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Dura Sample
Dura may also refer to: Đura such as, for example, Đura Bajalović Geography * Dura language, a critically endangered language of Nepal * Dura, Africa, an ancient city and former bishopric, now a Catholic titular see * Dura-Europos, an ancient city located in modern-day Syria, founded in 303 BCE and abandoned in 256–257 CE * Dora, Baghdad, alternately transliterated "al-Dura", a neighborhood in the Rasheed administrative district in Southern Baghdad, Iraq * Dorrha, County Tipperary, Ireland, a civil parish (Irish name: ''Dura'') * Dura, Hebron, a Palestinian town in the southern West Bank located eleven kilometers southwest of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate * Dura, Manyas, a village in Turkey * Dura al-Qar', a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate * Cișmigiu Gardens The Cișmigiu Gardens or Cișmigiu Park () are a public park in the center of Bucharest, Romania, spanning areas on all sides of an artificial lake. The gardens' creation was an importan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Đura
Đura ( sr-Cyrl, Ђура; also transliterated Djura) is a Serbian male given name derived from '' Đurađ'' (a Serbian variant of '' George''). It may refer to: People * Đura Dokić (1873–1946), a Serbian general, notable for being an Axis collaborator during World War II * Đura Džudžar (born 1954), a eparchial bishop of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Ruski Krstur since 2018 * Đura Horvatović (or ''Đorđe Đuro Horvatović''; 1835–1895), a Serbian general and military minister * Đura Jakšić (1832–1878), a Serbian poet, painter, writer, dramatist and bohemian * Đura Sentđerđi (1900–1980) was a Yugoslav swimmer See also * Đuro, a South Slavic male given name * Đurovac, a village in the municipality of Prokuplje, Serbia * Đurović, a Serbian surname * Đurić, a Serbian surname * Đurovski Đurovski ( sr-Cyrl, Ђуровски; also transliterated Djurovski) or Ǵurovski (; also transliterated Gjurovski), is a South Slavic surname In man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Đura Bajalović
Đura Bajalović also spelled Djura Bajalović (Šabac, Serbia, 13 February 1879 – Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia, 5 May 1949) was one of the leading Belgrade architects of Art Nouveau in Serbian architecture at the turn of the 19th century. He was the younger brother of Petar Bajalović, also an architect and university professor. Oeuvres * House of Leona Panajot is at ''31 Francuska Street'' in Belgrade, in the city municipality of Stari grad. The original house designed by Momir Korunović was constructed in 1909 by Belgrade firm Stevan Hibner, and represents as a cultural monument. In 1912 the same building was resumed and constructed as a multi-storey detached house by the architect Đura Bajalović, and further alterations, in 1926 and 1936, resulted in its present-day appearance. It consists of a basement, ground floor, first floor and attic. Architecturally, it is designed in the style of Art Nouveau. As a pronounced work of this style, the house was presented at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dura Language
Dura is an extinct language of Nepal. It has been classified in the West Bodish branch of Tibetan languages, though more recent work separates it out as an independent branch of Sino-Tibetan. Many of the Dura have switched to speaking Nepali, and the Dura language has sometimes been thought to be extinct. Some of the people who have switched to Nepali for their daily speech still use Dura for prayer. The Himalayan Languages Project is working on recording additional knowledge of Dura. Around 1,500 words and 250 sentences in Dura have been recorded. The last known speaker of the language was the 82-year-old Soma Devi Dura. Classification Schorer (2016:293)Schorer, Nicolas. 2016. ''The Dura Language ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dura, Africa
Dura was an ancient city and bishopric in Roman North Africa, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see. History Dura was among the many cities in the Roman province of Byzacena that became a suffragan diocese. Its precise Roman location, in present-day Tunisia, remains unknown. Its only historically documented bishop, Quodvultdeus, was among the Catholic bishops attending the Council of Carthage called in 484 by king Huneric of the Vandal Kingdom on the heresy Donatism, after which and many of his party were exiled, unlike their schismatic counterparts (none of which is named for Dura). Titular see The ancient city has been used as a titular see in the 17th and 19th centuries and regularly from 1933 to the present as the Latin titular bishopric of Dura (Latin: Curiate Italian) / Duren(sis) (Latin adjective).''Annuario Pontificio'' 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 {{ISBN, 978-88-209-9070-1). It has been held as a titular see by the following bishops: * Franciscus Ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dura-Europos
Dura-Europos was a Hellenistic, Parthian Empire, Parthian, and Ancient Rome, Roman border city built on an escarpment above the southwestern bank of the Euphrates river. It is located near the village of Al-Salihiyah, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Salhiyé, in present-day Syria. Dura-Europos was founded around 300 BC by Seleucus I Nicator, who founded the Seleucid Empire as one of the Diadochi of Alexander the Great. In 113 BC, Parthians conquered the city, and held it, with one brief Roman intermission (114 AD), until 165 AD. Under Parthian rule, it became an important provincial administrative centre. The ancient Rome, Romans decisively captured Dura-Europos in 165 AD and greatly enlarged it as their easternmost stronghold in Mesopotamia, until it was captured by the Sasanian Empire after a Siege of Dura Europos (256), siege in 256–257 AD. Its population was deported, and the abandoned city eventually became covered by sand and mud and disappeared from sight. Dura-Europos is of e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora, Baghdad
Dora (also al-Dura, or ad-Durah, , Syriac: ܕܘܿܪܵܐ) is a neighborhood in Al Rashid administrative district, southern Baghdad, Iraq. Before the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, it was home to the city's largest concentration of Christian Assyrians, as well as Mandaeans and Muslim families. History The area was largely uninhabited until the 1950s when Assyrians from Habbaniya started settling down in Baghdad. Most houses and churches were built during the 1960s and 1970s while the booming neighbourhood attracted more middle-class families. Prior to the Iraq War, the area was home to the largest concentration of Assyrians and Mandeans, as well as mixed Sunni and Shi'ite families. Before the Iraq War, Dora was home to 150,000 Christians, mostly adherents of the Assyrian Church of the East and Chaldean Catholic Church. Iraq War In the early morning of March 19, 2003, U.S. forces initiated the invasion of Iraq by attacking a "buried command post" believed to be occupied by Sadd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorrha
Dorrha () is a civil parish in the historical barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located in the extreme north of County Tipperary County Tipperary () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary (tow ... and includes the settlement of Rathcabbin. See also * List of civil parishes of County Tipperary References Civil parishes of Ormond Lower {{Tipperary-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dura, Hebron
Dura () is a Palestinian people, Palestinian city located eleven kilometers southwest of Hebron, in the southern West Bank, in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 39,336 in 2017. The current mayor is Ahmad Salhoub. In 1517, Dura was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Syria. In the late Ottoman and early Mandatory periods, Dura was the only permanent settlement in the southeastern ridge of the central highlands. Starting as a village and evolving into a town, it sprawled across large territories, becoming a center for influential families, collectively referred to as Abu-Darham. After the Mandate for Palestine, British Mandate, in the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Dura came under Jordanian rule. Dura was established as a municipality on January 1, 1967, five months before it came under Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Israeli occupation after the Six- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dura, Manyas
Dura is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Manyas, Balıkesir Province Balıkesir Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey with coastlines on both the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea, Aegean. Its area is 14,583 km ... in Turkey. Its population is 261 (2022). References Neighbourhoods in Manyas District {{Balıkesir-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dura Al-Qar'
Dura al-Qar' () or Dura al-Qari'a is a Palestinian town in the central West Bank, part of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Dura al-Qar' had a population of 3,032 inhabitants in 2017. The town's total land area is 4,016 dunams, of which 2,891 dunams have been appropriated by Israel mostly for the purpose of building a by-pass road. According to Dura al-Qar's village council, 142 families have been directly affected by the confiscations and 58% of the town's population depend on those lands as main sources of income. Geography Dura el Qar' is located on the Samarian hills, north-east of Ramallah. It is bordered by Ein Yabrud to the east, Ein Siniya to the north, Jifna, Al-Jalazun Camp and Surda to the west, and Al Bireh to the south. The village is located atop irrigated terraces, constructed within a valley, accompanied by multiple private reservoirs. History Potsherds from the Roman and Roman/Byzantine era h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cișmigiu Gardens
The Cișmigiu Gardens or Cișmigiu Park () are a public park in the center of Bucharest, Romania, spanning areas on all sides of an artificial lake. The gardens' creation was an important moment in the history of Bucharest. They form the oldest and, at , the largest park in city's central area. The main entrance is from Elisabeta Boulevard, in front of the General City Hall of Bucharest; there is another major entrance at the Știrbei Vodă Street, near the Crețulescu Palace. The southwestern corner of the park is adjacent to the prestigious Gheorghe Lazăr National College. The park attracts an average of 5,100 visitors on a weekend day. Landmarks The ''Rondul Român'' ("Romanian Round") or ''Rotonda Scriitorilor'' ("Writers' Rotunda") is a circular alley which has stone busts of twelve important Romanian writers: Mihai Eminescu, Alexandru Odobescu, Titu Maiorescu, Ion Luca Caragiale, George Coșbuc, Ștefan Octavian Iosif, Ion Creangă, Alexandru Vlahuță, Duil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
