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  • 51Thespiae — (Greek Θεσπιαι, Thespiai ) was an ancient Greek city in Boeotia. It stood on level ground commanded by the low range of hills which runs eastward from the foot of Mount Helicon to Thebes. According to Pausanias, the deity most worshipped at… …

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  • 52pithead — noun Date: 1839 chiefly British the top of a mining pit or coal shaft; also the immediately adjacent ground and buildings …

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  • 53David Ferguson Hunter — For other people named David Hunter, see David Hunter (disambiguation). David Ferguson Hunter Born …

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  • 54New Town, Prague — A street in Nové Město The New Town (Czech: Nové Město) is a quarter in the city of Prague in the Czech Republic. New Town is the youngest and largest of the five independent (from the Middle Ages until 1784) towns that today comprise the… …

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  • 55Glauberg — The Glauberg is a Celtic oppidum in Hesse, Germany consisting of a fortified settlement and several burial mounds. Archaeological discoveries in the 1990s place the site among the most important early Celtic centres in Europe. It provides… …

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  • 56North Berwick Harbour — The Harbour at North Berwick in East Lothian, Scotland, was originally a ferry port for pilgrims travelling to St. Andrews in Fife. Today the water is home to leisure craft, a famous tourist launch and the remains of the fishing fleet that once… …

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  • 57Western Baths — The Western Baths Club is a Victorian era private swimming and leisure club founded in 1876. The club remains at its original site at 12 Cranworth Street, Hillhead, Glasgow.Along with the Arlington Baths it is the one of two clubs of its kind… …

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  • 58Washington Avenue Soldier's Monument and Triangle — Infobox nrhp name = Washington Avenue Soldier s Monument and Triangle nrhp type = caption = Memorial in 2008 lat degrees = 41 lat minutes = 06 lat seconds = 53 lat direction = N long degrees = 74 long minutes = 08 long seconds = 58 long direction …

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  • 59Lake Beatrice — Infobox lake lake name = Lake Beatrice image lake = caption lake = image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = West Coast, Tasmania coords = coord|42|00|S|145|32|E|type:waterbody region:AU TAS|display=inline,title type = Natural Lake… …

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  • 60McAdam, John (Loudon) — born Sept. 21, 1756, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scot. died Nov. 26, 1836, Moffat, Dumfriesshire Scottish inventor of the macadam road surface. He made an early fortune in his uncle s New York countinghouse (1770–83). Back in Scotland, he noted the poor… …

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