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In Aceh, Islamic criminal law is called jinayat (an Arabic loanword). The laws that implement it are called Qanun Jinayat or Hukum Jinayat, roughly meaning "Islamic criminal code". [1] [a] Although the largely-secular laws of Indonesia apply in Aceh, the provincial government passed additional regulations, some derived from Islamic criminal law ...
Villa Jovis ("Villa of Jupiter ") is a Roman palace on Capri, southern Italy, built by Emperor Tiberius and completed in 27 CE. Tiberius ruled mainly from there until his death in 37 CE. [1] Villa Jovis is the largest of the twelve Tiberian villas on Capri mentioned by Tacitus. The entire complex, spanning several terraces and a difference in ...
Villa of the Mysteries. Coordinates: 40°45′13.3″N 14°28′38.8″E. Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii seen from above. The Villa of the Mysteries ( Italian: Villa dei Misteri) is a well-preserved suburban ancient Roman villa on the outskirts of Pompeii, southern Italy. It is famous for the series of exquisite frescos in Room 5, which are ...
Baths (33) Water garden in area 8. Horace's Villa is a large ancient Roman villa complex near Licenza, Italy. The identification is likely because Horace wrote several poems about the place, and the special elaborate architectural features and location of the villa correspond to the descriptions in the poetry. The site can be visited today.
Three-province Sumatra (1948–56) (L) and two-province Sulawesi (1960–64) with present-day regency borders. Upon the independence of Indonesia, eight provinces were established. West Java, Central Java, East Java, and Maluku still exist as of today despite later divisions, while Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Nusa Tenggara, formerly ...
Gunung Leuser National Park is a national park covering 7,927 km 2 in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, straddling the border of Aceh and North Sumatra provinces, [1] a fourth portion and three-fourths portion, respectively. The national park, settled in the Barisan mountain range, is named after Mount Leuser (3,119 m), and protects a wide range of ...