Garda Lake region charms with castles and legends
North Italy’s Garda area near Desenzano and Sirmione features lakefront castles, warm springs at Boiola, and a fairyland landscape of lemons and olives. Descriptions cover Scaliger towers, Gar da’s submerged legends, Gardone Riviera villas, Malcesine cliffs, and a 1438 Venetian military feat crossing Alpine passes with war galleys.
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Ake
Garda
Venice
Italy
Desenzano
Lake of Garda
Alps
Sirmione
Scaliger
Blue Garda
Malcesine
Neptune
Niccolo Sorbolo
Adige
Mori
Torbole
Messer Niccolo
Machiavelli
Stelvio Pass
Gibraltar
Riviera
Salo
California saga of Serra and Fages in 1783 California
In 1783 California Fray Junipero Serra and Don Pedro Fages clash over Santa Barbara Mission plans. Eulalia Gobernadora arrives with her entourage and contemplates aiding the church while navigating palace politics and Don Pedro’s authority. Serra urges her to influence the governor, while Fray Mariano and Fray Bartolome plot comical schemes in a fogbound Carmelo cell.
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California
Fray Junipero Serra
Don Pedro Fages
Serra
Mexico
Santa Barbara
Dona Eulalia
Augustias
Don Pedro
Fray Mariano
Bartolomeo
Eulalia
Californias
Monterey
Presidio
San Diego
Father Serra
St. Francis
la Gobernadora
Escabellito
Junipero Serra
Senora
Lower
Padre
Lenora
Padre Mio
Holy Mother Church
Holy Mother
Senora la Gobernadora
Senora la
Carmelo
Fray Mariano Rubi
Fray Bartolome Gili
Fray Bartolome
Fray Junipero
San Antonio
Father Guardian
Estevanico
Junipero
God
Deadly Car Gas Strikes Open Road and Garage
A Public Safety Magazine warning explains carbon monoxide from car exhaust can incapacitate drivers on highways and in closed garages. It cites drowsiness and impaired reaction time as key dangers and urges fresh air, never starting a car in a closed garage, and keeping a window slightly open while driving.
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Public Safety Magazine
National Safety Council
Ruby First Jewel Made for the General Trade
A Washington Post writer notes the ruby as the first commercially manufactured precious stone. It is aluminum oxide with chromium oxide for its red color, with earlier trials 1870 to 1890 yielding mixed commercial results. A Geneva curate fused ruby chips, prompting Verneuil to succeed in making the ruby.
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Washington Post
Geneva
Verneuil
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North
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU Service
Garcia
Donjon
Verdi
Adelaide
Burgundy
Berengarius
Ivrea
Otto the Great
Germany
Otto
Holy Roman Empire
Gardone Riviera
Marcesine
Virginia Stivers Bartlett
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