Month: December 2021

Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Desmond (died 1520) was the brother of James FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Desmond.[1] Irish noble Maurice FitzGerald Earl of Desmond Statue of Maurice Fitzgerald inside Desmond Castle, Kinsale Tenure 1487–1520 Predecessor Thomas FitzJames FitzGerald Successor James FitzMaurice FitzGerald Other names Vehiculus, Bellicosus Died 1520 Buried Tralee […]

Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills region is Australia’s oldest surviving German settlement. Hahndorf has plenty of souvenir shops, craft outlets and galleries to explore. There’s still a strong German flavour in the town, most evident in the smallgood outlets and German bakeries that line the main street. Visitors can pick […]

Banjul is the second largest city in and capital of Gambia. The city is on an island, which has constrained its size – its population is only 40,000. Consequently much of the population now is based on the mainland between the airport and the city. The main tourist and business […]

USS Nelansu (SP-610) was a United States Navypatrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918. United States Navy patrol vessel Nelansu as a private motorboat prior to her acquisition by the U.S. Navy. History United States Name USS Nelansu Namesake Previous name retained Builder R. Bigelow, Monument Beach, Massachusetts Acquired […]

The U.S. state of Minnesota first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1903. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1909, when the state began to issue plates. Minnesota vehicle license plates Minnesota Current series Slogan 10,000 Lakes Size 12 in × 6 in30 cm × 15 cm Material Aluminum Serial […]

St. Albert is a city in Alberta on the Sturgeon River northwest of the City of Edmonton. It was originally settled as a Métis community, and is now the second-largest city in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region. St. Albert first received its town status in 1904 and was reached by the […]

Data Carddass (データカードダス, Dēta Kādodasu) is a series of Japanese arcade game machines created by Bandai, which largely focus around the digital use of collectible trading cards. It is an expansion of Bandai’s Carddass collectible trading card series, which allows players to use special cards to interact with arcade video […]

Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth (French: Fairmont Le Reine Élizabeth) is an historic grand hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. With 950 rooms[1] and 21 floors it is the largest hotel in the province of Quebec, and the second largest Fairmont hotel in Canada after the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto, which […]

In ecclesiastical architecture, a ciborium (“ciborion”: κιβώριον in Greek) is a canopy or covering supported by columns, freestanding in the sanctuary, that stands over and covers the altar in a basilica or other church. It may also be known by the more general term of baldachin, though ciborium is often […]

Ubud, a town in central Bali of around 30,000 people, is far removed from the nightlife bikini scene in Kuta, and is regarded as the cultural centre of Bali. It is famous as an arts and crafts hub, and much of the town and nearby villages seems to consist of […]