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  • 51Robert Lawson (architect) — Robert Arthur Lawson (1 January 1833 ndash; 3 December 1902) was one of New Zealand s most eminent 19th century architects. He has been described as the architect who did more than any other to shape the architectural face of New Zealand s… …

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  • 52Old Senate Chamber — The restored Old Senate Chamber The Old Senate Chamber is a room in the United States Capitol that was the legislative chamber of the United States Senate from 1810 to 1859. It was designed in Neoclassical style and is elaborately decorated.[1]… …

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  • 53Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …

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  • 54Ludwig Mies van der Rohe — Born Ludwig Mies March 27, 1886(1886 03 27) Aachen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire …

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  • 55Renaissance architecture — Tempietto di San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, 1502, by Bramante. This small temple marks the place where St Peter was put to death …

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  • 56Buddhism — Buddhist, n., adj. Buddhistic, Buddhistical, adj. Buddhistically, adv. /booh diz euhm, bood iz /, n. a religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeast Asia, holding that… …

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  • 57Ometepe (archaeological site) — Ometepe Island is an important archaeological site, located in the Lake Nicaragua in the Republic of Nicaragua, administratively belongs to the Rivas Department. Its name derives from the Nahuatl words ome (two) and tepetl (mountain), meaning two …

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  • 58MEMORY — holocaust literature in european languages historiography of the holocaust holocaust studies Documentation, Education, and Resource Centers memorials and monuments museums film survivor testimonies Holocaust Literature in European Languages The… …

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  • 59Ben Brush — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Ben Brush caption = Saddling up for the Kentucky Derby sire = Bramble grandsire = Bonnie Scotland dam = Roseville damsire = Reform sex = Stallion foaled = 1893 country = United States flagicon|USA colour …

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  • 60London — /lun deuhn/, n. 1. Jack, 1876 1916, U.S. short story writer and novelist. 2. a metropolis in SE England, on the Thames: capital of the United Kingdom. 3. City of, an old city in the central part of the former county of London: the ancient nucleus …

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