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3 days ago · The great caliph ‘Abd al-Malik. ‘Abd al-Malik was the second caliph of the Marwanid Umayyad dynasty. He devoted his twenty-year reign to the administrative organization of the Arab Empire, the reunification of the Caliphate, and the suppression of internal opposition, marking the pinnacle of Umayyad power and prosperity.
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2 days ago · In 1537, the Polish Queen Bona Sforza renamed the settlement Bar, after her hometown of Bari, Italy. Bar's highest mountain was renamed after Queen Sforza in 2018 to commemorate her role in naming the town. In 1540, King Sigismund I the Old of Poland granted the nearby town city rights.
4 days ago · Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.27 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city in the European ...
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3 days ago · This Italian in the employ of Sigismund II August was an excellent illustrator and expert carver of hardstone, an art form involving the creation of miniature royal portraits in semi-precious stones. Among the masterworks of this artist, visitors will be able to admire a cameo with a portrait of Queen Bona Sforza (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
1 day ago · Historia Polski to przede wszystkim historia królów i książąt, mężnych władców, którzy zarządzali państwem w czasach pokoju i wojny. Bardzo rzadko mówi się natomiast o polskich królowych, które zwykle jedynie stały u boku słynnych mężów. Pamiętasz kogo poślubił Mieszko I albo czyją żoną była Bona Sforza? Zmierz się z naszym nowym quizem!
6 days ago · Opera “Bona Sforza” w Krakowie. Opera Krakowska przygotowuje się do współpracy z Włochami. W czwartek w Bari podpisano umowę na produkcję spektaklu "Bona Sforza". Dwuaktowe widowisko opowiadające o życiu żony Zygmunta Starego będzie można obejrzeć za kilka miesięcy w stolicy Małopolski, a także we Włoszech.
5 days ago · A military court convicted a Navy sailor based in Japan on Friday for attempted espionage. Chief Petty Officer Bryce Pedicini, a fire controlman, was charged with eight espionage-related counts in ...
