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Zuster Bertken

This stone in the street commemorates that at this location a woman called "zuster Bertken" was (at her own will) walled in a small compartment in the wall of the "Buurkerk" church in AD 1457. She...

This stone in the street commemorates that at this location a woman called "zuster Bertken" was (at her own will) walled in a small compartment in the wall of the "Buurkerk" church in AD 1457....

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  • hermit
  • utrecht
  • buurkerk

Walt Disney Humane Association Award

    Huis Zoudenbalch

    This plaque tells the story of the large "house Zoudenbalch", built by Evert Zoudenbalch AD 1467. Actually it was built as a new facade in front of several existing buildings. Therefore the facade...

    This plaque tells the story of the large "house Zoudenbalch", built by Evert Zoudenbalch AD 1467. Actually it was built as a new facade in front of several existing buildings. Therefore the...

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    • zoudenbalch
    • pierre cuypers.

    Corner Market Building

      What's a Ship Got to do with Cheese?

        Addiego Building at Town Square II

          Car Talk: Thomas Magliozzi

          Car Talk Thomas Magliozzi 1937-2014 Tommy's laughter will forever ring in our fair city "Don't drive like my brother" Non impediti ratione congitationis (translation: unencumbered by the thought...

          Car Talk Thomas Magliozzi 1937-2014 Tommy's laughter will forever ring in our fair city "Don't drive like my brother" Non impediti ratione congitationis (translation: unencumbered by the thought...

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          • npr
          • wbur
          • radio
          • cars
          • humor

          John Moyer Patchett Pioneer Winemaker

            George Altamura

              Ernest Rota Commons

                Tycho Brahe

                  The Workman's Horse: a Tahlequah Landmark

                  This plaque notes a fiberglass, life-size statue of a horse that is installed over the entry doors of a co-working space called Provalus, in downtown Tahlequah. It has been restored from its...

                  This plaque notes a fiberglass, life-size statue of a horse that is installed over the entry doors of a co-working space called Provalus, in downtown Tahlequah. It has been restored from its...

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                  Roland L. Hauck Memorial

                  Lovely plaque on a stone in a mini-park at the bend of a creek near downtown Sonoma. There are picnic tables, benches, and a specimen eucalyptus tree nearby. Submitted by: Jess Zimbabwe

                  Lovely plaque on a stone in a mini-park at the bend of a creek near downtown Sonoma. There are picnic tables, benches, and a specimen eucalyptus tree nearby. Submitted by: Jess Zimbabwe

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                  Roskilde Ringsted Korsørs

                    Ludvig Holberg

                      Main Street Cemetery

                      A Downers Grove Historic Site Main Street Cemetery Circa 1856 In 1856, Samuel Curtiss donated part of his sheep pasture for use as a cemetery. He was later paid $15 for the land, money from...

                      A Downers Grove Historic Site Main Street Cemetery Circa 1856 In 1856, Samuel Curtiss donated part of his sheep pasture for use as a cemetery. He was later paid $15 for the land, money...

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                      Where Is Pierce Downer Buried?

                      Pierce Downer, the founder of Downers Grove, is not buried in the Main Street Cemetery. He and his wife Lucy Ann (Wilson) are buried in the family plot located on the original Downer homestead....

                      Pierce Downer, the founder of Downers Grove, is not buried in the Main Street Cemetery. He and his wife Lucy Ann (Wilson) are buried in the family plot located on the original Downer homestead....

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                      Davis Library Building

                        Fort Fred Steele

                          In Memory of William "Bill" LePere