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Giordano Bruno

    Plaza Giordano Bruno

      Mihai Viteazul 1558-1601

      Submitted by Karen Seidman[Location approximate]

      Submitted by Karen Seidman[Location approximate]

        Helena Winterova

        ZDE ŽILA HELENA WINTEROVAROZ. POPPEROVA NAR.1904 DEPORTOVÁNA, 1942 DO TEREZINA ZAVRAŽDENA V OSVETIMI   Submitted by Karen Seidman

        ZDE ŽILA HELENA WINTEROVAROZ. POPPEROVA NAR.1904 DEPORTOVÁNA, 1942 DO TEREZINA ZAVRAŽDENA V OSVETIMI   Submitted by Karen Seidman

        • prauge
        • wwii
        • 1942

        Annie Russell Maunder

        ULSTER HISTORY  ANNIE RUSSELL  MAUNDER  1868 -1947  Mathematician  Pioneering Astronomer  Maunder Lunar Crater  Maunder Minimum  born in Strabane    Submitted by @sineadlfarrell[Location approximate]

        ULSTER HISTORY  ANNIE RUSSELL  MAUNDER  1868 -1947  Mathematician  Pioneering Astronomer  Maunder Lunar Crater  Maunder Minimum  born in Strabane    Submitted by @sineadlfarrell[Location approximate]

        • mathematics
        • astronomy
        • maunder lunar crater
        • lunar

        Kostel Sv. Mikulase

        Submitted by Karen Seidman

        Submitted by Karen Seidman

          Fragments of Gothic Tombstones, Mid-14th Cent.

          Submitted by Karen Seidman

          Submitted by Karen Seidman

            Prague Synagogue Staronova Synacoga

            Submitted by Karen Seidman

            Submitted by Karen Seidman

              T. Rex

              Tyrannosaurus rex This full-size Tyrannosaurus rex model was made in the 1960's At that time only five T. rex skeletons had ever been found. All were incomplete, leaving many questions about this...

              Tyrannosaurus rex This full-size Tyrannosaurus rex model was made in the 1960's At that time only five T. rex skeletons had ever been found. All were incomplete, leaving many questions about...

                Mary "Mother" Jones monument and grave

                We happened across this piece of U.S. labor history along Interstate 55, about 50 miles northeast of St. Louis. That doesn't compute, until you remember that much of Illinois was (and some still...

                We happened across this piece of U.S. labor history along Interstate 55, about 50 miles northeast of St. Louis. That doesn't compute, until you remember that much of Illinois was (and some still...

                • illinois
                • coal
                • unions
                • labor
                • mother jones

                Geology of Minnesota, Minnehaha Falls

                Submitted by @sadiemae_sage

                Submitted by @sadiemae_sage

                • geology
                • minnesota
                • minnehaha

                Vauxhall Quay & Sutton Jetty

                From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

                From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

                  John Sparke House

                  From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

                  From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

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                  Beso

                  EN ESTE LUGAR, EN 1964 CASSIUS V. DIO SU PRIMER BESO.

                  EN ESTE LUGAR, EN 1964 CASSIUS V. DIO SU PRIMER BESO.

                  • 1964
                  • beso
                  • cassius

                  Glorieta de Los Insurgentes

                  CDMX  CIUDAD DE MEXICO  EL JEFE DE GOBIERNO DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO  DR. MIGUEL ÁNGEL MANCERA ESPINOSA ENTREGA LA REHABILITACION INTEGRAL DE LA GLORIETA DE LOS INSURGENTES PARA EL DISFRUTE DE...

                  CDMX  CIUDAD DE MEXICO  EL JEFE DE GOBIERNO DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO  DR. MIGUEL ÁNGEL MANCERA ESPINOSA ENTREGA LA REHABILITACION INTEGRAL DE LA GLORIETA DE LOS INSURGENTES PARA EL DISFRUTE...

                    Fernando del Paso

                    ORIZABA 15O  COLONIA ROMA  EL 1° DE ABRIL DE 1935 NACIÓ EN ESTA CASA  EL ESCRITOR MEXICANO  FERNANDO DEL PASO  MOVIMIENTO PRO-DIGNIFICACIÓN DE LA COLONIA ROMA, A.C  

                    ORIZABA 15O  COLONIA ROMA  EL 1° DE ABRIL DE 1935 NACIÓ EN ESTA CASA  EL ESCRITOR MEXICANO  FERNANDO DEL PASO  MOVIMIENTO PRO-DIGNIFICACIÓN DE LA COLONIA ROMA, A.C

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