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A landscape zodiac (or terrestrial zodiac) is a purported map of the stars on a gigantic scale, formed by features in the landscape, such as roads, streams and field boundaries.
Glastonbury is situated in an area of low-lying land, known as the Somerset Levels, through which rivers and drainage ditches (locally called "rhynes") run.There is evidence that the town was served by a medieval canal connecting it to the river system in the Saxon period, and the waterways were later used by the monks who were located at Glastonbury Abbey, both for draining the land and for ...
Glastonbury Tor is a tor near Glastonbury in the English county of Somerset, topped by the roofless St Michael's Tower, a Grade I listed building. [2] The site is managed by the National Trust and has been designated a scheduled monument .
Timothy James Walz (/ w ɔː l z / ⓘ WAWLZ; born April 6, 1964) is an American politician, former schoolteacher, and a retired U.S. Army non-commissioned officer.He has served since 2019 as the 41st governor of Minnesota.
Following local government reorganisation in 1974, when Glastonbury was absorbed into the enlarged Mendip District, the council chamber became the meeting place of the local parish level body, Glastonbury Town Council. [11] Works of art in the town hall include a portrait by Godfrey Kneller of the former Lord Chancellor, Lord King. [12]
Glastonbury (/ ˈ ɡ l æ s t ən b ər i / GLAST-ən-bər-ee, UK also / ˈ ɡ l ɑː s t-/ GLAHST-) [3] [4] is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, 23 miles (37 km) south of Bristol. The town had a population of 8,932 in the 2011 census. [1]
The 2015 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts was held from 24 to 28 June 2015. [1]On 17 June 2015, it was announced that the Foo Fighters had cancelled a number of appearances, including the Friday night headline slot at Glastonbury 2015, due to lead singer Dave Grohl falling off stage and fracturing his leg during the band's concert in Gothenburg, Sweden. [2]
It was announced on 1 February 2008 that Jay-Z would headline Glastonbury Festival in 2008, becoming the first major hip-hop artist to headline the British festival. [11] [12] His selection was blamed by some for relatively slow ticket sales for the festival, [13] although a more likely cause is the preceding run of terrible weather and flooding that in 2007 made life at the festival very ...