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Alpine style Alpine style refers to mountaineering in a self-sufficient manner, thereby carrying all of one's food, shelter, equipment etc. as one climbs, as opposed to expedition style (or siege style) mountaineering which involves setting up a fixed line of stocked camps on the mountain which can be accessed at ones leisure.
Alpine School District Alpine School District is the primary school district in northern Utah County in Utah, including the cities of Orem, American Fork, and Lehi. It includes all grades from kindergarten all through high school (K-12).
Alpine Skiing at the 1990 Winter Asian Games Alpine skiing at the 1990 Winter Asian Games took place in the city of Sapporo, Japan with four events contested — two each for men and women. Slalom events would later be substituted for Super Giant Slalom events in the next Winter Asiad but reinstated in the 1999 Winter Asian Games in South Korea.
Alpine Skiing at the 1999 Winter Asian Games Alpine skiing at the 1999 Winter Asian Games took place in the resort town of Yongpyeong, Gangwon, South Korea with six events contested — three each for men and women. Slalom events were reinstated in this edition of the games after being substituted for Super Giant Slalom events in the 1996 Winter Asiad in Harbin, China.
Alpine Swift The Alpine Swift (Apus melba) is a small bird, superficially similar to a large Barn Swallow or House Martin. It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since swifts are in the order Apodiformes.
Alpine Valley Music Theatre The Alpine Valley Music Theatre is a 49,000-capacity ampitheatre in East Troy, Wisconsin. The seasonal venue opened in 1975, and it features a characteristic wooden roof covering the 9,000-seat pavilion, and a sprawling 40,000-capacity lawn.
Alpine Visitor Center Rocky Mountain National Park's Alpine Visitor Center is located at 11,796 feet above sea level at Fall River Pass, about two miles north of the highest point on Trail Ridge Road. The Alpine Visitor's Center includes restrooms, a restaurant and an information and gift shop.
Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 The Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 are to be held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, in February 2011. The FIS awarded the Alpine World Skiing Championships on May 25 2006 in Vilamoura, Portugal.
Alpine, Arkansas Alpine, Arkansas is a very small town situated approximately 8 miles east of Amity, Arkansas, in Clark County. The community center located in its heart is a popular draw for Clark County citizens during Christmas, 4th of July and Halloween celebrations annually.
Alpine, Washington Alpine, Washington was a town in the Cascade Mountains, near Skykomish, Washington. Founded in the late 19th century and originally named Nippon, Washington, it was first built to house Japanese railway workers.
Alpinia galanga Alpinia galanga, a plant in the ginger family, is an herb used in cooking, especially in Thai cuisine. It is one of four plants known as galangal, and is differentiated from the others with the common name greater galangal.
Alpinist (Unit) The 'Alpinist Unit' is a special Israeli Defence Force infantry reserve unit, under the command of the Israeli Northern Command, specializing in mountain warfare, snow warfare and difficult terrain warfare in the northern front, especially Mt. Hermon.
Alpo Suhonen Alpo Suhonen (born June 17, 1948 in Valkeakoski, Finland) was the first Europe born NHL head coach in 50 years when he took over the Chicago Blackhawks on May 22, 2000. Along with Ivan Hlinka, they were the first European born head coaches since Johnny Gottselig.
Alps The Alps (; ; ; ) is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west. The word "Alps" was taken via French from Latin Alpes (meaning "the Alps"), which may be influenced by the Latin words albus (white) or altus (high), or a Celtic word.
Alps Tour The Alps Tour is a developmental professional golf tour for men which is sanctioned by the national golf associations of France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Morocco. It is a third level tour, the highest level of men's golf in Europe being the European Tour, and the second level being the Challenge Tour.
Alptigin Alptigin (Turkic for "Brave Prince"; ) was the grandfather of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni. Alptigin was a general of Central Asian Turkic origin from Balkh who had risen from slave to general and eventually to the Governor of Khorasan based in Ghazni.
AlpTransit AlpTransit, also known as New Railway Link through the Alps NRLA, is a Swiss federal project aimed to build faster north-south rail links across the Swiss Alps by constructing base tunnels several hundred metres below the level of the current tunnels. For safety reasons, all the tunnels consist of two single-track bores side by side that are connected about every 300 metres with cross cuts, enabling the other tunnel to be used for escape.
Alpujarras La Alpujarra (sometimes Las Alpujarras) is a mountainous district in Southern Spain, which stretches south from the Sierra Nevada mountains near Granada in the autonomous region of Andalusia. The western part of the region lies in the province of Granada and the eastern part in the province of AlmerĂ­a.
Alqueva The Alqueva is a site in the Alentejo region, in Portugal, where a huge project in the Guadiana river intended to create a complex infrastructure, which includes a dam, hydroelectric power production, irrigation systems to a large arable land area, and formation of an extensive reservoir, forming a lake where several tourist ventures are to be found.
Alraune (1928 film) Alraune is a 1928 silent science fiction horror film directed by Henrik Galeen in which a prostitute is artificially inseminated with the semen of a hanged man. The story is based upon the legend of Alraune and the powers of the mandrake root to impregnate women.
Alraune (1952 film) Alraune is a 1952 science fiction horror film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt in which a scientist creates a woman who is beautiful and yet soulless lacking any sense of morality. It is based upon the German myth of Alraune in which a woman is impregnated by a mandrake route.
Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne is a 1918 silent science fiction horror film directed by Eugen Illés and Joseph Klein in which a Doctor uses the sperm of a dead man to impregnate a prostitute. The resultant child then grows up only to turn against the man who created her.
Already Gone "Already Gone" is a song written by Jack Tempchin and Robb Strandlin and recorded by the American rock band Eagles for their 1974 album On the Border. It was the first single released from this album.
Alrekstad Álreksstaðir, or in more modern tongue Alrekstad, was one of the largest Norwegian king's farm on the west coast during the early Middle Ages. It was situated at the foot of the mountain Ulriken (a mountain in Bergen, Norway).
Alresford Cricket Club Alresford Cricket Club was one of the strongest cricket teams in England during the late 18th centuryArlott on Cricket - see References below.. It represented the adjacent small towns of New Alresford and Old Alresford in Hampshire.
Alresford railway station (Essex) Alresford railway station is on the Tendring Hundred Railway and serves the village of Alresford, Essex, England. (Network Rail call it simply "Alresford", ignoring the fact that there also exists Alresford (Hampshire) railway station.
Alrewas Alrewas () is a village approximately 5 miles north of Lichfield in the county of Staffordshire, England. Alrewas has a population of just under 3000 and lies on the confluence of the Trent and Mersey Canal and the River Trent, and was previously the seat of Bishop of Lichfield.
Alright Jack Alright Jack is a UK slang term used to indicate that a person, or company, has no need to make changes to their existing behaviour - even if these changes would be beneficial to someone else, or would have a chance (although not a certainty) of being beneficial to the person or company concerned. It carries a slightly pejorative tone and is relatively rarely used to describe the speaker.
Alroy of Gwynedd In the fictional universe of the Deryni novels of Katherine Kurtz, Alroy Haldane was the thirteenth King of Gwynedd, reigning from 917 to 921. He was the eighth member of the House of Haldane to sit upon the throne of Gwynedd, and the second Haldane king since the end of the Festillic Interregnum.
Alrude Countess of Bertinoro Alrude, Countess of Bertinoro was a 12th century Italian noblewoman who, in 1172, ended the siege of Aucona. "Aucona" is likely to have been a reference to the city of Ancona, the capital of the neighboring Province of Ancona.
Alruna Old Norse Ă–lrĂşn, Old High German Ailrun, Modern German Alruna, Alraune is a Germanic female personal name, from Proto Germanic *aliruna, from ali- "strange" (or alternatively, "birthing", "begetting") and runa "secret", rune. In German, Alruna was also used as a short form of Adelruna, a different name with a first element *athal- "noble".
Alsace Alsace (French: Alsace; Alsatian and German: Elsass, also German: Elsaß) is one of the 26 régions of France, located on the eastern border of France, on the west bank of the Upper Rhine, adjacent to Germany and Switzerland. Its capital and largest city is Strasbourg.
Alsace-Lorraine Alsace-Lorraine () was a territorial entity created by the German Empire in 1871 after the annexation of most of Alsace and parts of Lorraine in the Franco-Prussian War. The Alsatian part lay in the Rhine Valley on the west bank of the Rhine River and on the east of the Vosges Mountains.
Alsace-Moselle The Alsace-Moselle is the current legal name of the Alsace-Lorraine territory, the part of France that was part of Germany from 1871 to 1919 (and then from 1940 to 1944–1945), consisting of the départements of Haut-Rhin and Bas-Rhin (both of which make up Alsace), and the département of Moselle (itself being the eastern part of Lorraine). While an integral part of France, it has for historical reasons different customs and laws on certain issues, notably those where France adopted a standard or principle in the period 1871–1919.
Alsager Alsager is a town and civil parish in Cheshire, England, to the north-west of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and east of the railway town of Crewe. The town has a population of 12,578 (2001 census), and is administered by Congleton Borough Council.
Alsancak Alsancak is a large quarter (or a zone; semt) in Ä°zmir, Turkey, within the boundaries of the metropolitan district of Konak, the historic center of the city. Alsancak area extends along the southern shores of the tip of the Gulf of Ä°zmir, starting from the historic square that carries the same name as the district (Konak Square), to adjoin Bornova, another metropolitan district in its eastern end.
Alsatia Alsatia in London, was the name given to an area lying north of the River Thames covered by the Whitefriars monastery, to the south of the west end of Fleet Street and adjacent to the Temple. Between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries it had the privilege of a sanctuary, except against a writ of the Lord Chief Justice or of the Lords of the Privy Council; and as a result it was the refuge of the perpetrators of every grade of crime, debauchery, and offence against the laws.
Alsatian language Alsatian (Alsatian: Elsässerditsch, French Alsacien, German Elsässisch) is a Low Alemannic German dialect spoken in Alsace, a region in eastern France which has passed between French and German control many times.
Alsek Ranges The Alsek Ranges are the southeasternmost subdivision of the Saint Elias Mountains of the Pacific Cordillera. They span the region between the Alsek River, Glacier Bay and the Kelsall River (which is the route of the highway from Haines, Alaska to Haines Junction, Yukon).
Alsenz The Alsenz is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a right tributary to the Nahe. It rises in Enkenbach-Alsenborn, north-east of Kaiserslautern, flows generally north, and joins the Nahe in Bad MĂĽnster am Stein-Ebernburg.
Alsetex 410 Used for restoring order under difficult conditions, the Alsetex Splinterless stun hand grenade (code 410) is designed to disorient groups of mobile individuals. This is achieved by causing temporary deafness, through the aggressive effects of intense noise, thus rendering neutralisation both rapid and effective.
Alsfeld Alsfeld [] is a town in the center of Hesse. Large towns nearby are Bad Hersfeld about 33 km to the east, Fulda 36 km to the southeast, GieĂźen 47 km to the west and Marburg an der Lahn about 36 km to the northwest.
Alsium Alsium (modern: Palo) was an ancient town of Etruria, on the Via Aurelia, by which it is about 22 miles from Rome. It was one of the oldest cities of Etruria, but does not appear in history until the Roman colonization of 247 BCE, and was never of great importance, except as a resort of wealthy Romans, many of whom (Pompey, the Antonine emperors) had villas there.
Alsophis antiguae Alsophis antiguae is a non-poisonous grey-brown snake, found only in Antigua, a small Caribbean island, thus nicknamed "Antigua Racer Snake". It is thought to be the rarest snake in the world, with only about 200 existing on a small island off the coast of Antigua.
Alsou Alsou Ralifovna Abramova (Tatar: Alsu Rälif qızı Abramova, Russian: Алсу́ Рали́фовна Абрамова), better known as just Alsou (Russian: Алсу́, born on June 27, 1983) is a popular Tatar-Russian singer.
Alster The Alster is a 53 km long right tributary of the river Elbe in Northern Germany. It has its source near Henstedt-Ulzburg in the village of Kisdorferwohld in Schleswig-Holstein, approximately 25km north of Hamburg.
AlstervergnĂĽgen The AlstervergnĂĽgen (German for "Alster enjoyment") is an annual street fair held around the Binnenalster in Hamburg, Germany. It always takes place throughout the first weekend of September, and offers a wide variety of food, drink, vending and games stands, as well as some rock bands.
Alston Scott Householder Alston Scott Householder (Rockford, Illinois, USA, 5 May 1904 – Malibu, California, USA, 4 July 1993) is an American mathematician who specialized in mathematical biology and numerical analysis, inventor of the Householder transformation. Married to Belle Householder (d.
Alston's Mouse Opossum Alston's Mouse Opossum (Micoureus alstoni), also known as Alston's Opossum, is a medium sized pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is arboreal and nocturnal, inhabitting forests from Belize to northern Colombia.
Alstonefield Alstonefield is a village and civil parish in the Peak District National Park and the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England. It is about 14 miles drive east from Leek and 16 south from Buxton.
Alstonia Alstonia is a widespread genus of evergreen trees and shrubs from the dogbane family (Apocynaceae). It was named by Robert Brown in 1811, after Charles Alston (1685-1760), Professor of botany at Edinburgh from 1716-1760.
Alstonite Alstonite, also known as Bromlite is a member of the aragonite group of carbonate minerals. It consists of an isomorphous mixture of calcium and barium carbonates in various proportions, CaBa(C03)2, it is triclinic in crystal structure and differs structurally from barytocalcite, which has a monoclinic structure.
Alstroemeriaceae The Alstroemeriaceae is a family of flowering plants, with 200 species in three or four genera, native to the Americas, from Central America to southern South America. The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), treats the family in the order Liliales, in the clade monocots.
Alt key The Alt key on an IBM PC keyboard is the key located immediately to either side of the Space bar, used to change (alternate) the function of other pressed keys. Thus, the Alt key is a modifier key, used in a similar fashion to the Shift key.
Alt-Tab Alt-Tab is the common name for a complex keyboard shortcut on Microsoft Windows 3.1 onwards used for switching between top-level windows without using the mouse; hence it was named Task Switcher (Flip in Windows Vista).
Alta (vehicles) Alta (not to be confused with a British company with the same name) was a Greek manufacturer of light and heavier three-wheeler trucks, motorcycles and passenger cars. Production of motorcycles and three-wheeler trucks with Sachs 50cc engines started in its first factory in Athens in 1962.
Alta capella Alta capella is a term referring to the town wind bands found throughout continental Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries, and specifically to such bands consisting of shawms and slide trumpets or sackbuts.
Alta California Alta California (Upper California) was formed in 1804 when the province of California, then a part of the Spanish colony of New Spain, was divided in two along the line separating the Franciscan missions in the north from the Dominican missions in the south. The southern part became the territory of Baja California.
Alta Car and Engineering Company The Alta Car and Engineering Company was a sports and racing car manufacturer from England, commonly known simply as Alta. Their cars contested five FIA World Championship races between 1950 and 1952, as well as Grand Prix events prior to this.
Alta Dutch Flat Elementary School District Alta Dutch Flat School District currently contains two schools, one in Alta, California and one in Emigrant Gap, California. Emigrant Gap Elementary School District was taken over with Alta Dutch Flat Elementary School District in 2001.
Alta Lake State Park Alta Lake State Park is a 181 acre (732,000 m²) camping park located in the mountainous northwest interior of Washington. The park and adjacent lake lie beneath towering stone cliffs formed by glaciation that rise 1000 feet above the valley floor.
Alta Loma High School Alta Loma High School is a comprehensive public secondary school located in Rancho Cucamonga, California. As a member of the Chaffey Joint Union High School District, the school employs roughly 150 staff members that serve 3000 students.
Alta Toquima Wilderness The Alta Toquima Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Toquima Range of Nye County, in the central section of the state of Nevada in the western United States. It covers an area of approximately 38,000 acres (154 km²), and is administered by the Toiyabe National Forest.
Alta Vela Claim The Alta Vela Claim was a flimsy claim against the Dominican Government by American adventurers ejected on the eve of the unsuccessful Spanish reoccupation (1861-1865) of the guano island by that name located some fifteen miles south of the Dominican Republic. It has both a sinister and an auspicious significance in United States political history because former Secretary of State Jeremiah S.
Alta Vendita Originally published in Italian in the 19th century, the Alta Vendita (or, in full: The permanent instruction of the Alta Vendita) is a document purportedly produced by the highest lodge"At the head was the alta vendita, to which deputies were chosen from the other vendite." Catholic Encyclopedia: Carbonari of the Italian Carbonari.
Alta Vista Ward [Vista Ward (Ward 18) is a city ward] in the city of [[Ottawa, Canada represented on Ottawa City Council. Alta Vista Ward was created prior to the 1966 election when Gloucester Ward was split in half due to population growth in the Alta Vista area.
Altadena Drive (California) Altadena Drive is one of the major east-west roadways in Altadena, California, virtually traveling continuously from one end of the town to the other. The road is actually a convergence of several smaller roads which were established over the half century of a growing Altadena community.
Altaf Hussain Altaf Hussain (Urdu: الطاف حسین) is the leader of a political party, Muttahida Qaumi Movement formerly known as the Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQM). Altaf Hussain is known for struggling for and providing a political platform to the Muhajirs who fought for a free Islamic republic hands in hands with the other Muslims of the Indian Subcontinent namely Punjabis, Pashtuns etc.
Altaf Shakoor An engineer by education and trader by profession, Altaf Shakoor is the leader of Pasban (The Defenders), a Pakistani socio-political organization which has its famous slogan "Pasban.... Voice against injustice".
Altai gas pipeline The Altai gas pipeline is a proposed 2,800 km long natural gas pipeline, which is considered to connect Russian natural gas deposits in Nadym and Urengoy in Western Siberia with the Xinjiang region in Western China, where it will be linked to the West-East Gas Pipeline. The memorandum on deliveries of Russian natural gas to China was signed by Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller and CNPC CEO Chen Geng during Russian president Vladimir Putin's visit to China in March 2006.
Altai Republic Altai Republic (; Altay: Алтай Республика) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). The direct transliteration of the republic's Russian name is Respublika Altay, and the transliteration of the Altay name is Altay Respublika.
Altaic languages Altaic is a proposed language family which includes 66 languages spoken by about 348 million people, mostly in and around Central Asia] and northeast Asia. The relationships among these languages remain a matter of debate among historical linguists.
Altair (satellite) Altair, also referred to as Luch, is a series of 5 Geosynchronous Russian relay satellites. They have been used to relay live TV images and other communications from the Russian space station Mir and other orbital spacecraft to the Earth.
Altair 8800 The MITS Altair 8800 was a microcomputer design from 1975, based on the Intel 8080 CPU. Sold as a kit through Popular Electronics magazine, the designers intended to sell only a few hundred to hobbyists, and were surprised when they sold over ten times that many in the first month.
Altair BASIC Altair BASIC was an interpreter for the BASIC programming language that ran on the MITS Altair 8800 and subsequent S-100 bus computers. It was Microsoft's first product (as Micro-Soft), distributed by MITS under a contract.
Altair IV Altair IV, is a fictional planet featured in the classic science fiction film Forbidden Planet. It is a rocky terrestrial world that can support life because it has an oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere and an approximate Earth gravity field.
Altairnano Altairnano is a industry innovator in the discovery, development and manufacture of ceramic nanomaterials, working with industry and academic partners, have produced novel products for life sciences, alternative energy, air and water purification and advanced materials applications.
Altalena Affair The Altalena Affair was a violent confrontation that took place in June of 1948 between the newly-formed Israel Defense Forces and the Irgun (Etzel), a paramilitary Jewish group. The confrontation involved a cargo ship, Altalena, captained by Monroe Fein, which carried weapons and fighters for the Irgun.
Altamaha-ha The Altamaha-ha is an aquatic cryptid allegedly inhabiting the myriad network of small streams and abandoned rice fields near the mouth of the Altamaha River (after which it has been named) in southeastern Georgia. It is reported to be 10-50 feet in length, and has been sighted numerous times by fishermen and other people, particularly around Darien and elsewhere in McIntosh County.
Altamira (cave) Altamira (Spanish for 'high view') is a cave in Spain famous for its Upper Paleolithic cave paintings featuring drawings and polychrome rock paintings of wild mammals and human hands. It is located at , near the town of Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain, 30 km west of the city of Santander.
Altamont Free Concert The Altamont Free Concert was a famous rock concert held on December 6, 1969 at the then-disused Altamont Speedway in Northern California, between Tracy and Livermore. It featured The Rolling Stones and other bands such as Santana, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and Jefferson Airplane.
Altamont Motorsports Park Altamont Motorsports Park is an motorsports race track located between in Alameda County in Northern California between the towns of Tracy and Livermore. It first opened on July 22, 1966, and has variously operated under the names Altamont Speedway, Altamont Raceway, Altamont Raceway Park, and Altamont Raceway Park and Arena.
Altamura Cathedral Altamura Cathedral is a cathedral in the Italian city and comune of Altamura, in the province of Bari, Apulia, in eastern Italy. It was built by Emperor Frederick II in 1232, and it became one of the most venerated sanctuaries in Apulia.
Altan Khan Altan Khan (1507-1582)　(Chinese: 俺答汗, Mongolian: Алтан Хаан), whose given name was Anda, was the de facto ruler of the Right Wing of the Mongols and exercised his power over the whole of Mongolia.
Altanbulag Altanbulag (Mongolian: Алтанбулаг) is a town in northern Mongolia on the border with Russia. It is in Selenge Province about 25 km from the provincial capital of Sühbaatar and is the seat of the Altanbulag sum .
Altantuya Shaaribuu Altantuya Shaaribuu (Mongolian: please fill into Cyrillic alphabet ) (1978-2006), a Mongolian national, was a murder victim whose remains were destroyed with C4 explosives in October 2006 in city of Shah Alam, Malaysia.
Altar An altar is any structure upon which sacrifices or other offerings are offered for religious purposes, or some other sacred place where ceremonies take place. Altars are usually found in shrines, a sacred place.
Altar bell In the Roman Catholic Church and in some churches of the Anglican Communion, an altar bell is a small bell placed on the credence or in some other convenient place on the epistle side of the altar. Its original intention was to draw the parishioners' attention to the occurrence of transubstantiation (especially for those present who did not follow the then-Latin Mass).
Altar Boys The Altar Boys are a Christian rock band from California, formed in 1982 . They are Mike Stand (vocals, songwriting, and guitar), Jeff Crandall (drums), Steve Pannier (guitars), Mark Robertson (bass), and Ric Alba.
Altar Boyz Altar Boyz is an Off-Broadway musical comedy about a fictitious Catholic boy band from the same Parish in Ohio. It addresses and satirizes, among other things, the phenomenon of boy bands, the popularity of Christian-themed music and products in contemporary American culture.
Altar call An altar call is a practice in some Evangelical churches in which those who wish to make a new spiritual commitment to Jesus Christ are invited to come forward publicly. It is so named because the supplicants gather at the altar located at the front of the church.
Altar cards Altar cards are three cards placed on the altar during the Tridentine Mass. They contain certain prayers that the priest must say during the Mass, and their only purpose is as a memory aid, although they are usually very beautifully decorated.
Altar cloth An altar cloth is used by various religious groups to cover an altar. Christianity, ancient Judaism, Buddhism, and various forms of Paganism and Neopaganism are among the world religions that use altar cloths.
Altar de Sacrificios Altar de Sacrificios is a ceremonial center and archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, situated near the confluence of the Pasión and Salinas Rivers (where they combine to form the Usumacinta River), in the present-day department of Petén, Guatemala. Along with Seibal and Dos Pilas, Altar de Sacrificios is one of the better-known and most intensively-excavated sites, although the site itself does not seem to have been a major political force in the Late Classic period.
Altar of Victory The Altar of Victory was located in the Roman Senate House (the Curia) bearing a gold statue of the goddess Victory. The altar was established by Octavian in 33 BC in honor of the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium.
Altaria (rail service) Altaria is the brand name of the regular rail service operated by the Spanish national railway company Renfe connecting Madrid to Algeciras, Alicante, Barcelona, Cádiz, Cartagena, Huelva, Irún, Logroño, Pamplona, and Vitoria.
Altarpiece An altarpiece is a picture or relief representing a religious subject and suspended in a frame behind the altar of a church. The altarpiece is often made up of two or more separate panels created using a technique known as panel painting.
Altars in Latin America The history of altars in Latin America is complex and is often deemed paradoxical; as its original purpose was for the worshipping of pagan gods and human sacrifice. Ironically enough, the altar transitioned from being a symbol of paganism to a worldwide symbol of Christianity.
Altata Altata is a small town connected to the Pacific Ocean, located about 30 minutes west of Culiacán, Sinaloa in Mexico. It has a very nice beach and much wildlife: octopus, toninas, starfish, jellyfish, shark, birds, and many fish species.
Altaville Grammar School The Altaville Grammar School in Altaville, California is one of the oldest grammar schools in California. It was built in 1858 of brick and remained in use until 1950, when it was replaced by the Mark Twain Elementary School in Altaville.

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