The Tripoli Monument is the oldest military monument in the United States. It honors heroes of the United States Navy from the First Barbary War (1801–1805):...
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installation of the Tripoli Monument. Due to an uneasy relationship between the younger Porter and Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, the monument was not installed...
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Sculpture is a gold-coloured monument located in Misrata, Libya. It was once located at the Bab al-Azizia compound in the Libyan capital of Tripoli....
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Marine Corps War Memorial (redirect from Iwo Jima Monument)
seeing the photograph, sculptor Felix de Weldon created a maquette for a sculpture based on the photo in a single weekend at Patuxent River Naval Air Station...
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The sculpture of ancient Greece is the main surviving type of fine ancient Greek art as, with the exception of painted ancient Greek pottery, almost no...
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Bab al-Azizia (category Buildings and structures in Tripoli, Libya)
was a military barracks and compound situated in the southern suburbs of Tripoli, the capital of Libya. It served as the main base for the Libyan leader...
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sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures. Often regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists, his sculpture was inspired by the Baroque and...
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failed diplomatic mission in Constantinople in 1851, he was consul in Tripoli from 1855 to 1868. Due to his bad health he returned to France. He died...
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small metal sculptures produced over the period 1400–1900; some represent proverbs, contributing a narrative element rare in African sculpture; and royal...
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colonnade (stoa), the town council building (bouleuterion), the public monument, the monumental tomb (mausoleum) and the stadium. Ancient Greek architecture...
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contemporary Aegean and Anatolian sites both in their lack of figural sculpture and in their masonry. While Troy VI's walls were made entirely of close-fitting...
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Arch of Septimius Severus (Leptis Magna) (category Monuments and memorials in Libya)
Architectural Survey. London: Published on Behalf of the Dept. of Antiquities, Tripoli, S.P.L.A.J. by the Society for Libyan Studies, 1993. Perkins, J. B. Ward...
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- 1882) was a Greek neoclassical sculptor of the 19th century. Born in Tripoli or Nafplion, to a German (Bavarian) father named Von Dorsch, who was a...
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Anfeh (section Fall of Tripoli)
kilometres (40 mi) north of Beirut and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Tripoli. Its total area is 4.93 square kilometres (1.90 sq mi), and its population...
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Battle of Lepanto (section Sculpture)
Naples (1544) 2st Mostaganem (1547) Cullera (1550) Mahdia (1550) 1st Gozo (1551) Tripoli (1551) Ponza (1552) Corsica (1553–1559) Viste (1554) Béjaïa (1555) Oran (1556)...
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for trial. Mohammed al-Alagi, justice minister for the new leadership in Tripoli, said "the council would not allow any Libyan to be deported to face trial...
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their finest architecture, sculpture, and stucco reliefs. 10 Tollan Tula, Mexico The Giants of Tula 10th century stone sculptures/columns of Toltec warriors...
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decoration of sites like Knossos, Tiryns, and Mycenae. Ancient Greek sculpture was composed almost entirely of workable and durable materials, marble...
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hem of a long mantle suggests the possibility of finding a companion sculpture of Sabina, the emperor's consort. On 14 August 2008, the head statue of...
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Leonardo Loredan (section In sculpture)
only one to continue the branch, Alvise (1472–1521), Vincenzo (died in Tripoli in 1499), Bernardo (1481–1519), Donata, wife of Giacomo Gussoni da S. Vitale...
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there are further Armenian populations scattered in Jounieh, Byblos and Tripoli (particularly the Mina area). Anjar is a place where Armenian populations...
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from Pyrgos is 20 km (12 mi), about 50 km (31 mi) SW of Lampeia, W of Tripoli and Arcadia and 4 km (2 mi) north of Krestena and N of Kyparissia and Messenia...
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Algiers into breaking their alliance with Tripoli. Jefferson ordered five separate naval bombardments of Tripoli, leading the pasha to sign a treaty that...
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الأوسط, 'the Middle West': Tripoli to Béjaïa) and al-Maghrib al-Adnā [ar] (المغرب الأدنى, 'the Nearest West': Alexandria to Tripoli). Morocco's modern Arabic...
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H–Architecture or Bluebeard temple, after the pedimental three-bodied man-serpent sculpture, whose beards were painted dark blue. Whether this temple replaced an...
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seen in many works of Charles Le Brun, such as sculpture, paintings, and the decor of major monuments. The depiction of the king in this manner focused...
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Xanthos was later rebuilt in stone. The Nereid Monument, the Tomb of Payava, and the original sculptures of the Harpy Tomb are exhibited in the British...
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Triglyph Trigonon Trinemeia Triopas Triopas of Argos Triphylia Triphylians Tripolis (region of Laconia) Triptolemos Painter Triptolemos (play) Triptolemus...
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Cycladic idol, Parian marble; 1.5 m high (largest known example of Cycladic sculpture) 2800–2300 BC Marble seated harp player, 2800-2700 BC Marble seated harp...
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who had superior naval forces, effectively controlled the sea routes to Tripoli). However, despite all the hardships, Atatürk's forces in Libya managed...
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