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The Collège de la Sainte Famille (English: School of the Holy Family; Arabic: مدرسة العائلة المقدسة ), often abbreviated as CSF and referred to as Jésuites, is a private French Catholic international school for boys run by the Near East province of the Society of Jesus in Cairo, Egypt. It was founded in 1879, following a ...
The Sistine Chapel ( / ˌsɪsˈtiːnˈtʃæpəl /; Latin: Sacellum Sixtinum; Italian: Cappella Sistina [kapˈpɛlla siˈstiːna]) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the pope's official residence in Vatican City. Originally known as the Cappella Magna ('Great Chapel'), it takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481.
FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization and website offering genealogical records, education, and software. It is operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and is closely connected with the church's Family History Department (FHD). [3] [4] The Family History Department was originally established in 1894, as the ...
Note: The list includes families who, according to reliable sources, have a combined net worth of 5 billion US dollars and above. Jacob Wallenberg, Peter Junior Wallenberg, Marcus Wallenberg, Raoul Wallenberg. André Oscar Wallenberg, Knut Agathon Wallenberg . Mary Alice Dorrance Malone, Bennett Dorrance, John Dorrance, III.
Cairo ( / ˈkaɪroʊ / ⓘ KY-roh; Arabic: القاهرة, romanized : al-Qāhirah) [6] is the capital of Egypt and the city-state Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, being home to more than 10 million people. [7]
Minaret (s) 1. Materials. Brick, stone, marble, stucco. The Qalawun complex ( Arabic: مجمع قلاون) is a massive pious complex in Cairo, Egypt, built by Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun from 1284 to 1285. It is located at Bayn al-Qasrayn on al-Mu'izz street and like many other pious complexes includes a hospital ( bimaristan ), a madrasa and ...
Hera was the tutelary goddess of Argos and it is possible that she had Mycenean origin. [1] Martin P. Nilsson suggested that Hera is mainly the "Argeiē" (Ἀργείη), a name given by Homer [50] which describes her not as Greek, but as an Argive goddess. She is the protector of the citadel. [51]
The Egypt Portal. Egypt ( Arabic: مصر Miṣr [mesˁr], Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mɑsˤr] ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.