15 March, 2011

Places (Western Europe) (1)

ABOUT:
1. Holland vs. Netherlands? (internationalstudents.nl); (funtrivia.com)
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* Palos de la Frontera, Spain:
- Palos de la Frontera is a town and municipality located in the southwestern Spanish province of Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia.
- Sáng sớm ngày 3 tháng 8, năm 1492, đoàn tàu thám hiểm của Colômbô gồm 3 tàu lớn đã rời cảng Palos de la Frontera gần cửa biển Rio Tinto để tiến tới một cuộc khám phá tình cờ (tìm ra châu Mỹ).
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* Andalusia, Spain:
- Andalusia is in the south of the Iberian peninsula. It is an autonomous community of Spain. Seville is the capital city of Andalusia. Seville is as well as the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain.
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* Delft, South of Holland (Netherlands):
- Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, the Netherlands. It is located in between Rotterdam and The Hague. Delft is primarily known for its typically Dutch town centre (with canals); also for the painter Vermeer, Delft Blue pottery (Delftware), the Delft University of Technology, and its association with the Dutch royal family, the House of Orange-Nassau.
- See more: Delft centre (sinfras.com); Delft storm umbrellas (senzumbrellas.com)
- Notable men of Delft: Antonie Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) - nhà vi sinh vật học (đầu tiên trên thế giới)
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* Hanover, German:
- Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony, Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg (later described as the Elector of Hanover). At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the Electorate was enlarged to become the capital of the Kingdom of Hanover.

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