Brindisi: a welcoming city for thousands of years.

There are many legends about the foundation of Brindisi. The most beautiful of which is the story of the mythical Brento, son of Eracle (Hercules) , who shaped the city in his own image: the two branches of the harbor on his arms, the peninsula between …

Pawhuska

Pawhuska (Osage: 𐓄𐓘𐓢𐓶𐓮𐓤𐓘, hpahúska, lit.: White Hair; Chiwere: Paháhga) is a city in and the county seat of Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named after the 19th-cen…

OKC Art Deco

Art Deco, short for the French Arts Décoratifs, and sometimes referred to simply as Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before Worl…

The Catholic Church in Oklahoma

1830 to 1875The first Catholic presence in Oklahoma, then known officially as the Indian Territory, was in 1830. Charles Van Quickenborne, a Jesuit priest, traveled from St. Louis, Missouri, to minister to Osage Nation people in the Cabin Cree…

Awirs

Awirs (en wallon Les Awires ou ẳs Awèrs) est une section de la commune belge de Flémalle située en Région wallonne dans la province de Liège. C’&eacut…

Soumagne, Belgium

Soumagne (Walloon: Soûmagne) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On September 1, 2008, Soumagne had a total population of 15,894. The total area is 27.14 km² …

Oupeye

EtymologyUpeye (1176) The suffix -eye is a deformation of -acas meaning “property of”. The prefix comes from Ulpius, a Gallo-Roman gentilic.  Oûpêye in Walloon. The CommuneAs of 1 November 2018, the municipality had 25,408 i…

Our Stories: Random + Relatable Monologues

This series of monologues were written and narrated by members of Black Box Creatives (BBC), a youth theatre company based in Dubbo. Random + Relatable Monologues were created in a workshop funded by the Country Arts Support Program (CASP) grant, manage…

Our Stories: The Public Art of Dubbo

Our Stories is a walking tour celebrating the talents and characters who have shaped the City of Dubbo. Enjoy a stroll from our cultural precinct to the CBD and back to get a feel for the heart and soul of our city. Should you like to see more public ar…

Great Northern Mine Plant Walk

The Great Northern Mine Plant Walk starts near the entrance of the Mining Museum entrance and is 1.3 kilometres long. Several species of plants on the walk are endemic (native) to Australia. Specimens of two of the plants were collected by Banks and Sol…

Historical Highway Markers of Pulaski County

Pulaski County was developed from portions of Montgomery and Wythe counties on March 30, 1839, becoming the 87th county of the Commonwealth of Virginia. This audio driving tour allows to you listen to the historic events, people and places in the county…

Herberton Heritage Walk

A walk through Historic Herberton. The first town on the Atherton Tablelands. Established in 1880

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