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The Sumbanese traditional House (Uma Mbatangu, “peaked house”) refers to the traditional vernacular House of the Sumba people from the island of Sumba in Indonesia. Sumbanese House is characterized by its…
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The Red Army Memorial Museum (丙安红一军团纪念馆) is located in the rural Bing’an Warf (丙安滩), a shoal in the middle of Chishui river, at the border between the regions of Guizhou…
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Borgund Stave Church is a stave church located in the village of Borgund in the municipality of Lærdal in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is classified as a triple nave…
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Cordoba is famous for its courtyards, and once a year during the festival de “Los Patios Cordobeses,” private houses all over the city open up their courtyards to the public…
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The Great Mosque of Djenné located in the city of Djenné, Mali, on the flood plain of the Bani River dates from 1907. The building is considered to be one…
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The Yanomami of Southern Venezuela (and northen Brazil) live in large communal circular dwellings called Shabono (also xapono, shapono, or yano). The building has to be rebuilt every few years…
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Pueblo Bonito (Spanish for beautiful town) is the largest and best-known great house in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, northern New Mexico. It was built by the Ancestral Puebloans who occupied the structure between AD 828 and…
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