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... built a castle on an islet off the coast , the remains of which can still be seen underneath the present castle of Christiansborg . The Bishop marked out the boundaries of the town and surrounded it with ramparts and a moat . In the ...
... built a castle on an islet off the coast , the remains of which can still be seen underneath the present castle of Christiansborg . The Bishop marked out the boundaries of the town and surrounded it with ramparts and a moat . In the ...
Page 441
... built about 2900 BC to supply water to King Menes ' capital at Mem- phis . Evidence exists of a masonry - faced earth dam built about 2700 BC at Sadd - el - Kafara , about 30 kilometres ( 19 miles ) south of Cairo ; this dam failed ...
... built about 2900 BC to supply water to King Menes ' capital at Mem- phis . Evidence exists of a masonry - faced earth dam built about 2700 BC at Sadd - el - Kafara , about 30 kilometres ( 19 miles ) south of Cairo ; this dam failed ...
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... built by the Royal Dublin Society after its pur- chase of Leinster House in 1815. Twin Victorian build- ings built on the same grounds in 1885 house the Na- tional Library and the National Museum . While the first duke of Leinster was ...
... built by the Royal Dublin Society after its pur- chase of Leinster House in 1815. Twin Victorian build- ings built on the same grounds in 1885 house the Na- tional Library and the National Museum . While the first duke of Leinster was ...
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