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Balaenoptera Balaenoptera is the largest genus of the Rorqual whales, containing 8 species including the recently discovered Balaenoptera omurai. The only rorqual whale which is not found in the Balaenoptera genera is the humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae.
Balagokulam Balagokulam is a children's movement founded during the middle of 1970 in Kerala, India. It aims at enriching moral and social values in children and achieves their objective through the teachings of Lord Krishna.
Balaji Vishwanath Balaji Vishwanath Bhat (1660 – April 2, 1719), better known as Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath, was the first of a series of hereditary Peshwas (Marathi for Prime Minister) hailing from the Bhatt family who gained effective control of the Maratha Empire during the 18th century. Balaji Vishwanath assisted a young Shahu to consolidate his grip on an empire that had been racked by civil war and persistent attack by the Mughals under Aurangzeb.
Balak (parsha) Balak (בלק – Hebrew for “Balak,” a name, the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah) is the 40th weekly parshah or portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the seventh in the book of Numbers. It constitutes Jews in the Diaspora generally read it in late June or July.
Balakh Sher Mazari Mir Balakh Sher Mazari is the Chieftain (Tumandar) and the Paramount Sardar of the Mazari tribe, which is situated on the tri-border area of Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. As the Chief of Mazaris he holds the title of Mir and also goes by the styles of Tumandar and Sardar.
Balaklava Balaklava (, , ) is a town in the Crimea, Ukraine which has an official status of a district of the city of Sevastopol. It was a city in its own right until 1957 when it was formally incorporated into the municipal borders of Sevastopol by the Soviet government.
Balaklava, South Australia The town of Balaklava (, population 1365, postcode 5461) is located in South Australia, 92 kilometres north of Adelaide in the Mid North region. It is on the banks of the Wakefield River, 25 kilometres east of Port Wakefield.
Balakot Balakot (Urdu: بالاکوٹ), located about thirty kilometres from the city of Mansehra, is a town in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. It is a famous tourist destination of the region is one of the first stops for tourists who wish to visit the secluded but beautiful Kaghan valley of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan.
Balallan Balallan (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Ailein, sometimes spelt "Bail' Ailein", meaning "Allan's Town") has the distinction of being the longest village (4 miles measured from end to end) in Lewis (and also in northern Scotland). Straggled along the head of a long sea loch between Arivruach and Laxay, it developed due to a mixture of crofting along the loch shore and fishing.
Balam (demon) In demonology, Balam (also Balaam, Balan) is a great and powerful king (to some authors a duke) of Hell who commands over forty legions of demons. He gives perfect answers on things past, present, and to come, and can also make men invisible and witty.
Balamani Amma Padmabhushan Nalappat Balamani Amma (19 July, 1909 - 29 September, 2004) was a Malayalli poet. Considered by many to be one of the best Malayalli poets, she won the highest literary medal in India, the Saraswathi Samman.
Balamory Balamory is a Scottish live action television series on British television (BBC One, BBC Two and CBeebies) for preschool children based around the small (fictional) island community of Balamory in Scotland. It was produced between 2002 and 2005, with 254 episodes (Including a DVD-exclusive Christmas episode) made.
Balamuthia mandrillaris Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living leptomyxid amoeba which is known to cause disease in humans, especially the deadly neurological condition known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. Balamuthia has not been definitively isolated in nature, but it is believed to be distributed throughout the temperate regions of the world.
Balan (demon) Balan is a powerful and terrible Duke of Hell, Balan (or Balam) controls 40 legions of demons. He is represented sometimes as a nude man, and sometimes with the heads of a bull, man, and ram, with a snake's tail, and eyes that throw flames, and his voice is hoarse and violent.
Balance (accounting) In banking and accountancy, the outstanding balance is the amount of money owned, (or due), that remains in a deposit account (or a loan account) at a given date, after all past remittances, payments and withdrawal have been accounted for. It can be positive (then, in the balance sheet of a firm, it is an asset) or negative (a liability).
Balance (band) Balance was an early-1980s pop/rock group fronted by Peppy Castro, formerly of Blues Magoos. Other members included guitarist Bob Kulick, noted arranger and keyboardist Doug Katsaros, drummer Chuck Burgi, and bassist Dennis Feldman.
Balance (metaphysics) In the metaphysical or conceptual sense, balance is used to mean a point between two opposite forces that is desirable over purely one state or the other, such as a balance between the metaphysical Law and Chaos — law by itself being overly controlling, chaos being overly unmanageable, balance being the point that minimizes the negatives of both.
Balance (public media coverage of politics) Balance is sometimes used in reference to political content in the mass media. This usage began in Britain in the early part of the 20th century when the conservative Tories were unpopular and receiving little coverage through the BBC.
Balance bar Balance Bar is the brand name of a popular nutritional energy bar based upon the 40/30/30 principle, a nutritional philosophy popularized by Dr. Barry Sears that has been proven "to provide sustained energy and hunger management.
Balance of payments The balance of payments (or BOP) measures the payments that flow between any individual country and all other countries. It is used to summarize all international economic transactions for that country during a specific time period, usually a year.
Balance of payments accounts of Japan (1960-90) In its balance of payments accounts, Japan has traditionally run a deficit in services. Trade in services includes transportation (freight and passenger fares), insurance, travel expenditures, royalties, licensing fees, and income from investments.
Balance of Power (computer game) Balance of Power is a computer strategy game of geopolitics during the Cold War, written by Chris Crawford and published in 1985. The game is notable for engaging the player in nail-biting brinkmanship without using any graphics more complicated than an outline map of the world.
Balance of terror The phrase "balance of terror" is usually used in reference to the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during Cold War. It describes the tenuous peace that existed between the two countries as a result of both governments being terrified at the prospect of a world-destroying nuclear war.
Balance of trade The balance of trade (or net exports, NX) is the difference between the monetary value of exports and imports in an economy over a certain period of time. A positive balance of trade is known as a trade surplus and consists of exporting more than your imports; a negative balance of trade is known as a trade deficit or, informally, a trade gap.
Balance shaft In piston engine engineering, a balance shaft is an eccentric weighted shaft which offsets vibrations in engine designs that are not inherently balanced (for example, most four-cylinder engines). They were first invented by British engineer Frederick Lanchester in 1904.
Balance sheet In formal bookkeeping and accounting, a balance sheet is a statement of the book value of a business or other organization or person at a particular date, at the end of a period such as a "fiscal year," as distinct from an income statement, also known as a profit and loss account (P&L), which records revenue and expenses over a specified period of time.
Balance theory Balance Theory is a motivational theory of attitude change proposed by Fritz Heider, which conceptualizes the consistency motive as a drive toward psychological balance. Heider proposed that "sentiment" or liking relationships are balanced if the affect valence in a system multiplies out to a positive result.
Balance wheel The balance wheel is the part of a mechanical watch that facilitates even passage of time, analogous to a pendulum in a pendulum clock. The balance wheel rotates in both directions, and its movement is controlled by the balance spring.
Balanced audio Balanced audio connections are extremely important in sound recording and production because they allow for the use of very long cables with reduced introduction of outside noise. The most common balanced connector is the 3-pin XLR, which is used with microphones because of its durable construction.
Balanced budget From a Keynesian point of view, a balanced budget in the public sector is achieved when the government has enough fiscal discipline to be able to equate the revenues with expenditure over the business cycles. In other words, a government's budget is balanced if its income is equal to its expenditure.
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 The Balanced Budget Act of 1997, , , was signed into law on August 5, 1997. It was an omnibus legislative package enacted using the budget reconciliation process and designed to balance the federal budget by 2002.
Balanced Budget Amendment A Balanced Budget Amendment is any one of various proposed amendments to the United States Constitution which would require a balance in the projected revenues and expenditures of the United States government. Most such proposals contain a supermajority exception allowed for times of war or national emergency.
Balanced Budget Veto Amendment The Balanced Budget Veto Amendment is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution put forth by the Libertarian Cato Institute, with the intention of establishing a self-enforcing mechanism to reduce Deficit spending.
Balanced field takeoff In aviation, the balanced field takeoff is the theoretical principle whereby the critical engine failure recognition speed, or V1, is used as a decision speed at which the pilot elects whether to continue the takeoff. The concept at play is that, by reducing takeoff thrust, all available runway is used in the event of a rejection at or near V1.
Balanced hand In the game of bridge a balanced hand (or balanced distribution) denotes a hand containing no singleton or void and at most one doubleton. As a bridgehand contains thirteen cards, only three hand patterns can be classified as three suiters: 4-3-3-3, 4-4-3-2 and 5-3-3-2.
Balanced line In telecommunications (or professional audio), a balanced line or balanced signal pair is a transmission line consisting of two conductors in the presence of ground, which relies on balanced impedances to minimize interference. The signals on each line are typically the inverse of one another.
Balanced parenting * Balanced parenting, also known as shared parenting or equally shared parenting refers to the purposeful practice of parents in an intact home sharing equally in the raising of children, household chores, family breadwinning, and recreation time.
Balanced prime A balanced prime is a prime number that is equal to the arithmetic mean of the nearest primes above and below. Or to put it algebraically, given a prime number p_n, where n is its index in the ordered set of prime numbers, p_n = over 2}.
Balanced scorecard In 1992, Robert S. Kaplan and David Norton introduced the balanced scorecard (BSC), a concept for measuring a company's activities in terms of its vision and strategies, to give managers a comprehensive view of the performance of a business.
Balanced ternary Balanced ternary is a non-standard positional numeral system, useful for comparison logic. It is a ternary system, but unlike the standard (unbalanced) ternary system, the digits have the values −1, 0, and 1.
Balancer chromosome A balancer chromosome is a genetic tool used to prevent crossing over (genetic recombination) between homologous chromosomes during meiosis. Balancers are most often used in fruit fly genetics to allow populations of flies carrying mutations heterozygously to be maintained without constantly screening for the mutations.
Balancing Balancing or hard balancing, in realist theories of international relations, refers to a state joining a weaker coalition to counter the influence or power of a stronger coalition. The term is derived from balance of power.
Balancing (bridge) In the game of bridge, the term balancing (or protection) refers to making a bid other than pass when passing would result in the opponents playing at a low level. Balancing is done by the player in balancing position, i.
Balancing lake A balancing lake (also "flood basin") is an element of an urban drainage system used to control flooding by temporarily storing flood waters. In the United States, these are frequently referred to as stormwater management ponds.
Balancing Machine A balancing machine is a measuring tool used for balancing rotating machine parts such as rotors for electric motors, fans, turbines, propellers and pumps. The machine usually consists of two rigid pedestals, with suspension and bearings on top.
Balancing selection Balancing selection refers to forms of natural selection which work to maintain genetic polymorphisms (or multiple alleles) within a population. Balancing selection is in contrast to directional selection which favor a single allele.
Balancing test A balancing test is any judicial test in which the jurists weigh the importance of multiple factors in a legal case. Proponents of such tests argue that they allow a deeper consideration of complex issues than a bright-line rule can allow.
Balangiga massacre The "Balangiga massacre" was an incident in 1901 during the Philippine-American War (or "Philippine Insurrection", according to older US terminology) where many American soldiers were killed in a surprise guerrilla attack in the town of Balangiga on Samar island. This incident was described the United States Army's worst defeat since the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.
Balanchine method The Balanchine method is a technique that famous choreographer George Balanchine wanted his dancers to use, found at New York City Ballet initially, though the way they dance now is very far removed from the original. Extreme speed, very deep plie, unconventional arms and hands, emphasis on lines, especially in decale, characterize this school.
Balanjar Balanjar (Baranjar, Belenjer, Belendzher) was a medieval city located in the North Caucasus region, between the cities of Derbent and Samandar, probably on the lower Sulak River. It flourished from the seventh to the tenth centuries CE.
Balanoglossus Balanoglossus is an ocean-dwelling Acorn worm (Enteropneusta) genus of great zoological interest because it is, like all Hemichordates, an "evolutionary link" between invertebrates and vertebrates. Balanoglossus is a deuterostome, and resembles the Ascidians or sea squirts, in that it possesses branchial openings, or "gill slits", but no notochord and no chorda.
Balanophoraceae Balanophoraceae is a subtropical to tropical family of unusual parasitic flowering plants. The plants have an aboveground inflorescence with the overall appearance of a fungus, composed of numerous minute flowers.
Balarama In Hinduism, Balarama (बलराम) (phonetically Balarāma), also known as Baladeva, Balabhadra and Halayudha, is the elder brother of the divine being, Krishna. Within the Vaishnava tradition, and a number of South Indian, Hindu traditions Balarama is worshipped as the ninth avatar of Vishnu, and he is also listed as such in the Puranas Bhag-P 1.
Balasagun Balasagun (Balassagun, Balasaghun, Karabalsagun) was an ancient city in modern-day Kyrgyzstan, located in the Chui River valley between Bishkek and Lake Issyk-Kul. It was the capital of the Kara-Khitan Khanate from the 10th Century until the Mongols captured it in 1218.
Balasana Balasana is a Hatha yoga posture, called "Child's pose" in English. It includes resting on the knees, and stretching the head forward toward the ground, potentially stretching the arms forward, or turning them backwards placing the elbows on the ground.
Balasaraswati Balasaraswati (13th May 1918-9th February 1984) was a celebrated Indian dancer, and her rendering of Bharatanatyam, a classical dance style, made this style of dancing of south India well known in different parts of India, as also many parts of the world.
Balash Balash (in the Greek authors, Balas; the later form of the name Vologases), Sassanian King in 484–488, was the brother and successor of Peroz I of Persia (457–484), who had died in a battle against the Hephthalites (White Huns) who invaded Persia from the east.
Balashikha Transmission Mast Balashikha Transmission Mast is a 460 metre high guyed radio mast at Balashikha near Moscow, as of 2007 the tallest such in Russia. It weighs 421 tons and it is of triangular cross section with a side length of 3.
Balat Balat is the traditional Jewish quarter in Ä°stanbul's European part and is situated south of the Golden Horn (the other Ä°stanbul quarter deeply associated with Jewish settlement being Kuzguncuk on the Asian shore).
Balaton Principality The Balaton Principality (also called Pannonian or Transdanubian Principality, in Slovak: Blatenské kniežatstvo, in Bulgarian: Blatensko Knezevstvo, in Hungarian: Balatoni Fejedelemség) (839/840-876) was a Slavic principality (duchy) located in the western part of the Pannonian plain, between the rivers Danube to its east, Drava to the south, Graz to the west, and Kőszeg or Klosterneuburg to the north (except for the territory between the Rába river, the Balaton and modern Budapest).
Balatonboglár Balatonboglár, with 6,200 inhabitants, is the professional centre of the Balatonboglár Wine Region, and is often called the "town of grapes and wine", the professional centre of the Balatonboglár Wine Region. The town is situated on the south shore of Lake Balaton, in Hungary.
Balatonfüred Balatonfüred is a popular resort town in Veszprém county, in Hungary with a population of thirteen thousand, situated on the north shore of Lake Balaton. It is considered to be the capital of the Northern lake shore and it has significant yachting life.
Balatonlelle Balatonlelle is a popular tourist town located on the southern shore of Lake Balaton, about 35 km west of SiĂłfok. Attractions include a beach over 3 km long, an aqua-park, go-cart course, and annual wine festival.
Balatonrendes Balatonrendes (which translates to Balatonnormal) is a small village (around 150 inhabitants) on the north bank of Lake Balaton in Hungary, located between two larger villages, Badacsonytomaj and Ábrahámhegy. Although the village is next the lake's shore, it has no beaches, and its Town House is relatively unused and/or abandoned.
Balaur In Romanian folkore a balaur is a creature similar to a dragon, although distinct: dragons as such also exist in Romanian folklore. A balaur is quite large, has fins, feet, and multiple serpent heads (usually three, sometimes seven, or even twelve).
Balázs Taróczy Balázs Taróczy (born May 9, 1954 in Budapest) is a former tennis player from Hungary, who won thirteen singles titles in his career. The right-hander achieved his highest ranking during the ATP Tour on February 8, 1982, when he became World Number 13.
Balıkesir Province Balıkesir is a province in midwestern Turkey, having shorelines on both Marmara and the Aegean seas. Its adjacent provinces are Çanakkale to the west, İzmir to the southwest, Manisa to the south, Kütahya to the southeat, and Bursa to the east.
Balıklıova Balıklıova is a small village between Urla and Karaburun, in the Urla district, Izmir Province of Turkey. The meaning of the word Balıklıova comes from a "valley full of fish" (Balık: Fish, Ova: Valley)
Balbir Singh Sodhi Balbir Singh Sodhi (1949 - September 15, 2001) was a Mesa, Arizona, gas station owner who was murdered in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. He made headlines because he was the first of several cases across the United States that were reported to the police as acts of retaliation for the terrorist attacks.
Balbo Balbo was a term in common usage in the late 1930s and early 1940s, used to describe any large formation of aircraft. Balbos are named after the Italian Fascist Italo Balbo who in the 1930s led a series of record-breaking flights that used large aircraft formations to promote Italian aviation.
Balboa Academy The Balboa Academy is an English-using international school in Balboa, Panama. It is a private, co-educational day school, which offers an American college preparatory educational program from Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade for student of all nationalities.
Balboa Heights, Panama Balboa Heights was more or less part of the Panama Canal township of Balboa, existing on the edge of it towards AncĂłn, with some of it on the lower slopes of Ancon Hill. It wasn't really a proper township in terms of having anything other than residential neighborhoods, but it got its own map page in the Canal Zone telephone book.
Balboa Island, Newport Beach, California Balboa Island is an area of Newport Beach, California actually comprising three modified or artificial islands in Newport Harbor: Balboa Island (), the largest; the smaller Little Balboa Island () to the east of Balboa Island, joined by a two-lane bridge; and the smallest Collins Island () to the northwest of Balboa Island, joined by a one-lane bridge. The Balboa Island community is joined to the mainland by a short two-lane bridge on the northeast of Balboa Island, and a privately-operated fleet of three, three-car ferryboats (Balboa Island Ferry) which provide access across the harbor to the Balboa Peninsula which lies to the south.
Balboa Park, San Francisco, California Balboa Park is a neighborhood and public park in San Francisco, California. The neighborhood (sometimes referred to as Mission Terrace, Cayuga, or Ingleside) is located between Mission Street and Interstate 280 north of Geneva Avenue and the park is located on San Jose Avenue, north of Ocean Avenue.
Balboa Pavilion The Balboa Pavilion in Newport Beach, Orange County, California, is a state and landmark. Established on July 1, 1906, the Balboa Pavilion played a prominent role in the development of Newport Beach by attracting real estate buyers to an area formerly designated as “swamp and overflow” land.
Balboa Peninsula, Newport Beach, California The Balboa Peninsula is the part of Newport Beach, California people from outside the area probably think about most often when they see the words "Newport Beach." It is also referred to as "Balboa, California.
Balboa Stadium Built in 1914, Balboa Stadium is located behind San Diego High School and was the San Diego Chargers' home from 1961-66. A high school field with concrete slab seats, Balboa Stadium witnessed the Chargers' glory years, which featured such players as John Hadl, Lance Alworth and Ernie Ladd, and hosted the 1961, 1963, and 1965 American Football League championship games, as well as the 1961, 1962, and 1963 AFL All-Star games.
Balboa, Panama Balboa is a part of Panama City, located at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. The area is named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the Spanish conquistador who claimed to have discovered the Pacific Ocean and it includes Balboa Harbour – the city's main port – and is the location of the Canal Administration Building.
Balcarce Street (Salta) Balcarce Street (or La Balcarce) is a popular street in Salta, Argentina (the capital of the province of the same name). It crosses the downtown of the city, from Belgrano Avenue to the former Salta railway station.
Balcerowicz Plan The Balcerowicz Plan (Polish: Plan Balcerowicza), also termed "Shock Therapy," was a method for rapidly transitioning from a communist economy, based on state ownership and central planning, to a capitalist market economy. Named for its author, the Polish minister and economist Leszek Balcerowicz, the plan was adopted in Poland in 1989.
Balcombe, West Sussex The village of Balcombe is located in West Sussex, England approximately half way between London and the coastal city of Brighton. The Balcombe railway station helped grow a predominantly farming community into one of the popular London commuter villages.
Balcones Fault The Balcones Fault is a zone of normal faulting in Texas (USA) that runs approximately from the southwest part of the state to the north central region. Like most fault zones, the Balcones Fault zone is made up of many small, mostly unnamed faults.
Balconies of Lima Balconies of Lima are colonial balconies made during the Spanish colonial regime in Peru. Most of them were built in the late 17th and 18th centuries, hence structures are located in the historical center of Lima.
Balcony Balcony (from Italian balcone, scaffold; cf. High German balcho, beam, balk), a kind of platform projecting from the wall of a building, supported by columns or console brackets, and enclosed with a balustrade.
Bald Eagle (horse) Bald Eagle (1955-1977) was an American-bred Thoroughbred Champion racehorse who competed successfully both in the United Kingdom and the United States. The son of the champion sire Nasrullah, his grandsire was Nearco.
Bald Eagle Creek Bald Eagle Creek is a tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River mostly in Centre County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It runs through the Bald Eagle Valley at the foot of the Bald Eagle Mountain ridge to Lock Haven.
Bald Eagle Creek (Little Juniata River) Little Bald Eagle Creek is a tributary of the Little Juniata River in Blair County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It runs south through the Bald Eagle Valley at the foot of the Bald Eagle Mountain ridge to Tyrone.
Bald Eagle Valley The Bald Eagle Valley of central Pennsylvania, United States is the low lying area draining into the Bald Eagle Creek between the Allegheny Front and the Bald Eagle Mountain ridge, south of the West Branch Susquehanna River, in the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians. It is southwest of the West Branch Susquehanna Valley that includes Williamsport and Northwest of the Nittany Valley that includes State College.
Bald Eagle, Blair County, Pennsylvania Bald Eagle is a unincorporated populated place in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the Bald Eagle Valley at the foot of the Bald Eagle Mountain ridge, along the Fill Run near it's confluence with the headwaters of the Bald Eagle Creek tributary of the Little Juniata River.
Bald Head Island, North Carolina Bald Head Island is a village located on the east side of Cape Fear in Brunswick County, North Carolina. Compared to the bustling city of Wilmington to the north, Bald Head Island is a small, somewhat remote village.
Bald Head Lighthouse Bald Head Lighthouse, or "Old Baldy," is the oldest lighthouse in North Carolina, completed in 1817. Standing 110 feet high and containing 108 steps, it served as an active lighthouse until 1935 and as a radio beacon until 1958.
Bald Knobbers Bald Knobbers refers to a group of non-racially motivated vigilantes in the southern part of the state of Missouri in the United States, who were active during the period 1883-1889. They are commonly depicted wearing hoods with horns, a distinction that evolved during the rapid proliferation of the group into neighboring counties apart from its Taney County origins.
Bald Rock Hotel, Rozelle The Bald Rock Hotel is a historic pub in the suburb of Rozelle, overlooking White Bay in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is the oldest continuously licensed hotel still operating in the Balmain and Rozelle area.
Bald Rock National Park Bald Rock National Park is a national park in northern New South Wales, Australia, just north of Tenterfield on the Queensland border. On the other side of the border national park continues, the Girraween National Park.
Bald Uakari The Bald Uakari (Cacajao calvus), also known as the Red Uakari or Bald-headed Uakari, is a distinctive red-faced monkey found in swampy forests in Brazil, Peru, and Colombia. The species is considered "near threatened" by the 2004 World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List because of hunting and the destruction of its habitat.
Bald-faced hornet The Bald-faced hornet (Common names White-faced hornet or Bald-faced yellowjacket) Dolichovespula maculata is not a true hornet at all. It is actually more closely related to another type of wasp called the yellowjacket than it is to true hornets like the Asian giant hornet or European hornet, but the term "hornet" is often used colloquially to refer to any vespine with an exposed aerial nest.
Baldachin A baldachin, or baldaquin (Italian: baldacchino, baldachino), is a canopy of state over an altar or throne, It had its beginnings as a cloth canopy,Baldac is a medieval Latin form for Baghdad, whence fine silks reached Europe. but in other cases it is a sturdy, permanent architectural feature, particularly over high altars in cathedrals.
Baldasare Forestiere Baldasare Forestiere (1879 – 1946) created the Forestiere Underground Gardens in Fresno, California, a spectacular ten-acre subterranean villa built solely by him over a period of 40 years. The gardens feature nearly one hundred chambers, passageways, courts and patios dug beneath the hard pan soil.
Baldassare Franceschini Baldassare Franceschini (1611-1689), was a late Baroque painter active mainly around Florence. He was named, from Volterra the place of his birth, Il Volterrano, or (to distinguish him from Ricciarelli) Il Volterrano Giuniore, was the son of a sculptor in alabaster.
Baldassare Peruzzi Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi (7 March, 1481—6 January, 1537) was an Italian architect and painter, born in a small town near Siena and died in Rome. He worked for many years, beginning in 1520, under Bramante, Raphael, and later Sangallo during the erection of the new St.

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