Pincevent is an archaeological site in the commune of La Grande-Paroisse in France, near the town of Montereau-Fault-Yonne (Seine-et-Marne).
It was excavated from 1964 onward by a team of the Centre des Recherches Préhistoriques of the University of Paris, led by André Leroi-Gourhan. Although there is evidence that the area was visited throughout the Late Pleistocene and Holocene, the site has become known for its Magdalenian remains, preserved in clays and silts deposited by the river Seine. These remains consist of stone artifacts and bone fragments, as well as numerous hearths, and are considered to point to repeated occupation by reindeer hunters .
Armorica or Aremorica is the name given in ancient times to the part of Gaul between the Seine and the Loire that includes the Brittany Peninsula, extending inland to an indeterminate point and down the Atlantic Coast.
The Monnaie de Paris is a government-owned institution responsible for producing France's coins. Founded in AD 864 with the Edict of Pistres, it is the world's oldest continuously running minting institution.
The Quai d'Orsay is a quay in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, part of the left bank of the Seine, and the name of the street along it. The Quai becomes the Quai Anatole-France east of the Palais Bourbon, and the Quai Branly west of the Pont de l'Alma.
The arrondissement of Nanterre is an arrondissement of France in the Hauts-de-Seine department in the Île-de-France region. It has 17 communes. Its population is 888,181 (2016), and its area is 91.8 km2 (35.4 sq mi).
Benhall is a small district within the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It lies south-west of the town centre, just south of the A40, the main road to Gloucester, and north of the district of Up Hatherley. It falls mainly within the Anglican parish of St Mark.
Shuswap Lake Marine Provincial Park is an 896-hectare provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, comprising 991 ha. The Park has a variety of amenities including boat launch ramps, picnic areas, and 27 campsites around the perimeter of Shuswap Lake. The lake's name and that of the surrounding Shuswap Country is from the Shuswap people (Secwepemc), the most northern of the Salishan speaking people.
La Géode is a mirror-finished geodesic dome that holds an Omnimax theatre in Parc de la Villette at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Valley Village is a neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky west of Dixie Highway and north of Bowen Avenue.
Argonaute is an Aréthuse-class submarine, and the fourth ship of the French Navy to bear the name. Launched on 29 June 1957, the submarine served as flagship within the Toulon submarine squadron. Argonaute was decommissioned on 31 July 1982. The vessel was converted to a museum ship in 1989 and located in Paris.
The canton of Meaux-Nord is a French former administrative division, located in the arrondissement of Meaux, in the Seine-et-Marne département. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015.
Stewart is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in central Rome Township, Athens County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 247. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45778.
Finley Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west-northwest of Finley, North Dakota. It was closed in 1979 by the Air Force, and turned over to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Whitesands Bay is a Blue Flag beach situated on the St David's peninsula in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales. Whitesand Bay, on some maps, located 2 miles (3.2 km) west of St. Davids and 1 mile (1.6 km) south of St Davids Head, has been described as the best surfing beach in Pembrokeshire.
Górowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Prusice, within Trzebnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland. Until 1945 it was in Germany.
Franciszkowo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Wydminy, within Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
Tell Johfiyeh is an archeological site in the village of Johfiyeh, Jordan, which dates back to the Iron Age.
Smoluća is a village in the municipality of Tutin, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 294 people.
Husher is located within the Village of Caledonia in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States.
It is generally known as the area extending in all directions between 1/2 mile to 1 mile from the intersection of Wisconsin Highway 38 and Nicholson Road.
This intersection is 2 miles south of the Racine/Milwaukee County line.
Mamure Castle is a medieval castle in the Anamur ilçe (district) of Mersin Province, Turkey.
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