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Raumunzach

Raumünzach is a residential area in the municipality of Forbach in the northern Black Forest , which was founded in 1775 by forest workers. The settlement with around 30 residents is located on the B 462 and the junction of the L  83 to Hundsbach and the Schwarzenbachtalsperre as well as at the mouth of the mountain stream of the same name into the Murg .

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Rock of Gibraltar

 The ship anchored in Gibraltar Bay on the morning of 29 (not 30) June, and most of the passengers spent the planned “day” at Gibraltar as the excursion prospectus suggested, “looking over the wonderful subterraneous fortifications.” Clemens, Slote, and Jackson, together with one other unidentified passenger, “rode on asses and mules up the steep, narrow streets and entered the subterranean galleries the English have blasted out in the rock,” according to Clemens.

Sabine Hills

The Sabine Hills is an area just north of Rome in Lazio in Italy. Perhaps most famous because its population fell victim to the “Rape of the Sabine women” by Rome, the hills have some interesting small towns.
http: //wikitravel.org/en/Sabine_Hills (link broken)

Samaria

See Bædeker (1898)  Route 22 page 252

See Bædeker (1876) Route 14 page 330


Murray Route 22 page 344


 

Satti Chaura Ghat

Also known as Slaughter or Massacre Ghat.
This Ghat has become historically important since the Indian Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. On 27 June 1857, Kanpur (then spelled as Cawnpore) saw one of the grimmest stories of Indian history of independence. Around 300 British men, women and children were slaughtered at the Satti Chaura Ghat, later gaining identification as Massacre Ghat. Those who escaped the brutal fate that day were later killed at the Bibighar Massacre. The rebellion was believed to be led by Nana Sahib of Peshwa from which the Ghat was renamed as Nana Rao Ghat.

Scandal Point

In the region of Scandal Point—felicitous name—where there are handy rocks to sit on and a noble view of the sea on the one hand, and on the other the passing and repassing whirl and tumult of gay carriages, are great groups of comfortably-off Parsee women—perfect flower-beds of brilliant color, a fascinating spectacle. Tramp, tramp, tramping along the road, in singles, couples, groups, and gangs, you have the working-man and the working-woman—but not clothed like ours.

Shechem

From Murray: (page 332)

Siloam

Siloam (Hebrew: Shiloah; Arabic: Silwan) is an ancient site in Jerusalem, located in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, south of the Old City. According to the Hebrew Bible, Siloam was built around the "serpent-stone", Zoheleth, where Adonijah gave his feast in the time of Solomon. It is the site of the Pool of Siloam and the Tower of Siloam, both mentioned in the New Testament.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siloam

Temple of Serapis

The Macellum of Pozzuoli was the macellum or market building of the Roman colony of Puteoli, now known as Pozzuoli. When first excavated in the 18th century, the discovery of a statue of Serapis led to the building being misidentified as the city's serapeum or Temple of Serapis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macellum_of_Pozzuoli

Teufelskanzel

The Teufelskanzel is a legendary rock south of Ebersteinburg . According to legend, the devil is said to have preached here. On the opposite angels pulpit then an angel appeared and also delivered a sermon. The legend is recorded on a mural of the Trinkhalle .

The Sphinx

Sam and companions traveled by donkey from Cairo to the Sphinx October 5, 1867.
Mark Twain Project: Quaker City Itinerary

The Street Which is called Straight

About 450 metres from the western entrance of Madhat Pasha Street, in a stretch covered with a large metal dome, is a small mosque with a balcony in the form of a pulpit that serves as a minaret, called Jakmak or Sheikh Nabhan Mosque. It is here that the Christian tradition locates the house of Judas, the place where Saul remained for three days without eating or drinking and was baptized at the hands of Ananias (Acts 9:9). The Christians of Damascus say the mosque was built over the ruins of an ancient church that commemorated the episode narrated in the Acts of Apostles.

The Three Sisters, Victoria

The Sisters Rocks, Western Highway, Stawell are a grouping of granite tors or inselberg which forms a dramatic landmark on the eastern approach to Stawell. The area has been a picnic and tourist destination since settlement in the area. The Sisters Rocks, Western Highway, They were named after the three Levi sisters. The mining family set up camp here in the gold rush days. They are now smothered in graffiti which ruins or enhances the boulders, depending on your opinion.

Thousand and One Columns

The Cistern of Philoxenos (Greek: Κινστέρνα Φιλοξένου), or Binbirdirek Cistern, is a man-made subterranean reservoir in Istanbul, situated between the Forum of Constantine and the Hippodrome of Constantinople in the Sultanahmet district. It has been restored and is now visited as a tourist attraction. The entrance is located at İmran Öktem Sokak 4.

Well of Harod

The Well of Harod or Spring of Harod (Hebrew: עין חרוד, Ein Harod) is a spring near the two kibbutzim called Ein Harod in the Jezreel Valley in Israel. In Arabic it is called `Ain Jalut (عين جالوت) meaning the Spring of Goliath.

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