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Chemosphere. / 34.127561000°N 118.368840000°W / 34.127561000; -118.368840000. The Chemosphere is a modernist house in Los Angeles, California, designed by John Lautner in 1960. The building, which the Encyclopædia Britannica once called "the most modern home built in the world", [ 1] is admired both for the ingenuity of its solution ...
The pillars of Ashoka are a series of monolithic pillars dispersed throughout the Indian subcontinent, erected—or at least inscribed with edicts —by the 3rd Mauryan Emperor Ashoka the Great, who reigned from c. 268 to 232 BC. [ 2] Ashoka used the expression Dhaṃma thaṃbhā ( Dharma stambha ), i.e. "pillars of the Dharma " to describe ...
The iron pillar stands within the courtyard of Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque. The height of the pillar, from the top to the bottom of its base, is 7.21 m (23 ft 8 in), 1.12 m (3 ft 8 in) of which is below ground. Its bell pattern capital is 306 mm (12 in). It is estimated to weigh more than six tonnes (13,228 lb). [4]
Allen Crocker Curtis House–Pillar House. / 42.40111°N 71.33278°W / 42.40111; -71.33278. The Pillar House is a house that was once located at 26 Quinobequin Road in Newton, Massachusetts, before being moved to its current location in Lincoln. It was built in 1845 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Column of Marcus Aurelius. / 41.90080000°N 12.48000000°E / 41.90080000; 12.48000000. The Column of Marcus Aurelius ( Latin: Columna Centenaria Divorum Marci et Faustinae, Italian: Colonna di Marco Aurelio) is a Roman victory column in Piazza Colonna, Rome, Italy. It is a Doric column featuring a spiral relief: it was built in honour ...
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Montpelier (Orange, Virginia) / 38.21972°N 78.16944°W / 38.21972; -78.16944. James Madison's Montpelier, located in Orange County, Virginia, was the plantation house of the Madison family, including Founding Father and fourth president of the United States James Madison and his wife, Dolley. The 2,650-acre (1,070 ha) property is open ...
The Katskhi pillar ( Georgian: კაცხის სვეტი, kac'xis svet'i) is a natural limestone monolith located at the village of Katskhi in western Georgian region of Imereti, near the town of Chiatura. It is approximately 40 metres (130 ft) high, and overlooks the small river valley of Katskhura, a right affluent of the Q'virila ...