Jean-Michel Jarre (redirect from Deserted Palace)
Festival of Magic. In 1972 he also released his first solo album, Deserted Palace, and composed the soundtrack for Les Granges Brûlées (English: The...
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The desert castles or qasrs are often called Umayyad desert castles, since the vast majority of these fortified palaces or castles were built by the Umayyad...
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Umayyad architecture (section Desert palaces)
known for their so-called "desert palaces" or "desert castles": elite residences located around the edges of the Syrian Desert, mostly in present-day Jordan...
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in Lobor, Independent State of Croatia (modern-day Croatia) in the deserted palace of Keglevich family. It was established on 9 August 1941, mostly for...
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zuivere tonen (1953) Tim Hecker – Virgins (2013) Jean-Michel Jarre – Deserted Palace (1972) Phil Kline – Unsilent Night (1992), for cassettes in boomboxes...
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Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi (category Umayyad palaces)
الغربي) is a Syrian desert castle or qasr located 80 km south-west of Palmyra on the Damascus road. The castle is a twin palace of Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi...
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Granges Brûlées). The Rarities CD includes a selection of tracks from Deserted Palace, his first single "La Cage" and its B-side "Erosmachine", and the track...
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Hisham's Palace (Arabic: قصر هشام Qaṣr Hishām), also known as Khirbat al-Mafjar (Arabic: خربة المفجر), is an important early Islamic archaeological site...
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Al-Sakhir Palace, also known as Sakhir Palace, is a palace in the Sakhir desert region of western Bahrain. The palace lies off the Zallaq Highway, northeast...
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company called California Clearing Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Desert Palace, a Las Vegas casino. This corporation's only purpose was to let people...
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Jarre released on Sam Fox Productions his debut experimental album Deserted Palace intended to be used in films and on television. It was created using...
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A palace is a large residence, often serving as a royal residence or the home for a head of state or another high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or...
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walls The Ava Palace site as seen from the Nanmyin Watchtower Palace watchtower in 1907 Royal Pool for Princesses, also at the Ava Palace site Yadana Hsimi...
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reputation that may be confirmed by the decoration of the so-called "desert palaces" (including Qusayr Amra and Khirbat al-Mafjar) that have been attributed...
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castle declined in its importance. 1567: Döbeln was mentioned as "deserted palace" and afterwards only used as a quarry. 1637: Plundered by the Swedes...
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Kalman, Matthew (8 May 2007). "Herod's tomb reportedly found inside his desert palace" The Boston Globe, Accessed 7 May 2013. Weizman, Steve (8 May 2007)...
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Masada (category Judaean Desert)
eastern edge of the Judaean Desert, overlooking the Dead Sea 20 km (12 miles) east of Arad. Herod the Great built two palaces for himself on the mountain...
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Chad. It has been deserted since its wells went dry in the 19th century. Situated between hills, it is still home to a ruined palace, mosque and city wall...
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Alhambra (redirect from Alhambra palace)
Spanish: [aˈlambɾa]; Arabic: الْحَمْرَاء, romanized: al-ḥamrāʼ ) is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Spain. It is one of the most famous...
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see Matthew Scott and Russell Chapman, Much Ado About Nothing — Why Desert Palace Neither Murdered McDonnell Douglas Nor Transformed All Employment Discrimination...
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their desert palaces when the plague emerged during the summer months. Notable among them was Caliph Hisham (r. 724–743), who preferred his palace at Rusafa...
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Judean desert 12 kilometers south of Jerusalem Masada, on a small mountain Caesarea Maritima, on a promontory in the sea Three winter palaces at Jericho...
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romanized: Aṣ-Ṣaḫīr) is a desert area located in the Southern Governorate of Bahrain, near Zallaq. It contains the Al-Sakhir Palace, built in 1870. Camping...
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Streetcar Named Desire, Burnt by the Sun, Oliver, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Red, The Misanthrope, Three Days of Rain, Tristan und Isolde 2: Afterlight...
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54°19′0″E / 24.46194°N 54.31667°E / 24.46194; 54.31667 The Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental, Abu Dhabi (Arabic: قصر الإمارات) is a luxury five-star...
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rare examples of Islamic fresco painting can be seen in Qasr Amra, the desert palace of the Umayyads in the 8th century Magotez. Fresco painting continued...
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there again, instead of the now-deserted residence of the former British High Commissioner. There is Tauʻakipulu palace on Lifuka in Haʻapai, Fangatongo...
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father al-Walid I (r. 705–715). He may have patronized the Umayyad desert palaces of Khirbat al-Minya in modern Israel and Qasr Kharana in modern Jordan...
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Kendal, the theater personality, described the palace during his visit in the 1950s as "totally deserted, the stillness broken only by the humming of clouds...
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