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Monterrey Metro The Monterrey Metro is the most modern metro system in Mexico, being most advanced in its service infrastructure; providing the major northern city of Monterrey, Nuevo LeĂłn, with fast and efficient mass transit services for 15% of its territory. It also has a solid reputation for safety.
Monterrico, Guatemala The town of Monterrico is situated on the Pacific coast of Guatemala. Known for its volcanic black sand beaches and annual influx of sea turtles, the town also serves as a major weekend beach resort for citizens of Guatemala City.
Monterrubio de Armuña Monterrubio de Armuña is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 7 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 637 people.
Monterrubio de la Sierra Monterrubio de la Sierra is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 27 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 157 people.
Montes Mons or Montes are Latin words used by planetary geologists (reference the entire list here) to refer to mountains or extinct volcanoes on planets and moons. Examples of both uses are Maxwell Montes (Venus) and Olympus Mons (Mars).
Montes Agricola Montes Agricola is an elongated range of mountains near the eastern edge of the central Oceanus Procellarum lunar mare. It lies just to the northwest of a plateau containing the Herodotus and Aristarchus craters.
Montes Caucasus Montes Caucasus is a rugged range of mountains in the northeastern part of the Moon. It begins at a gap of level surface that joins the Mare Imbrium to the west with the Mare Serenitatis to the east, and extends in an irregular band to the north-northeast to the western side of the prominent Eudoxus crater.
Montes de MarĂ­a The Montes de MarĂ­a (Spanish: Mountains of Mary) are a group of mountains of the northern coast of Colombia (the Caribbean Region), which do not belong to the Andes ranges, and the highlands around them. The Montes de MarĂ­a are the last part of the SerranĂ­a de San JerĂłnimo.
Montes Haemus Montes Haemus is a curving range of mountains that form the southwestern edge of the Mare Serenitatis basin on the Moon. They form a less prominent mirror image of the Montes Apenninus range to the west, and curve up to nearly join at the northern end.
Montes Riphaeus Montes Riphaeus (latin for "Riphaeus Mountains") is an irregular range of lunar mountains that lie along the west-northwestern edge of Mare Cognitum, on the southeastern edge of Oceanus Procellarum. The range trends generally from north-northeast to south-southwest.
Montes Rook Montes Rook is a ring-shaped mountain range that lies along the western limb of the Moon, crossing over to the far side. It completely encircles the Mare Orientale, and forms part of a massive impact basin feature.
Montes Secchi Montes Secchi (latin for "Secchi Mountains") is minor range of lunar mountains that are located near the northwestern edge of Mare Fecunditatis. This roughly linear formation of low ridges grazes the northwestern outer rim of Secchi crater, the formation from which this range gained its name.
Montes Spitzbergen Montes Spitzbergen (latin for "Spitzbergen Mountains") is a solitary mountain chain in the eastern Mare Imbrium of the Moon. They are located about a crater diameter to the north of the prominent, flooded Archimedes crater.
Montesa Honda Montesa Honda is now the Spanish subsidiary of Honda, which assembles several models of motorcycles, bicycles, and parts at its Barcelona plant. The company exports 75 per cent of its production to the rest of Europe.
Montesilvano Montesilvano is a comune and town in the Province of Pescara in the Abruzzo region of Italy. The town is located on the Adriatic Sea and offers many type of accommodations (Hotel, rent flats, B&B) and entertainments both for Italians and foreign tourists.
Montessori School of Louisville (Kentucky) Montessori School of Louisville is a new independent, non-profit school serving pre-K through eighth grade students located in the former Our Mother of Sorrows Elementary School building. The school was formed by Montessori parents and educators in 2006 to address the void in Montessori middle school education in the Louisville area.
Monteverde Monteverde, Costa Rica (Spanish for 'green mountain') is a small town in Puntarenas, Costa Rica. However, the name has come to represent a much wider area around it - at least to (eco)tourists, for whom this is one of the better known destinations in the country.
Monteverdi (car) Monteverdi was a Swiss brand of luxury cars created in 1967 by Peter Monteverdi (1934 - 1998) and based in Binningen, Switzerland. During the late 1950s and early 1960s he built, sold and raced a number of "specials" while at the same time developing the motor vehicle repair business founded by his father into a major dealership handling Ferrari, BMW and Lancia marques.
Monteverdi Choir The Monteverdi Choir was founded in 1964 by Sir John Eliot Gardiner for a performance of the Monteverdi Vespers (1610) in King's College Chapel, Cambridge. A specialist Baroque ensemble, the Choir has become famous for its stylistic conviction and extensive repertoire, encompassing music from the early Baroque period to Classical music of the 20th century.
Montevideo Convention The Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States was a treaty signed at Montevideo, Uruguay on December 26, 1933, at the Seventh International Conference of American States. At this conference, United States President Franklin D.
Montevideo Players Society When a group of theatre enthusiasts founded The Montevideo Players Society on the 14th July 1949, they created the first Independent Theatrical Company in Uruguay ( the state-run Comedia Nacional had been created earlier that year) and also what was to become the longest-lived English-speaking amateur dramatic society in South America. After 57 years of existence, the Society has so far publicly presented a total of 100 different productions, ranging from Victorian melodrama to slap-stick comedy, and thrillers to romantic pieces.
Montezuma (mythology) Montezuma was the name of a hero-god in the mythology of certain Indian tribes of the Southwest United States, notably the Tohono O'odham and Pueblo peoples — not to be confused with the two historical Aztec Emperors of the same name in Mexico, Moctezuma I and Moctezuma II.
Montezuma Castle (hotel) A 90,000 square foot, 400 room Queen Anne-style hotel building erected just northwest of the city of Las Vegas, New Mexico in 1886 (the site was at the time called "Las Vegas Hot Springs," but is now known as "Montezuma"). The current castle is actually the third on the site, the first two (dating to 1881 and 1885) were the first buildings in New Mexico to have electric lighting, and they both burned down.
Montezuma Marsh Montezuma Marsh is a marsh at the northern end of Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Much of the marsh is part of the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, which is a major point on the route of many migratory birds, such as Canada geese and mallard ducks.
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge The Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife preserve operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, encompassing part of the Montezuma Swamp at the north end of Cayuga Lake. The refuge lies between the cities of Rochester and Syracuse, New York (5 miles (8 kilometers) east of Seneca Falls, and 10 miles (16 kilometers) west of Auburn), including parts of Seneca, Cayuga, and Wayne Counties.
Montezuma Oropendola The Montezuma Oropendola, Psarocolius montezuma, is a New World tropical icterid bird. It is a resident breeder in the Caribbean coastal lowlands from southeastern Mexico to central Panama, but is absent from El Salvador and southern Guatemala.
Montezuma Quail The Montezuma Quail is a stubby, secretive American quail of Mexico and adjoining parts of the United States. It is also known as Mearns' Quail, the Harlequin Quail (for the male's striking pattern), and the Fool Quail (for its behavior).
Montezuma's Revenge (video game) Montezuma's Revenge is a videogame for the Atari 2600, Apple II, Colecovision, Commodore 64, IBM PC, Sega Master System and ZX Spectrum (as Panama Joe), created by Robert Jaeger and published in 1984 by Parker Brothers. The title refers to a colloquial American English expression regarding an intestinal disorder which can be acquired in Mexico (See Montezuma's Revenge (medicine)).
Montford Point Montford Point was a United States Marine Corps recruit depot in North Carolina. Created in 1942 as a satellite of the newly constructed Camp Lejeune, Montford Point was established for the training of black Marines during segregation.
Montford Point Marine Association Today Marines serve in a fully integrated Corps in which African Americans comprise one-fifth of the total troop strength. African-American officers, non-commissioned officers, and enlisted personnel are omnipresent, their service such a normal part of Marine life that it escapes notice.
Montfort Secondary School Montfort Secondary School is a Catholic school in Singapore, founded in 1916. Originally named Holy Innocents' English School, it was renamed to its current one in 1959 in honour of the Founder of the Gabrielite Brothers, St Louis Marie Grignion De Montfort.
Montgolfier (crater) Montgolfier is a worn lunar impact crater that is located in the northern hemisphere of the Moon's far side. To the east-norteast is Paraskevopoulos crater, and southwest of Montgolfier lies the Schneller crater.
Montgolfier brothers The brothers, Joseph Michel Montgolfier (26 August 1740 – 26 June 1810) and Jacques Étienne Montgolfier (6 January 1745 – 2 August 1799), invented the montgolfière, or hot air balloon. Their invention was the first aircraft to carry humans into the sky.
Montgomery Bell Montgomery Bell (January 3 1769, Chester County, Pennsylvania – April 1 1855, Dickson County, Tennessee) was a manufacturing entrepreneur who was crucial to the economic development of early Middle Tennessee. He was known as the "Iron Master of the Harpeth" and the "Iron Master of Middle Tennessee".
Montgomery Blair High School Montgomery Blair High School (most often simply known as Blair) is a public high school located in Silver Spring in unincorporated Montgomery County, Maryland. It serves several areas considered to be "Silver Spring" and the city of Takoma Park.
Montgomery Botanical Center The Montgomery Botanical Center (120 acres), originally known as the Montgomery Foundation, is a nonprofit botanical garden and institution located at 11901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, Florida. It collects seeds from wild plant populations worldwide, with an emphasis on palms and cycads.
Montgomery Bus Boycott The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign started in 1955 in Birmingham, Alabama, intended to oppose the city's policy of racial segregation on its public transit system. The ensuing struggle lasted from December 5, 1955, to December 21, 1956, and led to a United States Supreme Court decision that declared the Alabama and Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses unconstitutional.
Montgomery Canal The Montgomery Canal (or "Montgomeryshire Canal") is a semi-disused canal in eastern Wales. It is now considered to run 33 miles (53 km) from "Frankton Junction" with the Llangollen Canal in Shropshire, England, to the town of Newtown, via Welshpool.
Montgomery College (Texas) Montgomery College is a Texas community college located between the towns of Conroe and The Woodlands. The school was founded in 1992 and is part of the North Harris Montgomery Community College District, serving the Montgomery County, Texas, area.
Montgomery Community College (North Carolina) Montgomery Community College is a public two-year community college chartered in 1967 as Montgomery Technical Institute in Troy, North Carolina. It is part of the 59-campus North Carolina Community College System.
Montgomery Convention The Montgomery Convention marked the formal beginning of the Confederate States of America. Convened in Montgomery, Alabama, and opening on February 4, 1861, the Convention organized a provisional government for the Confederacy and created the Constitution of the Confederate States of America.
Montgomery County (Maryland) Police Department The Montgomery County (Maryland) Police Department--also known as MCPD, Montgomery County Police and Montgomery County Department of Police--is a county police force and the primary law enforcement agency in Montgomery County, Maryland providing the full spectrum of police services to the entire county. It also provides aid and assistance to other police departments including Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and in neighboring jurisdictions such as the District of Columbia, Howard County, Maryland and Prince George's County, Maryland.
Montgomery County Community College Montgomery County Community College, also known as MCCC, Montco, or MC3, is a 2-year community college offering associate degrees and technical certification in numerous fields. It also offers non-credit courses to the general public.
Montgomery County Fire Rescue The Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for Montgomery County, Maryland. The services are provided by a combination of paid county personnel and volunteer members of the various independent, non-profit volunteer fire and rescue corporations scattered throughout the county.
Montgomery District Montgomery District was an administrative district of the former Punjab Province of British India, in what is now Pakistan. It lay in the Bari Doab, or the tract between the Sutlej and the Ravi rivers, extending also across the Ravi into the Rechna Doab, which lies between the Ravi and the Chenab.
Montgomery High School (New Jersey) Montgomery High School is a four-year public high school located in the Skillman area of Montgomery Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Montgomery Township School District. A new building opened in the fall of 2005 and is currently the home of over 1,600 high school students.
Montgomery Scholars Program (Montgomery College) The Montgomery Scholars Program is a two-year program of Rockville Campus within the Honors Program system of Montgomery College in Maryland, US. The program is intended to offer selected incoming Montgomery County, Maryland high school graduates a holistic learning experience, spanning from an interdisciplinary humanities core in freshman (first) year to a Capstone research project during sophomore (second) year.
Montgomery Street Montgomery Street is a north-south thoroughfare in San Francisco, California, in the United States. It runs about 16 blocks from the Telegraph Hill neighborhood south through downtown, terminating at Market Street.
Montgomery Street Station Montgomery Street Station is a Muni Metro and Bay Area Rapid Transit station in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. It is located on the Market Street Subway beneath Market Street, between Montgomery Street and Sansome Street.
Montgomery Township, Wood County, Ohio Montgomery Township is one of the 19 townships that make up Wood County, Ohio. It is located in the southeastern part of the county and makes up part of the border with Sandusky County, as well as meeting Seneca County in its southeastern corner.
Montgomery Upper Middle School Montgomery Upper Middle School is one of two middle schools in Montgomery Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in 7th and 8th grade. Montgomery Upper Middle School, or MUMS, is part of the Montgomery Township School District, which serves students from Belle Mead, Skillman, northeast Princeton, and Rocky Hill.
Montgomery Ward Montgomery Ward (later known as Wards) was an American department store chain, founded as the world's first mail order business in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward. At its height, it was one of the largest retailers in the United States, but declining sales in the late 20th century forced the original Montgomery Ward to close all of its retail stores and catalog operations by early 2001.
Montgomery Water Works The Montgomery Water Works is located along NY 17K in the village of Montgomery, New York. The two small brick buildings were built in 1895 on land sold to the village by Arthur Patchett, whose own house still stands across the road.
Montgomery Worsted Mills The Montgomery Worsted Mills, known today as Montgomery Mills, is along the Wallkill River at the end of Factory Street in the Orange County village of Montgomery, New York. It was one of the earliest efforts to harness the river for industrial purposes.
Montgomery Zoo Montgomery Zoo is a small zoo located on the north side of Montgomery, Alabama. Features over 700 animals spanning over 150 species from 5 different continents, all housed in natural, "barrier free" habitats.
Montgomery-Cuninghame Baronets The baronetcy of Cuninghame of Corsehill was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and conferred upon Alexander Cuninghame of Corsehill, a Scottish baron and landowner in Dumfriesshire and a great-great-great-grandson of the 5th Earl of Glencairn. The fourth baronet's father added the name Montgomery before his own on inheriting estate of Kirktonholm.
Montgomery, Minnesota Montgomery is a city in Le Sueur County, Minnesota, in the United States, 45 miles south of Minneapolis. Named after Richard Montgomery, an Irish-American soldier who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Montgomeryshire Montgomeryshire, also known as Maldwyn () is one of thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It is named after one of William the Conqueror's main counselors, Roger de Montgomerie, who was the 1st Earl of Shrewsbury.
Month The month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which is approximately as long as some natural period related to the motion of the Moon. The traditional concept arose with the cycle of moon phases; such months (lunations) are synodic months and last ~29.
Monthly Asuka is a monthly Japanese shĹŤjo manga magazine published by Kadokawa Shoten, aimed primarily at young girls, but with some crossover into young male audiences. Much like its sibling publication Shonen Ace, it places some emphasis on anime tie-ins and spinoffs.
Monthly meeting Monthly meetings are the basic unit of worship in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), usually equivalent organizationally to a single church congregation in Protestant denominations. Monthly meetings are charged with the bulk of pastoral care of their associated congregants.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) is one of the world's leading scientific journals in astronomy and astrophysics. It is published by Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) but, despite its name, is neither monthly (there are 36 issues a year) nor does it carry the notices of the RAS.
Monthly Packet The Monthly Packet, a Victorian era magazine, was founded in 1851 and ceased publication in 1899. The magazine was founded by some of the original members of the Oxford Movement to counter what they saw as the extremism of the new wave of Anglo-Catholics, and was strongly influenced by its first editor, the novelist Charlotte Yonge.
Monthly ShĹŤnen Gangan is a monthly manga magazine that happens to be one of the thickest manga compilations in Japan, regularly having over 600 pages. ShĹŤnen Gangan was launched by Enix (now "Square Enix") in 1991, to compete with other magazines such as Shonen Magazine, Shonen Jump and Shonen Sunday, and is targeted toward the same young, male demographic ("ShĹŤnen" means young boy or young man).
Monthon A monthon (English circle, ) was a country subdivision of Thailand in the beginning of the 20th century. They were created as a part of the thesaphiban (เทศาภิบาล - literally translates to control over territory) administrative system, introduced by Prince Damrong Rajanubhab.
Monthon Surat Thani The Monthon Surat Thani (, originally named Monthon Chumphon มณฑลชุมพร) was an administrative subdivision of Thailand in the beginning of the 20th century. It covered the northeastern part of Southern Thailand.
Monti (rione of Rome) Monti is the name of one of the twelve Rioni of Rome, rione I; the name literally means mountains in Italian. The name comes from the fact that the Esquiline and the Viminal Hills, and parts of the Quirinal and the Caelian Hills belong to this rione.
Monticellite Monticellite and kirschsteinite are gray silicate minerals of the olivine group which composition CaMgSiO4 and CaFeSiO4, respectively. Most monticellites have the pure magnesium end-member composition but rare ferroan monticellites and magnesio-kirschsteinite are found with between 30 and 75 mol.
Monticello Association The Monticello Association is a non-profit organization of people claiming to be the lineal descendants of Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president of the United States. Jefferson was the designer, builder, owner and principal resident of the Jefferson Mansion, Monticello.
Monticello Miracle The Monticello Miracle was an incident in which a racehorse at Monticello raceway bumped World War II veteran Don Karkos on the head, restoring his vision in one of his eyes which lost sight during the attack on Pearl Harbor. ] This eye article is a stub.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant The Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, (a nuclear power plant), is an electricity-generating facility located in Monticello, Minnesota along the Mississippi River. The site, which began operating in 1970, has a single nuclear reactor (boiling water reactor) of the General Electric BWR-3 design generating 553 megawatts.
Monticello Railway Museum Monticello Railway Museum is a non-profit organization located in Monticello, Illinois, operating excursion trains over track formerly used by the Illinois Terminal and Illinois Central Gulf. The museum is home to over 100 pieces of railroad equipment, including several restored diesel locomotives and cars.
Montigny-en-Gohelle Montigny-in-Gohelle is a chief town of canton of northern France, in the département of Pas-de-Calais, district of Lens . It belongs to the community of agglomeration of Hénin - Carvin which consists of 14 communes, and has a population of 125,000 inhabitants.
Montilla Montilla a town and municipality of southern Spain, in the province of CĂłrdoba, 32 miles south of the provincial capital, CĂłrdoba, by the CĂłrdoba-Bobadilla railway. As of 2003, the town had a population of 23,245.
Montini Catholic Montini Catholic High School, located in Lombard, Illinois, opened its doors in September of 1966 named so because Pope Paul VI, formerly John Baptist Montini, had been elected the year the school was first planned. Of the 5,000 students who have graduated Montini Catholic, 98% have gone on to college.
MontjuĂŻc circuit The MontjuĂŻc circuit is a former racing circuit located on the MontjuĂŻc in Barcelona, Spain. It is considered among the best Formula One circuits of all time, with Autosport rating it among its ten best for their 50th anniversary of Formula One issue.
Montjuic Communications Tower The Montjuic Communications Tower (Torre TelefĂłnica) is a telecommunication tower in the MontjuĂŻc neighborhood of Barcelona, Spain. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, construction on the tower began in 1989 and was completed in 1992.
Montlake Bridge The Montlake Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge that carries Montlake Boulevard (Washington State Route 513) over Seattle's Montlake Cut--part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal--connecting Montlake and the University District.
Montlake Cut The Montlake Cut is the easternmost section of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, which passes through the city of Seattle, linking Lake Washington to Puget Sound. It is approximately 2,500 feet (762 meters) long and 350 feet (107 meters) wide.
Montlake, Seattle, Washington Montlake is an affluent residential neighborhood in central Seattle. It is bounded to the north by Portage Bay and the Montlake Cut section of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, to the east by the Washington Park Arboretum, and to the south and west by Interlaken Park.
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup (formerly Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 97,126.
Montmartre Montmartre is a hill in the north of Paris, France, in the 18th arrondissement, a part of the Right Bank, primarily known for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré Cœur on its summit. The other, older, church on the hill is Saint Pierre de Montmartre, which claims to be the location at which the Jesuit order of priests was founded.
Montmelon Montmelon is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy of the canton of the Jura, Switzerland. The municipality is composed of several villages (Montmelon-Dessus, Montmelon-dessous, Ravines) and of many dispersed farms.
Montmorency (electoral district) Montmorency (also known as Montmorency—Orléans, Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans, and Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans) was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917, and from 1968 to 2004.
Montmorency family Montmorency, the name of one of the oldest and most distinguished families in France, derived from the city of Montmorency, now in the Val-d'Oise département, in the immediate neighborhood of Enghien-les-Bains and Saint-Denis, and about 9 m. N.
Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord (formerly known as Charlevoix—Montmorency) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. An earlier Charlevoix—Montmorency riding was represented in the House of Commons from 1917 to 1925.
Monto Monto was the nickname for a one-time notorious red light district in Dublin, the capital of Ireland. The name is derived from Montgomery Street (now called Foley Street), which runs parallel to the lower end of Talbot Street towards what is now Connolly Station.
Monton Monton is an area of Eccles in the metropolitan borough of the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It was administered by the municipal borough of Eccles in the administrative county of Lancashire until their abolition in 1974.
Monton & Weaste C.C. Monton & Weaste Cricket Club, based at Ellesmere Park in Eccles, Salford, Greater Manchester, are a cricket club in the Central Lancashire League, who will field a First and Second team in 2005. They had originally been recruited so that the league would return to sixteen member clubs, but Stand later announced their resignation for the 2005 season.
Montona Montona (also in Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEC and the SĂŁo Vicente Crioulo) is a valley and a settlement (but not recognized as a settlement) in the westcentral part of the island of SĂŁo Vicente. The area are linked with several rural roads.
Montoro Montoro is a city and municipality in the CĂłrdoba Province of southern Spain, in the north-central part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is located at 38Âş 1' N 4Âş 27' W, about 45km approximately east-northeast of the capital of the province, CĂłrdoba, with coordinates of ???
Montortal Montortal is a Pedania of l'AlcĂşdia in the province of Valencia, Spain, situated about two kilometres south of the centre of the town. Formerly it was owned outright by the Marquess of Montortal and was under his name as recently as 1970.
Montour Railroad Montour Railroad is a former short line railroad company operating passenger and freight service on standard gauge track in southwestern Pennsylvania. At its height in the 1930s, the railroad served 27 mines transporting nearly seven million tons of coal annually in Allegheny and Washington Counties.
Montparnasse Montparnasse is an area of Paris, France, on the left bank of the river Seine, centred on the intersection of the Boulevard de Montparnasse and the Boulevard Raspail. Montparnasse was absorbed into the 14ème arrondissement in 1860.
Montpellier Codex The Montpellier Codex (Montpellier, Bibliothèque Inter-Universitaire, Section Médecine, H196) is an important source of 13th century French polyphony. The codex contains 336 polyphonic works probably composed ca.
Montpellier HĂ©rault RC Montpellier HĂ©rault Rugby Club is a professional French rugby union, based in Montpellier the capital of Languedoc-Roussillon. The club is currently competing in the top level of the French league system, in the Top 14.
Montpellier, Gloucestershire Montpellier is a district in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, at the end of the Promenade south of the town centre. Originally developed in the 1830s in conjunction with the spas, it is now known for its bars and cafes as well as range of specialist shops.
Montpellier, Cheltenham Montpellier, Cheltenham in England is the "posh" end of town, to the south of the main shopping centre. In the 19th century it was a rich district of Cheltenham with large town houses and individual family homes.
Montpensier The French lordship of Montpensier (named after the village of Montpensier, département of Puy-de-Dôme), located in historical Auvergne, became a countship in the 14th century. It was sold in 1384 by Bernard and Robert de Ventadour to John, Duke of Berry, whose sons Charles and John were the first two to hold the title of Count of Montpensier.
Montrachet Montrachet is a grand cru vineyard between the villages of Chassagne- and Puligny-Montrachet that produces what many consider to be the greatest white wine in the world. Montrachet is located in the south of the Cote de Beaune.

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