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Francisco " Pancho " Villa ( / ˈviːə / VEE-ə, [3] also US: / ˈviːjɑː / VEE-yah; [3] Spanish: [ˈbiʎa]; [3] born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula, 5 June 1878 – 20 July 1923) was a Mexican revolutionary and general in the Mexican Revolution. He was a key figure in the revolutionary movement that forced out President Porfirio Díaz and ...
The Villa Poppaea is an ancient luxurious Roman seaside villa ( villa maritima) located in Torre Annunziata between Naples and Sorrento, in Southern Italy. It is also called the Villa Oplontis or Oplontis Villa A. [1] as it was situated in the ancient Roman town of Oplontis . It was buried and preserved in the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD ...
Kings Weston Roman Villa is a Roman villa in Lawrence Weston in the north-west of Bristol ( grid reference ST533775 ). The villa was discovered during the construction of the Lawrence Weston housing estate in 1947. Two distinct buildings (Eastern and Western) were discovered. The Eastern building was fully excavated (in 1948–50), the other ...
Saman Sorjaturong (born Saman Sriprated on 2 August 1968 in Amphoe Khlong Lan, Kamphaeng Phet province) is a Thai former world boxing champion. Early life [ edit ] He was born in a peasant family in Kamphaeng Phet province, upper central Thailand , with four siblings.
Villa Boscoreale is a name given to any of several Roman villas discovered in the district of Boscoreale, [1] Italy. They were all buried and preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, along with Pompeii and Herculaneum. [2] The only one visible in situ today is the Villa Regina, the others being reburied soon after their discovery.
During this period the hotel was expanded to include a two-storey wing to the west, and behind the main block, a large dining room and pantry, large kitchen, storeroom, and servants quarters. Also added were bathrooms, a bar and billiard room on the east side.
The Henry Clay Frick Fine Arts Building is a landmark Renaissance villa and a contributing property to the Schenley Farms-Oakland Civic Historic District [2] [3] on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The Frick Fine Arts Building sits on the southern edge of Schenley Plaza, opposite The ...
Villa Stuck. The Villa Stuck, built in 1898 and established as a museum in 1992 and located in the Munich quarter of Bogenhausen, is a museum and historic house devoted to the life and work of the painter Franz Stuck. In contrast to the Classical architecture of the exterior, Stuck decorated the interior in striking Art Nouveau / Art Deco style.