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 Messene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Of the former but little remains: the latter, however, is excellently preserved and consists of a circular court about 20 yds.
in length, and the masonry of the circular court is of astonishing beauty and accuracy.
The other buildings which can be identified are the theatre, the stadium, the council chamber or Bouleuterion, and the propylaeum of the market, while on the shoulder of the mountain are the foundations of a small temple, probably that of Artemis Laphria.
www.wikiverse.org /messene   (500 words)

  
 Croquet World Online Magazine | Letters & Opinion
In England and her dominions and former colonies in the 1860s and 70s, croquet was at the height of its popularity as a social pastime.
THE QUEEN, THE LADY'S NEWSPAPER AND COURT CIRCULAR, was a superb weekly journal first published in 1861 as the sister title to THE FIELD, THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S NEWSPAPER.
Though the contents were heavily slanted to women's interests, it had a considerable male readership during the early croquet years.
www.croquetworld.com /Letters/cheat.asp   (3594 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
The lowest story was embellished with Doric columns beneath a vigorous Doric frieze; the middle story with Ionic columns; while above the top story was a cornice with brackets, the whole forming a simple and graceful façade.
The most celebrated of his secular buildings was the Farnese castle at Viterbo, which shows the impressions made upon him during a visit to France: the exterior is a pentagonal fortress; within is a fine circular court in the Renaissance style.
The first Jesuit church at Rome, the famous Gesu, built by him, although itself restrained in manner, prepared the way for the Baroque style.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/15428a.htm   (472 words)

  
 The Encyclopedia of UK and Irish Diplomacy Zines (A-C) by Stephen Agar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Editors: Gordon Beck, Merf Adamson, Ken Brown and others.
Unconventional numbering, Court Circular commenced with issue "-6" as a weekly internal Durham University Games Society Diplomacy zine, though external players appear in the zine by issue "-2" in Feb 1974.
Never as regular as it promised, CC had difficulty using the University Reprographic Dept. and then had the vacations to contend with.
www.diplomacy-archive.com /resources/postal/encyclopedia.htm   (5522 words)

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