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  2. Camino de Santiago - Wikipedia

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    The Camino de Santiago (Latin: Peregrinatio Compostellana, lit. ' Pilgrimage of Compostela '; Galician: O Camiño de Santiago), [1] or in English the Way of St. James, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the apostle James in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where tradition holds that the remains of the apostle are buried.

  3. List of Saturday Night Live cast members - Wikipedia

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    Presidents are not usually portrayed on Saturday Night Live after they leave office. Exceptions are limited to the portrayal of former president Richard Nixon who left office prior to the launch of the show in 1975, Bill Clinton who appeared in sketches related to the presidential campaigns of his wife, Hillary Clinton , and Donald Trump who ...

  4. Sede vacante - Wikipedia

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    Sede vacante (lit. ' with the chair [being] vacant ' in Latin ) [ a ] refers, in the Canon Law of the Catholic Church , to the state during which a diocese or archdiocese is without a prelate installed in office , with the prelate's office being the cathedral (some are also used as a place of residence if the prelate lives within the cathedral ...

  5. Cluj-Napoca Botanical Garden - Wikipedia

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    A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Romanian Wikipedia article at [[:ro:Grădina Botanică din Cluj-Napoca]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|ro|Grădina Botanică din Cluj-Napoca}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

  6. Leonardo da Vinci - Wikipedia

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    Leonardo Da Vinci's baptism record. Leonardo da Vinci, properly named Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci [b] ("Leonardo, son of ser Piero from Vinci"), [9] [10] [c] was born on 15 April 1452 in, or close to, the Tuscan hill town of Vinci, 20 miles from Florence.

  7. Île-de-France - Wikipedia

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    Although it is the richest French region, a significant number of residents live in poverty. The official poverty rate in the Île-de-France was 15.9% in 2015. The region has witnessed increasing income inequality in recent decades, and rising housing prices have pushed the less affluent outside Paris. [7]

  8. Fleur-de-lis - Wikipedia

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    Fleur-de-lis is the stylized depiction of the lily flower. The name itself derives from ancient Greek λείριον > Latin lilium > French lis.. The lily has always been the symbol of fertility and purity, and in Christianity it symbolizes the Immaculate Conception.

  9. Charles de Gaulle - Wikipedia

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    The famous opening paragraph of Mémoires de guerre begins by declaring, "All my life, I have had a certain idea of France (une certaine idée de la France)", [113]: 2 and ends by declaring that, given the divisive nature of French politics, France cannot truly live up to this ideal without a policy of "grandeur". During this period of formal ...