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    The Leaning Tower of Zaragoza, sometimes called by its Spanish name, Torre Nueva (new tower), was a Mudéjar leaning tower located in current Plaza de...
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    The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italian: torre pendente di Pisa [ˈtorre penˈdɛnte di ˈpiːza, - ˈpiːsa]), or simply the Tower of Pisa (torre di Pisa), is the...
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    This is a list of leaning towers. A leaning tower is a tower which, either intentionally or unintentionally (due to errors in design, construction, or...
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    Zaragoza (Spanish: [θaɾaˈɣoθa] ) also known in English as Saragossa, is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous community of...
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  • by French forces. 1809 – Siege of Saragossa by French forces. 1857 – Population: 63,399. 1892 – Leaning Tower of Zaragoza demolished. 1897 – Population:...
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  • Convento de Nuestra Señora del Carmen was a monastery in Zaragoza municipality, Aragon, Spain. It was established in 1290 and demolished in 1835. v t e...
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    Tower of Ateca is a structure in Ateca, Spain. A leaning tower of Mudejar style, it was built in 1560 on an ancient medieval tower of the castle of Ateca...
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    Market of Zaragoza. It was flanked by two imposing crenelated towers and its monumental arch closed with iron gates. Since 1440 its two towers became...
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    Descalzos[pronunciation?] (English: Convent of Saint Joseph of Discalced Carmelites) was a convent located in the city of Zaragoza, that belonged to the Discalced...
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    The Franciscan Friary in Zaragoza, Aragon (Spain) (Spanish: Convento de San Francisco de Zaragoza) was established in 1219. Unusually opulent for a Franciscan...
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  • This list of missing landmarks in Spain includes remarkable buildings, castles, royal palaces, medieval towers, city gates and other noteworthy structures...
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    Abbey of Santa Engracia (Spanish: Real Monasterio de Santa Engracia) was a monastery in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, established to house the relics of Saint...
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    Zaha Hadid (category Alumni of the Architectural Association School of Architecture)
    built the Bridge-Pavilion of Zaragoza, which was both an exhibit hall and a bridge, created for Expo 2008, an event on the themes of water and durable development...
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    Kazan (redirect from Millennium of Kazan)
    formerly leaning Söyembikä Tower, named after the last queen of Kazan and regarded as the city's most conspicuous landmark. Also of interest are the towers and...
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    Avempace (category People from Zaragoza)
    of Venus Transits Ernest A. Moody (April 1951). "Galileo and Avempace: The Dynamics of the Leaning Tower Experiment (I)", Journal of the History of Ideas...
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    lined with stones and leaning to one side due to the Lisbon earthquake. Currently this catastrophe is remembered with the tradition of the "Mariquelo" on...
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  • Zaragoza, Ibiza and Palma de Mallorca editions. The 70th anniversary edition includes the capital cities of the autonomous communities instead of streets...
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    (1,125 ft) above the base of the structure. The British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid constructed the Bridge Pavilion in Zaragoza. Spain for an international...
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  • explores the railway networks of continental Europe, but in later series he also ventured further afield. He refers to a 1913 copy of Bradshaw's Continental...
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    Portugal–Spain relations (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from March 2024)
    the 1529 Treaty of Zaragoza was needed to demarcate their Asian possessions. In 1578, King Sebastian of Portugal died in the Battle of Alcácer Quibir against...
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    Porfirio Díaz (category Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary)
    the state of Veracruz. He retreated and joined up with the forces of Ignacio Zaragoza to continue in harassing the enemy in the vicinity of Orizaba. Díaz...
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    Stuttgart (redirect from City of Stuttgart)
    in terms of visitors with a strong leaning towards modern art (the foremost exhibition of Otto Dix works). The museum stands on the corner of Schlossplatz...
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    Nicosia (redirect from Capital of Cyprus)
    the stairs to the minbar before Friday sermons while leaning on a sword used during the conquest of Nicosia to signify that Nicosia was captured by conquest...
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    by left-leaning forces after the 2015 municipal election, with Joan Ribó of Compromís becoming the new mayor. Located on the eastern coast of the Iberian...
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  • San Torcuato and Santa Lucía (1869) and Church of San Miguel (1871). The leaning Torre Nueva in Zaragoza was demolished in 1892 amidst fears that it would...
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    effect of wind on the sails. It is used in scuba diving weight belts to counteract the diver's buoyancy. In 1993, the base of the Leaning Tower of Pisa...
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    the surfaces of wall and floor, Mudéjar art developed complicated tiling patterns. The motifs on tile work are often abstract, leaning more on vegetal...
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    Trento (redirect from History of Trento)
    elected as a left-leaning independent with the support of a wide coalition of parties. These parties ranged from the left (as in the case of Europa Verde)...
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  • (Zebretta) - Udinese Calcio Lioness - Brescia Calcio Anthropomorphic Leaning Tower – A.C. Pisa 1909 Bersagliere – A.C. Reggiana 1919 Dolphin – Delfino...
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    Zug (redirect from City of Zug)
    close to the town wall and leaning against it. Still higher, and outside the old town, is the fine new parish church of St Michael, consecrated in 1902...
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