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Diethylstilbestrol (DES, spelled diethylstilboestrol in British English) is a synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen that was first synthesized in 1938. Human exposure to DES occurred through diverse sources, such as dietary ingestion from supplemented cattle feed and medical treatment for certain conditions, including breast and prostate cancers. From about 1940 to 1970, DES was given to pregnant women under the mistaken belief it would reduce the risk of pregnancy complications and losses. In 1971, DES was shown to cause a rare vaginal tumor in girls and women who had been exposed to this drug in utero. The United States Food and Drug Administration subsequently withdrew DES from use in pregnant women. Follow-up studies have indicated that DES also has the potential to cause a variety of significant adverse medical complication during the lifetime of those exposed.[1] The United States National Cancer Institute recommends[2] that women born to mothers who took DES undergo special medical exams on a regular basis to screen for complications as a result of the drug. Women exposed to DES are commonly referred to as "DES daughters".
Nice, France
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- Die Institutionen des NS-Terrors -
Auf dem Gelände der „Topographie des Terrors”, neben dem Martin-Gropius-Bau und unweit des Potsdamer Platzes, befanden sich von 1933 bis 1945 die wichtigsten Zentralen des nationalsozialistischen Terrors: das Geheime Staatspolizeiamt mit eigenem „Hausgefängnis”, die Reichsführung-SS, der Sicherheitsdienst (SD) der SS und während des Zweiten Weltkriegs auch das Reichssicherheitshauptamt.
- Baudenkmal Berliner Mauer -
Die Berliner Mauer wurde weltweit zum Symbol der Teilung Deutschlands nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg und darüber hinaus Symbol des Kalten Krieges zwischen Ost und West.
Der Bau der Mauer begann am 13. August 1961. Mit dieser über 150 km langen Grenzsperranlage riegelte die Regierung der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (DDR) Ost-Berlin und das übrige Gebiet der DDR hermetisch ab. Zwischen Oktober 1949 und August 1961 waren mehr als 2,7 Millionen Menschen aus der DDR geflohen, mehrheitlich über die Sektorengrenzen zwischen Ost- und West-Berlin. Die Mauer sollte diesen Flüchtlingsstrom unterbinden und jeden unkontrollierten Grenzübergang unmöglich machen.
Die Sperranlage bestand aus mehreren Abschnitten: einer „Vorderlandmauer” und einer „Hinter-landmauer”, einem Grenzstreifen mit Kolonnenweg, Wachtürmen und Sperrbefestigungen. Bis 1989 kamen an der Berliner Mauer mindestens 136 Menschen zu Tode, 98 von ihnen waren Flüchtlinge. Die meisten fielen den Schüssen der DDR-Grenztruppen zum Opfer.
Die Reformpolitik der Sowjetunion, die rasch anwachsende Protestbewegung der DDR-Bevölkerung, aber auch die inzwischen mögliche Flucht tausender DDR-Bürger über das osteuropäische Ausland führten am 9. November 1989 zum friedlichen „Fall” der Mauer. Wenig später wurden die ersten Teile der Mauer niedergerissen. Noch vor der Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands am 3. Oktober 1990 war sie weitgehend aus dem Stadtbild Berlins verschwunden.
Das 200 m lange Reststück der Mauer an der Niederkirchnerstraße – die hier die Grenze zwischen den Bezirken Mitte (Ost-Berlin) und Kreuzberg (West-Berlin) markierte – wurde auf Wunsch der „Topographie des Terrors” mit allen Spuren der Zerstörung aus der Zeit des Mauerfalls erhalten und 1990 unter Denkmalschutz gestellt. Das Mauerfragment ist heute Bestandteil des Dokumentationszentrums Topographie des Terrors. Als eines der wenigen noch erhaltenen Mauerreste in der Stadt ist es auch eine der zentralen Stationen innerhalb des vom Berliner Senat entwickelten „Gesamtkonzepts Berliner Mauer”.
Stiftung Topographie des Terrors
Rechtsfähige Stiftung öffentlichen Rechts
Niederkirchnerstraße 8
10963 Berlin
Telefon: 030-254509-0
Öffnungszeiten
täglich 10 - 20 Uhr
Außenbereiche bis Einbruch der Dunkelheit (spätestens 20 Uhr)
Schließtage
24., 31. Dezember und 1. Januar
Eintritt frei
E-Mail: info@topographie.de
Internet: www.topographie.de
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- The institutions of Nazi terror -
Between 1933 and 1945, the central institutions of Nazi persecution and terror – the Secret State Police Office with its own “house prison,” the leadership of the SS and, during the Second World War, the Reich Security Main Office – were located on the present-day grounds of the “Topography of Terror” that are next to the Martin Gropius Building and close to Potsdamer Platz.
- Berlin Wall Monument -
The Berlin Wall became an international symbol of the division of Germany after the Second World War and also of the Cold War between East and West. Construction of the Berlin Wall began on August 13, 1961. The government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) built this more than 150-kilometer-long barrier to hermetically seal off East Berlin and the rest of the territory of the GDR. More than 2.7 million people fled the GDR between October 1949 and August 1961, the majority of them across the border separating Berlin’s Eastern and Western sectors. The Wall was designed to halt this stream of refugees and make it impossible to cross the borders unchecked. The installation consisted of several sections: a Vorderlandmauer (front wall) and a Hinterlandmauer (back wall), an inner track with a patrol path, watchtowers, and barrier fortifications. By 1989 at least 136 people had lost their lives at the Wall, 98 of them while trying to flee. Most of them were shot down by GDR guards. Reforms in the Soviet Union, the rapidly growing protest movement in the GDR population, as well as the flight of thousands of GDR citizens via Eastern European countries led to the peaceful “fall” of the Wall on November 9, 1989. Soon afterwards the first sections of the barrier were torn down. Even before the reunification of Germany on October 3, 1990, the Wall had largely disappeared from the Berlin landscape.
At the request of the “Topography of Terror,” the remaining 200 meters of the Wall at Niederkirchnerstraße – which marked the border between the districts of Mitte (East Berlin) and Kreuzberg (West Berlin) – have been preserved with all the traces of the destruction that occurred during the transitional period. This fragment of the Wall, designated a historic monument in 1990, now forms part of the Topography of Terror Documentation Center. As one of the few surviving sectors of the Wall in the city, it is also one of the central sites in the “Overall Concept for the Berlin Wall” developed by the Berlin Senate.
Topography of Terror Foundation
A foundation under public law
Niederkirchnerstraße 8
10963 Berlin
Phone: 0049 30 254509–0
Opening Hours
Daily 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
The outdoor grounds are accessible until dusk (not later than 8 p.m.)
Closed on Dec 24th, 31st, Jan 1st
Admission free
e-mail: info@topographie.de
Website: www.topographie.de/en/
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Die Holzarbeiten des Polyptychons wurden von Lodovico da Forli ausgeführt. und die Malereien von Antonio Vivarini und Giovanni d'Alemagna.
Dans le Jardin des Tuileries, tout près de la Pyramide du Louvre
In the Tuileries Garden, near the Pyramid of the Louvre.
kulturstiftung des bundes / dannheimer und joos / halle (saale), germany
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Das Grab befindet sich in Qarat Qasr Salim in der Oase Bahariya, Ägypten. Bannentiu war der Sohn des Zed-Amun-ef-Anch, und wie er, wahrscheinlich Weinhändler, und sehr reich!
Avenue of pollarded plane trees along the south side of the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, looking SW from near the eastern entrance (France).
The Jardin des Plantes, literally 'Garden of Plants', but actually a botanical garden and one of the institutions of Museum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN or National Museum of Natural History [France]). The garden is located close to one of the mainline railway terminuses of Paris (Gare d'Austerlitz) and to the River Seine, on the Left Bank in Paris 5e. On the L out of sight are three of the museums of the MNHN and a fourth museum is located at the end of this avenue.
----- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_Natural_History_...
----- www.mnhn.fr/le-museum/en/home
----- www.jardindesplantes.net/?cl=fr
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LONDON - PARIS - CATANIA - ROME - LONDON ----- DAY 2
Photo from the second day of our crazy long distance rail trip from home (London) to Sicily. We spent the first day travelling from home in London to Paris, by Eurostar train, and were meant to the take an overnight train from Paris to Rome that same evening. But our Eurostar train out of London was badly delayed due to 'a fatality [unexplained - perhaps fortunately] on the train'. So we missed our onward connection to Rome and had an unexpected but happy second day in Paris. We left Paris that evening, on the equivalent Rome service.
By the end of the whole holiday trip we had seen things and sites from ancient Greek time to modern, so the trip felt like a mini Grand Tour. Or given the rich mythology of Sicily, Etna and the Straits of Messina (Odysseus, the Cyclops, Scylla & Charybdis, etc.) perhaps our trip was like a modern mini Odyssey of our times. Odysseus took ten years to get home. It took us ten trains - but no monsters.
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The Kasbah des Oudaias is located in Rabat, the capital of Morocco, which is situated near to the Atlantic coast. Like most other cities in Morocco, Rabat is old and has a lot of historical value. But what makes Rabat different in comparison to other cities is the section of the city called Kasbah des Oudaias.
The Kasbah des Oudaias is a picturesque place with houses and streets that are of a different standard to the rest of the city. All the houses are white and look like they have just been painted with bright blue parapets. The Kasbah des Oudaias provides you with the most amazing views of the Atlantic Ocean and of Sale, Rabat's neighboring city. This part of city is quiet and there are relatively few people walking around the maze of streets. This makes exploring the northern parts of the city a lot more fun.
Located in the vicinity of Kasbah des Oudaia is the oldest mosque in the capital, namely the Kasbah Mosque. The mosque was built in the mid-eleventh century and the beautiful gateway (Bab Oudaia) that leads you to the Kasbah was built in the twelfth century. The mosque was enlarged and renovated later in the eighteenth century.
The busiest parts of Kasbah des Oudaia are the beaches, where you can sit and watch the ocean waves as they come in and hit the Kasbah walls for hours. Hundreds of people from outside of Morocco come to Kasbah des Oudaia because of its shoreline and its picturesque views. You will notice that there is quite a bit of repair work being done on the old buildings and houses near the beach.
[morocco.com]
The Kasbah of the Udayas is a kasbah in Rabat, Morocco. It was built during the reign of the Almohads. When the Almohads had captured Rabat and destroyed the kasbah of the Almoravids in the town, they began reconstructing it in AH 544 / AD 1150. They added a palace and a mosque and named it al-Mahdiyya, after their ancestor al-Mahdi Ibn Tumart. After the death of Yaqub al-Mansur (AH 595 / AD 1199) the kasbah was deserted. [Wikipedia.org]
We were on Rue des Francs-Bourgeois, on the ground floor, second floor, and basement of the building behind the scaffolding. So we didn't have much of a view, but it was a great apartment.
Agdz or Agdez (Berber: Agdez, Arabic: أكدز) is a town in southeastern Morocco, in the Atlas Mountains with a population of about 10,000;lies at the feet of Djebel Kissane and along the shores of the Draa River.
Wiesbadens Oberbürgermeister Dr. Helmut Müller, Vereinsvorsitzender Thomas Seitz, Wehrführer Günther Seitz, Inneminister Boris Rhein
The Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts is a pedestrian bridge in Paris which crosses the River Seine. It links the Institut de France and the central square of the Palais du Louvre
In recent years, many tourist couples have taken to attaching padlocks (love locks) with their first names written or engraved on them to the railing or the grate on the side of the bridge, then throwing the key into the Seine river below, as a romantic gesture. This gesture is said to represent a couple's committed love. The City of Paris has not yet adopted a definitive policy on how to deal with this new fad.