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4 days ago · Ferdinand de Lesseps, a disgraced French diplomat, had managed to overcome a tremendous tangle of financial and diplomatic obstacles to organize a company to build the canal, with the aid of Egypt’s ruler, Said. The plan was relatively straightforward.
2 days ago · The Liston Building, designed by architect Mathieu de Lesseps during the French occupation of Corfu (1797-1814), was originally constructed as barracks for the French army. The building’s design, inspired by Paris’s Rue de Rivoli, features neoclassical arches and a colonnaded façade, reflecting its French architectural influences.
Sep 11, 2024 · Description. Nine photographs from an album. #1 and 2 are the Indian War Memorial at Port Said. #3 is the entrance to the Suez canal. #4 is de Lesseps statue, northern canal entrance. #5 is the northern entrance to the canal. #6 is a soldier standing by a ship's railings. #7 is a sea view with buildings in the distance.
Sep 8, 2024 · Shakespeare follows him, unaware that he is in fact a young noblewoman, Viola De Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow), all the way to Viola’s home. Viola’s nurse (Imelda Staunton) accepts a note from Shakespeare for Kent telling him that he has been cast.
Sep 26, 2024 · SoFLO Live. THE LAST SUN OF THE HAMPTON HOUSE. SHARE ON: S. Florida Times— September 26, 2024. World premiere of the innovative musical, hosted by the Historic Hampton House Museum and Cultural ...
3 days ago · Simon Makin. Geology. Scientists have traced a baffling monotonous planetary hum that lasted for nine days back to a glacier in Greenland. Stephen Hicks, Kristian Svennevig, The Conversation US....
Sep 7, 2024 · Paul-Henri Mathieu is not short on epic memories in the Davis Cup. He played in the 2002 Final, and came agonisingly close to winning the entire thing for France that year. Then in 2004 he beat former world No. 1 Carlos Moya in front of 10,000 Spanish fans in Alicante.
