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How old is a mountain range?
Science, Maths & Technology

How old is a mountain range?

...la (Pronounced: shea-tang-la), Bhutan] Gangkhar Puensum from Cher-tang-la, Bhutan When we think about mountains we might think about them being constant, permanent features of our landscapes. However, through geology, we know this isn’t the case. The surface of our planet is forever changing and evolving, due to the movements of tectonic plates that make up our rocky...
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Speak in colours!
Languages

Speak in colours!

...la lanterne rouge- (lit. to be the red lantern), to be last Rouge comme une écrevisse- (lit. to be red like a crayfish), red as a lobster/tomato Se fâcher tout rouge-(lit. to be all red angry), to blow one’s top Green [Image of leaves with French idioms concerning the colour green written across the image] Se mettre au vert- (lit. to put oneself in the green), escape...
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Culture, identity and power in the Roman empire
History & The Arts

Culture, identity and power in the Roman empire

...and Empire 3 The image of the Emperor was carefully regulated to remind the provinces of his power Introducing the Roman World An overview of the origins and influence of the Roman Empire and the people who lived in its influence and under its power Mosaic from La Chebba Another mosaic from Tunisia which shows the integration of local cultural references into the pattern...
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Designing the Spanish nation
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Designing the Spanish nation

...la Vega, Puerta de la Mezquita, Puerta de la Sagra) to the mostly symbolic arches of the 20th century gate (Puerta de la Ilustración), Madrid has built and destroyed numerous gates in its ever expanding territories. From all the current gates in Madrid, probably most iconic are Puerta de Alcalá, Puerta del Sol, and Puerta de Toledo. Nowadays Madrid gates, rather than...
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May the Forza be with you: Star Wars in other languages
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May the Forza be with you: Star Wars in other languages

...La guerre des étoiles in French, Krieg der Sterne in German, for example), the Italian translation refers to the wars (in plural) of the stars (Guerre stellari) and the Spanish translation to the war of the galaxies (La guerra de las galaxias). This only applies to the original trilogy, however, the subsequent prequels were named Star Wars (in English), followed by the...
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Parlez-vous Eurovision?
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Parlez-vous Eurovision?

...La La La, Ding-a-dong, Boom Bang-a-bang, A-ba-ni-bi, and Diggi-Doo Diggi-Ley. France, Italy, Spain and Portugal have always sung in one of their official languages, sometimes combined with a few words in English. Even partial use of the English language in their entries has gathered criticism: there were complaints in France when their song "Divine" included verses in...
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The history of Spanish in about six minutes
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The history of Spanish in about six minutes

...Sara Gómez Seibane, Esteban T. Montoro del Arco, David Rodríguez Gómez, Santiago Sánchez Moreano and Maricela Taylor. Resources Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española: https://www.asale.org/ Biblioteca Digital Hispánica: http://www.bne.es/en/Catalogos/BibliotecaDigitalHispanica/Inicio/ Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes: http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/...
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CIAM (Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne)
History & The Arts

CIAM (Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne)

...La Sarraz, Switzerland, in 1928. None of the signatories was British. The La Sarraz Declaration asserted that architecture could no longer exist in an isolated state separate from governments and politics, but that economic and social conditions would fundamentally affect the buildings of the future. The Declaration also asserted that as society became more...
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