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... stone , was not completed until 1873. Of greater priority to Pombal , and ceremoniously installed on the centre of the same square on 20 May 1775 with the aid of a specially designed lifting machine , was an imposing statue of Dom José ...
... stone , was not completed until 1873. Of greater priority to Pombal , and ceremoniously installed on the centre of the same square on 20 May 1775 with the aid of a specially designed lifting machine , was an imposing statue of Dom José ...
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... stone two feet thick or filters down from a clarabóia , a small inset skylight or glass tile slotted into the clay roofing tiles above the cane ceiling . Inside , it is dark , cool , safe and private . Outside , beyond an outhouse for ...
... stone two feet thick or filters down from a clarabóia , a small inset skylight or glass tile slotted into the clay roofing tiles above the cane ceiling . Inside , it is dark , cool , safe and private . Outside , beyond an outhouse for ...
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... ( stone soup ) – a thick , filling , meat and vegetable soup in the depths of which is a large white stone . Legend describes its origins like this : a pedlar ( a priest in some versions ) arrives at a village house and begs water . His ...
... ( stone soup ) – a thick , filling , meat and vegetable soup in the depths of which is a large white stone . Legend describes its origins like this : a pedlar ( a priest in some versions ) arrives at a village house and begs water . His ...
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