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Maha Saman Devalaya or the Great Saman Temple (also called Sumana Saman Devalaya) is a shrine dedicated to deity Saman, situated at Ratnapura, Sri Lanka who is the presiding deity of the Sri Pada Mountain which is also called Samanthakuta meaning the mountain of Saman which is believed to have the left foot impression of Buddha which he kept in his visit to Sri Lanka.
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 of Livia (Latin: Ad Gallinas Albas) is an ancient Roman villa at Prima Porta, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of Rome, Italy, along the Via Flaminia. It may have been part of Livia Drusilla 's dowry that she brought when she married Octavian (later called the emperor Augustus ), her second husband, in 39 BC.
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 ...
For other places with a similar name, see Saman. / 32.47583°N 50.91222°E / 32.47583; 50.91222. Saman Rural District ( Persian: دهستان سامان) is in the Central District of Saman County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran. [3] Its capital is the village of Shurab-e Saghir. [4] At the census of 2006, its population (as a ...
7 ha. Website. www .villadestetivoli .info /indexe .htm. Coordinates. 41°57′45″N12°47′46″E41.96250°N 12.79611°E. Location of Villa d'Este in Italy. The Villa d'Este is a 16th-century villa in Tivoli, near Rome, famous for its terraced hillside Italian Renaissance garden and especially for its profusion of fountains.
Villa Lante is a Mannerist garden of surprise in Bagnaia, Viterbo, central Italy, attributed to Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola. [1] Villa Lante did not become well known until it passed to Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della Rovere, Duke of Bomarzo, in the 17th century, when it was already 100 years old. Basin and one of the casini.
A Fine Balance is the second novel by Rohinton Mistry, published by McClelland and Stewart in 1995. Set in "an unidentified city" in India, initially in 1975 and later in 1984 during the turmoil of The Emergency, the book focuses on four characters from varied backgrounds – Dina Dalal, Ishvar Darji, his nephew Omprakash Darji, and the young student Maneck Kohlah – who come together and ...