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Recent Examples of parvisThe western façade, giving onto the parvis, the open area before the cathedral, was not completed until around 1240, and the upper gallery of the nave and the two towers on the west façade were finished between 1225 and 1250.—Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 19 Apr. 2019
The restaurant takes a tongue-in-cheek approach in both its decor—think massive chandeliers, portraits of flamingos dressed as gentlemen and women, and a stylish Art Deco atrium facing Las Vegas Boulevard—and its food and beverage offerings.
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Julie Tremaine,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Spread across several vaulted and atrium spaces, the bar is named for the year the palace was constructed.
People will be able to pick up their belongings left at the courtyard where the shooting took place early next week, the school said.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Sep. 2025
Livestream video of the event showed crowds of people running from the university's courtyard where the 31-year-old was speaking when the shooting occurred.
There, visitors come across soaring mosaics made from tiny golden tiles, murals of horses and sandy indoor quadrangles with palm trees sprouting up under vaulted ceilings.
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Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Her arguable masterpiece follows the vain Leonora Eyre over and around a fraught love quadrangle with a widowed antiques dealer, his nephew, and some other motley souls.
No liquor, no food, just an enormous outdoor patio teeming with Carolina Blue, popular bands, students, alumni and celebrities.
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The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
Besides its many uses in cooking, a lavender plant adds fragrance and color wherever it's planted—along a path, beside a patio, or in a pot on your back deck—thanks to a long blooming season.
Even the assassination of political figures is not the same thing as just being shot in the throat for the crime of debating issues in the public square.
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J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
13 Sep. 2025
Or opt for casual fare at El Asador Patagónico on Puerto Natales’ main square.
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