osakunta (KyO) is one of the 15 student nations at the University of Helsinki, Finnish-speaking and established in 1933. Kymenlaakson Osakunta's home region is the province of Kymenlaakso in south-eastern Finland and constitutes from the cities of Hamina, Kotka and Kouvola and communes of Iitti, Miehikkälä, Pyhtää and Virolahti. The area of the city of Loviisa is a shared region with the Eteläsuomalainen Osakunta.
KyO's friendship organisations on aboard are the Korporatsioon Fraternitas Tartuensis in Tartu (since 1936, renewed 1990), Kalmar Nation in Uppsala (since 1947), Hallands Nation in Lund (since 1986) and Korporatsioon Sororitas Estoniae in Tartu (since 2017). In Finland KyO's friendship student nation is the Wiipurilainen Osakunta (Helsinki) and as co-operation student nations Karjalainen Osakunta (Helsinki) and Savo-Karjalainen Osakunta (Turku). KyO is the member of the Finnish Student Nations Co-Delegation OYV/NSD and also student political group Osakuntalainen Unioni. Since 2017 KyO has also been a member of the Delegation of Eastern Finland with Karjalainen, Savolainen, Wiipurilainen Osakunta and Östra Finlands Nation.


Thomas Garm Pedersen

Thomas Garm Pedersen is a Danish professor in physics and nanotechnology at Aalborg University. His research concerns the nanostructure of materials.
Pedersen's research has resulted in a large research project regarding the development of more efficient solar power cells with silicon-based materials and nanostructures.
In 2004, Pedersen received the Danish Optical Society Award for “Excellent contributions to modelling of optical and electronic phenomena”.
Education.
In 1993, Pedersen graduated with a M.Sc. in engineering with specialization in optics. Three years later, he received a PhD degree in physics. Since 1998, Pedersen has been employed at Aalborg, where he received a professorship in 2010.


Jack Brod

Irven "Jack" Brod (November 29, 1909 – January 6, 2008) was an American businessman and innovator. He was the President of Empire Diamond and Gold Buying Service, a New York City-based jewelry business, which he established with his father in the Empire State Building two months after its opening in 1931. Brod was a tenant of the Empire State Building for around 77 years, and was the last remaining original tenant at the time of his death.
Early life.
Brod was born in Newnan, Georgia to parents who emigrated from Russia and changed their last name from "Brodsky". Brod attended the University of Alabama, although he did not continue his studies after moving to New York City with his family prior to graduation. Before partnering with his father, Alexander, in leading the Empire Diamond and Gold Buying Service, Brod was employed as a private investigator, among other professions.
During World War II, after forming the business in New York, Brod served in the Army Air Corps as a corporal. He was assigned by the Corps to England, where he loaded bombs into aircraft. During his assignment, he purchased rare antiques and collectibles from the formerly-wealthy owners of English houses who had suffered due to the war and the Great Depression. Brod shipped the items back to the United States by boat for sale and private collection.
Professional career.
The Empire State Building was opened by U.S. President Herbert Hoover on May 1, 1931. Two months later, on July 1, 1931, Brod and his father moved into the seventh floor and established what became the Empire Diamond and Gold Buying Service (commonly known as Empire Diamond), making use of the name of the building it occupied for radio advertising purposes. The first office was in area, and at the time of the establishment of the business, work was still being completed on the interior of the building in the lobby and the upper parts of the tower.
Following his duties in the Army Air Corps during World War II, Brod returned to his business. He innovated, producing new ideas including one of the earliest jewelry catalogs and a toll-free telephone service for diamond orders. During Brod's life, his business moved locations within the tower, moving up as the business succeeded. His company moved up to the 14th floor, before relocating to the 15th and then the 66th. During 2001, Brod invested in another move—to the 76th floor—which was the final before his death in 2008.
Brod was, as of 2008, the longest-ever tenant of the Empire State Building, and was also the last of the original tenants to end tenancy in the building (either through death or relocation to another site).
Personal life.
Brod had an interest in boating, and sailed well into his 80s. He owned a boatyard on City Island in the Bronx, and also owned a boat production factory in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He was married and divorced three times, and was survived by two sons and two daughters, and three grandchildren.
Brod died at his home in Manhattan on January 6, 2008 at the age of 98.


Embassy of the United Kingdom, Warsaw

The Embassy of the United Kingdom in Warsaw is the chief diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in Poland. It is located on Kawalerii street in the Ujazdów district. The current British Ambassador to Poland is Anna Clunes.
History.
The current embassy building on Kawalerii Street was built between 2008–9, designed by Tony Fretton and cost £27m to construct. It is located next door to the Spanish and Dutch Embassies.
During the interbellum period, the embassy was located in the Branicki Palace. From 1945 until 2008, the embassy was located in the Wielopolscy Palace at Ujazdów Avenue 15. The embassy building was designed by Jozef Huss and built c.1875 as the home for some Polish aristocrats. The building escaped relatively undamaged by World War II and therefore was acquired by the British government in 1945 to house the British Embassy; previously it had been used as the Estonian Embassy.


Nes Hydroelectric Power Station

The Nes Power Station is a hydroelectric power station located in the municipality Nes in Buskerud, Norway. The facility operates at an installed capacity of . The average annual production is 1,330 GWh. The station is operated by E-CO Vannkraft.


Sachseln Tunnel

The Sachseln Tunnel is a tunnel in the Swiss canton of Obwalden. It runs to the south-east of the Lake of Sarnen (Sarner See) between Giswil and Sarnen, bypassing the old road along the lake side, and forms part of the A8 motorway. The tunnel was completed in 1997 and is long.
The speed limit through the tunnel is .
As the tunnel does not meet modern safety standards, work is being undertaken to uprate it, with the construction of a parallel safety tunnel with cross connections at least every , and the renewal of ventilation and other safety equipment. The work is expected to be completed by 2019.


Kapan Han

Kapan Han (, ) is a han (caravanserai) in the Old Bazaar of Skopje, North Macedonia. It was built in the mid-15th century by Bosnian general Isa-Beg Isaković, ruler of Skopsko Krajište, in order to provide a regular source of income for his endowment (vakuf).
Etymology.
The name of the han is derived from the Arabic word "kabban" which was a device used for measuring the weight of sold goods at the entrance of the han.
Characteristics.
The Kapan Han has a surface area of 1,086 m². The building has two entrances, a ground level and second level. There were 44 rooms for guests and traders with their caravans. There was space for horses on the east side of the han.
The neighbourhood surrounding Kapan Han was known as Kapan.


Albino Rock Lighthouse

Plans for the Albino Rock Lighthouse were published in 1940 with construction scheduled to begin the same year. The plans showed a tower with square white concrete standing at a base elevation of . It was the last light to complete the chain along Northern Queensland to Torres Strait. to the north lay the Hinchinbrook Light, and to the south was Cape Cleveland Light. The light characteristic was white with three flashes every 20 seconds (Fl.W.20s), 15,000 candlepower, and visibility. The light is no longer operational, while the Fresnel lens is in the Townsville Maritime Museum.


Velvet Lounge

The Velvet Lounge was a nightclub in the South Loop of Chicago. It started as a jazz club and was called the "dusty epicenter of the Midwest's free form jazz scene." It was located at 2128 1/2 S. Indiana Avenue before moving to 67 E. Cermak when the original building was scheduled for demolition. It closed permanently in 2019.
History.
The club was established in 1983 by jazz saxophonist Fred Anderson who owned the business until his death in 2010. Many live albums were recorded at the club, including a series of performances featuring Anderson himself, on the Delmark label, and 1998's "Live at the Velvet Lounge" with Anderson, Peter Kowald, and Hamid Drake. Many prominent musicians played the Velvet Lounge early in their careers, particularly in Sunday night jam sessions. The club's standard lineup of the early 1990s featured trumpeter Billy Brimfield, saxophonist Art Taylor, pianist Jim Baker, bassist Mike Cristol, and drummer Gerald Donovan. From the mid 1990s, the "Velvet Graduates" house band included tenor saxophonist David Boykin, baritone saxophonist Aaron Getsug, alto saxophonist Greg Ward II, bassist Karl E. H. Seigfried, and drummer Isaiah Spencer. After Anderson's death, the club was purchased by a neighboring business which ended the jazz performances and instead presented DJs, hip hop music, and comedians.


Saint Karapet Church, Tbilisi

Saint Karapet Church (, ; ) is an Armenian church now functioning as Georgian Orthodox church in Old Tbilisi, Georgia. It is located between the Chugureti and Avlabari districts.
Construction.
The date of foundation is unclear because of various sometimes mutually excluding versions. In the list of Armenian heritage ordered by Nerses Ashtaraketsi St. Karapet is mentioned as following: "Built by a nobleman Baghdasar Isahak Kamazov in 1705, later renovated by the community". According to other sources the builder was "mokalak Kazazov", who built the church in 1400, which later was renovated in 1790. Kamazov and Kazazov must be the same person, but the dates range is huge. Other source – the drum of Bethlehem church has note claiming construction of St. Karapet Church by Amir Agha and his wife Beki khatun in 1664. The stone must have been located in St. Karapet church drum, but how it appeared in Bethlehem church is unclear. It may be supposed that by start of 18th century St. Karapet might have been in ruins and the stone with the note was moved to Bethlehem church. But it is not clear the stone refers to St. Karapet church, because there were also Kamoyants and Sahakashen churches also dedicated to St. Karapet Forerunner.
Interesting facts.
Among famous Armenians who studied here was Nar-Dos.
Jason Tumanian, a mayor of Tbilisi, with all his family were buried in the yard of the church.
The church once had decorated doors in the traditions of Armenian ornamental art: they were removed after the end of the Soviet Union.
Soviet years and modern times.
During the Soviet-era Saint Karapet was not a functioning church, but it escaped the destruction that was the fate of 11 other Armenian churches destroyed by Lavrentiy Beria's orders in the 1930s.
In 1995 the bell tower was demolished and the church was reconsecrated by the Georgian Church and now functions as a Georgian Orthodox church.


Dronninglund Hotel

Dronninglund Hotel is a hotel in Dronninglund, Denmark. The hotel was established in 1981 and was refurbished in 1999. The hotel has 72 rooms.


Bulakavas Manor

Bulakavas Manor is a former residential manor in Bulotiškė village, Lazdijai District Municipality, Lithuania.


Tobadill Church

Tobadill Church is a church in Tobadill, Tyrol, Austria. It is dedicated to Magnus of Füssen.
It originated as a 1705 chapel, replaced by a church designed by Kassian Grießer between 1735 and 1737. The latter was consecrated in 1751, whilst the tower was added in 1768. The church was enlarged in 1792 and a ceiling painting added the following year by Johann Georg Witwer, showing "St Magnus in Glory" in the choir, "St Magnus defeating the dragon" and "St Magnus healing the possessed" in the nave and "the four evangelists" in the side chapels.


National Comprehensive High School

The National Comprehensive High School is a secondary school in Limbe, Cameroon.
Known by its acronym NCHS Limbe, the school was created in 1972 by some parents who were interested in commercial education, at the time when most of the schools around that part of Cameroon were public schools offering mainly general education. It was set up not for profit making, but as an institution that will promote education and create job opportunities in the life of young Cameroonians. It was basically for commercial education but as a result of the growth in population and as need arises over time, the general education section was created some few years later. As of now the secondary and high school both commercial and (general education 1st cycle only) have a population of more than 500 students, producing excellent results in both the General Certificate of Education (GCE) Ordinary and Advance Levels.


Palace of Congresses

The Palace of Congresses () is a venue in Tirana, Albania, where numerous festivals and events are held, including the annual Festivali i Këngës and Kënga Magjike and the Tirana Book Fair.
It was built during the late communist era to host the Congresses of Albanian Labour Party and other official activities. Today, the palace is used as a venue for conferences, festivals, exhibitions, ceremonies, concerts and more. It currently has a capacity of 2,100 seats.
There are three other smaller halls, with a smaller capacity of 150, 280 and 300 people, designed as working environments for different meetings and occasions.
It was designed to harmonize different elements of the local architecture from north to south


Capitan Luis Gonzaga Building

The National Artist Pablo Antonio's postwar oeuvre, the Capitan Luis Gonzaga Building, built in 1953 at the corner of Carriedo Street and Rizal Avenue in Manila, Philippines, transfigured the modernist box into a building that was suited to the tropics by utilizing double sunshades. The concrete slab overhangs at both ceiling height and window sill height for every floor braced by staggered vertical fins of half-storey height. Curved bands of concrete horizontally traversed every floor. It serves as a protection for both sunlight and rain.


San Juan City Hall

San Juan City Hall is located in the middle of Old San Juan in the capital city of Puerto Rico. It is located in front of the Plaza de Armas and next to the Puerto Rico Department of State.
It is the seat of the Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The City Hall was built in stages from 1604 to 1789. The building has an inner courtyard and is open for tourists to visit. It also showcases small art exhibits from time to time.


Malldova

Shopping MallDova is a shopping mall in Chișinău, Moldova.
Overview.
MallDova is the first large format retail and entertainment commercial center in Moldova. It was opened on November 12, 2008 following an investment of €50 million.
Shopping MallDova is located between Sectorul Botanica and Central Chișinău, on 21 Arborilor str., one of the main arteries of Chișinău. It has 800 parking spaces.


Palace Albanija

Palace Albanija (, ) is a high-rise building in Belgrade, Serbia. Important construction and architectural innovations were incorporated into the project, which made Albanija an exceptional building endeavor in the Balkans. When completed in 1939, it was the first skyscraper in Southeast Europe. It remained the tallest building in the old part of Belgrade for the next 34 years, until being surpassed by the Beograđanka ("Palace Belgrade") in 1974.
Palace Albanija was declared a cultural monument in 1984. As for its importance for Belgrade, it was built on the pronouncedly dominant architectural position, marking the spatial-urban accent of Terazije square, which made it one of the most recognizable symbols of Belgrade. It was also described as the symbol of Belgrade's golden age, and the crown of the economic growth of Belgrade during Interbellum.
Location.
It is located at the north-west end of Terazije square, at the forking of four streets: Terazije, "Kolarčeva", starting point of Knez Mihailova and "Sremska". The latter two are pedestrian zones. In the vicinity are the Republic Square, to which both the "Kolarčeva" and Knez Mihailova lead, historical neighborhood of Obilićev Venac along the Knez Mihailova, and busy commercial neighborhood of Zeleni Venac, via "Sremska". Palace Albanija directly faces another major edifice on Terazije, Hotel Moskva.
The buildings officially has three addresses in two streets: 2 Knez Mihailova, 4 Knez Mihailova and 12 Kolarčeva streets.
History.
Origin.
Location of the building was previously occupied by the "kafana" named "Kod Albanije" ("Chez Albania"), which was built in 1860. It was a small, unsightly, crummy house, yet the venue was very popular. It was built in the oriental, Turkish style, with yellow façade. The original clientele included Ottoman seymen, merchants, hirelings, Serbian guardsmen, etc.
The clock in front of the kafana was the first public clock in Belgrade. As such, it became the most popular meeting point in the city. According to the Belgrade's first general urban plan, from 1924, the location was planned for the Belgrade Stock Exchange Building.
The owners, descendants of Krsta Tomović, were refusing to sell the lot by asking too much money for the parcel's . In 1936, the Mortgage Bank of the Merchant's Fund paid 8.5 million dinars for the lot, which was enough money to purchase 7 one-floor villas in the city's affluent villa populated neighborhood of Krunski Venac. The bank was drained so much by this transaction, that it took two years for it to recuperate, announcing the architectural design competition on 14 January 1938, with extremely short deadline, set for 28 February same year. In total, 84 architects participated in the competition. Architect Milan Zloković proposed even higher edifice (15 storeys).
The first prize wasn't awarded, which was kind of the usual action at the time, as it allowed for the investor to combine all the other projects. Nine works in total were chosen. Architect Miladin Prljević was chosen to combine the final design. He decided to go with two projects by the architects from Zagreb, one by Branko Bon and Milan Grakalić, and another by Hinko Bauer and Marijan Haberle. This caused the controversy as Bon and Grakalić claimed that their project was robbed, but Prljević replied that they actually robbed the project of Bauer and Haberle, where they worked as the assistants. The original documentation is not preserved so it is not known who plagiarized who. The bank already allocated the funds for the construction, so it pushed hard for the works to begin.
Though small but highly popular, the demolition of the old "kafana" sparked mass demonstrations in 1938. Despite its shabbiness and lack of sanitary and safety conditions, it existed on this location for almost 80 years. One of the regular customers was writer Branislav Nušić, who wrote about the kafana. Another reason for the protests was that the source for the new building's design was Germanic. Nušić wrote in 1929 that the kafana will "stay forever".
Parts of the public opposed the project citing reasons other than just the "kafana" demolition. Some reports claimed that such a large building, made of reinforced concrete, can't be supported by the settling ground below, so they predicted the building would collapse, so as the neighboring buildings. Others debunked the new, highly progressive construction techniques. Cases of residents from the surrounding building, who sold their apartments in the fear of possible collapse, were recorded. Newsoaoers described the repeated design competition as "anything goes".
Construction.
The project envisioned four floors below the ground. As the city government had no machinery required for the job, they invited the Kalmyks, emigrants from Russia, noted for their horses. With their horses and carts, the Kalmyks removed the rubble and earth from the foundation pit.
In the relatively shallow depth, just below the old foundation, a well preserved skeleton of a mammoth was excavated in 1938, below the former door of the kafana. It was estimated to be 2 million years old, when the area of Belgrade was the edge of a Quaternary lake. The skeleton was almost undisturbed, with especially well preserved mandible with teeth, which were used to identify the species. The ribs and femurs were also in excellent shape. The bones were transported to the Museum of Serbian Land.
Engineer Đorđe Lazarević, expert on statics, applied state of the art technics at the time. In the concrete supporting columns, he built it the expensive steel reinforcement, high above the standards in Belgrade in this period. Other above-standard solution included the high-strength concrete.
Construction of the building began on 16 July 1938. It was finished 15 months later, and ceremonially opened on 20 October 1939, when World War II already began in other parts of Europe. It was the first highrise building in Belgrade and for a long time the tallest one, dominating the architecture of Belgrade of the time.
World War II.
The building was hit during the heavy „Easter bombing“ of Belgrade by the Allies on 16 April 1944. Germans defended it fiercely during the 1944 Belgrade Offensive against the Red Army and Yugoslav Partisan forces. In the evening of 19 October 1944, 22-years-old Partisan Mladen Petrović placed the Yugoslav flag with red star on the top of Palace Albanija. Petrović was wounded while bringing the flag to the top of the building, but recuperated enough to participate in Syrmian Front, where he was killed, together with his brother. Taking over the building opened the way for the Partisan army to the Belgrade Fortress and allowed the charge which liberated the wider area surrounding the Belgrade Main railway station, so just one day later the entire Belgrade was liberated.
After the war, engineer Lazarević participated in the reconstruction of the building. The façade was fully reconstructed from war scars only in 1958, when the original, Italian marble, was replaced with the cheaper, domestic one.
21st century.
In the 2010s, the façade was equipped with the decorative lights. They are also used to color the façade in different patterns and shapes in order to celebrate or commemorate certain events.
For a long time, the occupant of the building was "Beogradska Banka". The bank started a bankruptcy procedure in 2002, which is still not finished, but ever since then the bank has been closed and the building hasn't been properly maintained. In May 2019, the pieces of the façade began to fall off. The Institute for the protection of the monuments stated that the drafting of the project will be done in 2020, without setting a date when will the thorough reconstruction start. The institute also instructed the bank what needs to be done as the "first aid" before the total reconstruction, but the bank which has been non-operational for 17 years, has no funds for it. As the city is not the owner of the building, the complete reconstruction is not an option, but in December 2019 city announced reconstruction of the façade, which should be finished in 2021.
Architecture.
Albanija was patterned after the project Hochhaus in Berlin, designed by Hans Poelzig. Prljević previously collaborated with Poelzig. The building originally had four basement floors: the boiler room, storage rooms for the tenants and two for the storage rooms of the shops. The lobby was designed to host 10 different shops and the mezzanine was designated for the restaurant. Up to the fourth floor were offices and from the fifth to the eights floor were mixed offices and three-room apartments. Remaining five stores, to the thirteenth, were occupied by the bachelor apartments, which, at the time, occupied around each. This final five floor section was referred to as the tower, as it protruded above the lower, wider part of the building.
The building is high, with 13 floors above the ground and 4 floors below. Total floor area covers .
It was designed in the pattern of the late Modernist style ("international spirit of the Modernism in the 1930s"). The façade is without any ornaments and was plated with the slabs of the blue-gray Italian Cipollino marble, which was partially replaced during the 1958 reconstruction from damages sustained during World War II.
The bombing of the building during the war proved the quality of its construction. The German Organization Todt built the shelter in the basement of the building. The heavy US bomb hit the roof of Albanija directly, fell all the way down to the basement, killing many German soldiers and officers in the shelter. The building, however, remained standing. Remaining soldiers were killed in the battle with the Yugoslav Partisans and the Soviet Red Army.
Birds.
In June 2018 it was announced that 3 nesting couples of Alpine swift were spotted on the building, which is the first time this happened in Belgrade. Previously, the closest nesting colony of Alpine swift was to the east, in the Iron Gates gorge. They were first spotted flying in the flocks of common swift, which are abundant in the city, and later the nests were found. This is taken as one of the hints that the continental climate of Belgrade changes, shifting to the Mediterranean climate.
Twin projects.
Little Albanija.
The twin building of Albanija, colloquially styled "Little Albanija" ("Mala Albanija"), is located at the corner of the Pop Lukina and Kosančićev Venac streets. It was also designed by Miladin Prljević. Though originally only one skyscraper was planned, it was later decided that three buildings will be built, sharing the same or similar appearance and characteristics. The architectural design of the Little Albanija is patterned after the Palace Albanija and represents its smaller version. The building is officially known as the "House of Siniša Zdravković" or the "House of the Brothers Zdravković". It was finished in 1940, immediately after Palace Albanija. It is not protected by itself, but it is a part of the Kosančićev Venac historical-spatial unit which is protected by the law.
Mitić Tower.
Third twin was to be built on the Slavija Square. It was to be built on the land purchase in 1935 by the major merchant Vlada Mitić, one of the richest people in Belgrade at the time, and was announced as the "Mitić Warehouse" or the "Mitić Tower", the largest department store in the Balkans. Mitić announced his idea in 1940 and the works should have been finished in two years. With 14 floors and the height of , the planned building was to be taller than the Palace Albanija itself.
Patterned after the German department stores, it was envisioned as the "vertical commercial city". Prljević and Lazarević, who already worked on Albanija, cooperated with the German architect Schäfer and followed the design of Albanija itself. The only difference was to be on top of the structure, where a specific tower with gallery-lookout was planned. The ambitious project included previously unseen innovations in Serbia, like the automatized parking platforms, escalators and the cutting edge fire protection system. The outbreak of World War II in Yugoslavia in 1941 halted the works, though the foundations for the building were laid.
The ill fortune of the location of the "third Albanija" since then spurred an urban myth in Belgrade, and the place became known as a jinxed and cursed property named "Mitićeva rupa" ("Mitić hole"). After the war, Communist government imprisoned Vlada Mitić and confiscated his entire property, including the lot on which the tower was planned and funds prepared for its construction. From 1946 to 1980, 26 different project were completed for the lot, but none was realized.
Then mayor of Belgrade, Bogdan Bogdanović decided to put a large sundial in the place in the first half of the 1980s. In the early 1990s, "Dafiment banka", one of the major Ponzi schemes of the Milošević's regime, bought the lot and announced a monumental shopping mall, but after the scheme failed completely, the lot was fenced and turned into the dump. After the regime change in 2000, the area was cleaned and a temporary park with children playground was built instead. The failed projects continued, including the ultra-modern, gigantic shopping mall by the Israeli investors which turned out to be a complete hoax.


Scullers Jazz Club

Scullers Jazz Club is a jazz club in Allston, Massachusetts, situated in the Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel on Soldiers Field Road, which overlooks the Charles River. It was established in 1989 and also hosts Latin, blues, soul, R & B, and World Music acts. A broad range of artists have played the club from Ben E. King, Jesse Green, The J. Geils Band, Eyran Katsenelenbogen and Earl Klugh, to more popular singers such as Harry Connick Jr., Quincy Jones, Jamie Cullum, Michael Bublé and Tony Bennett.


Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia

The Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia), best known as "La UPTC", is a Colombian public university located primarily in Tunja and it maintains presence in 7 Colombian departments. It is considered to be one of the most important and prestigious universities of the country due to their academic level.
It has a headquarters, three sectional branches, six sites for extension programs and 21 regional centers for distance learning in which there are 11 faculties, 52 undergraduate academic programs, 15 undergraduate academic distance programs and 23 postgraduate programs. It is an educational, scientific and technological university, currently ranked number 7 among the best 64 universities in Colombia (2012) according to a study by Research Sapiens Group research sapiens that built a ranking, which was titled "U-Sapiens Ranking Colombia" where are cataloged 64 universities of the country.
Campus.
The most important branches of the Uptc are located in the main cities in Boyacá.
Principal.
Avenida Central del Norte, 150003 Tunja
Hospital Antiguo San Rafael Tunja
Branches.
Calle 4 Sur 15-134. 152211, Sogamoso
Carrera 18 23-55. 150461, Duitama
Calle 14A 2-36. 154640, Chiquinquirá
Carrera 14 44-51. 110311, Bogotá D.C.


Zhangiztobe Solar Plant

Zhangiztobe Solar Plant is a photovoltaic power station with a total capacity of 30MW which corresponds to an annual production of approximately 38.9 GW. It is located in Zhangiztobe (East Kazakhstan Region). The plant reduces carbon emissions in the country by 31,650 tonnes per year.


Istituto Elvetico Salesiani Don Bosco

Istituto Elvetico Salesiani Don Bosco is an Italian international school, in Lugano, Switzerland. It serves elementary school through "liceo" (senior high school).
Accreditation.
IESDB's (upper) secondary education ("Middle and High School") is not approved as a Mittelschule/Collège/Liceo by the Swiss Federal State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).


Algeciras Gate

Algeciras Gate was a city gate in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It was located on the site of what later became King's Bastion


Puerto Ferro Light

Puerto Ferro Light, also known as Faro de Puerto Ferro, is a historic lighthouse located in the Vieques, Puerto Rico. The light was first lit in 1896. It is one of the last minor or local lights to be built by the Spanish government. The light was of crucial importance to cross the Vieques Passage. The lighthouse was deactivated in 1926 when it was abandoned.
During World War II, the United States military purchased about two thirds of Vieques as an extension to the Puerto Rican mainland's Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, including the area surrounding the Puerto Ferro Lighthouse. The US Navy continued to use the island for military exercises after the war. After a series of protests starting in 1999, the U.S. military ended the use of its facilities on the island in 2003. The Puerto Ferro Lighthouse is now part of the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge.
Although in poor condition and completely sealed in by brick or concrete, the structure is a good example of official neo-classic minor lighthouse style. The lighthouse is now open to the public, accessible by a gravel road which is immediately to the right of the gate upon entering the Refuge.