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  2. 50 of the World's Most Breathtaking Views - AOL

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    Pikes Peak. Colorado Ascend more than 14,000 feet on the Pikes Peak Cog Railway (after it reopens in May) for views that inspired Katharine Lee Bates to write "America the Beautiful" in 1893. You ...

  3. Defenders of the Homeland - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Defenders of the Homeland ( Japanese: 郷土防衛義勇軍, romanized : Kyōdo Bōei Giyūgun; Indonesian: (Tentara Sukarela) Pembela Tanah Air, PETA) was a volunteer army established on 3 October 1943 in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) by the occupying Japanese. The Japanese intended PETA to assist their forces in ...

  4. Brissago Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Brissago Islands ( Italian: Isole di Brissago) are a group of two islands located in the Swiss part of Lake Maggiore close to Ronco sopra Ascona and Brissago. Both islands belong to the district of Locarno, in the canton of Ticino . San Pancrazio (also known as Grande Isola) is larger and is well known for its botanical garden. [1]

  5. Padjadjaran University - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.unpad.ac.id. Padjadjaran University ( Indonesian: Universitas Padjadjaran; ( Sundanese: ᮅᮔᮤᮗᮨᮁᮞᮤᮒᮞ᮪ ᮕᮏᮏᮛᮔ᮪ ), abbreviated as UNPAD) is a public university located in Sumedang Regency and Bandung, which is the provincial capital of West Java, Indonesia. It was established on September 11, 1957. [3]

  6. Matterhorn - Wikipedia

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    The Matterhorn ( German: [ˈmatɐˌhɔʁn] ⓘ, Swiss Standard German: [ˈmatərˌhɔrn]; Italian: Cervino [tʃerˈviːno]; French: Cervin [sɛʁvɛ̃]; Romansh: Mont (e) Cervin (u)) [note 3] is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Italy and Switzerland. It is a large, near-symmetric pyramidal peak in the ...

  7. National Monument (Indonesia) - Wikipedia

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    The National Monument ( Indonesian: Monumen Nasional, abbreviated Monas) is a 132 m (433 ft) obelisk in the centre of Merdeka Square, Central Jakarta. It is the national monument of the Republic of Indonesia, built to commemorate the struggle for Indonesian independence . Construction began in 1961 under the direction of President Sukarno.

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  9. Wonders of the World - Wikipedia

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    The classic Seven Wonders were: Great Pyramid of Giza, in Giza, Egypt, the earliest of the wonders to be completed, as well as the only one that still exists in the present day. Colossus of Rhodes, in the harbor of the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name. Hanging Gardens of Babylon, in Babylon, near present-day Hillah, Babylon ...