Today's inscriptions and pictures near the town of San Luis in Peru. Some of them quite large sizes (100m and above).

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Battle of Wizna (sometimes referred to as the Polish Thermopylae) was fought between September 7 and September 10, 1939, between the forces of Poland and Germany during the initial stages of Invasion of Poland.

Battle of Wizna is a theme for one of the Sabaton songs in "The Art of War" album, entitled "40:1", for an estimated ratio of forces on both sides of battle. The song praises the bravery and heroism of the Polish army : ("So come, bring on all that you've got/Come hell, come high water, Never stop (Unless you are 40 to 1) Your lives will soon be undone").

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Durdle Door (sometimes spelled Durdle Dor) is a natural limestone arch on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth in Dorset, England.

The arch has formed on a concordant coastline where bands of rock run parallel to the shoreline. Here the rock strata are nearly vertical, and the bands of rock are quite narrow.

Originally a band of resistant Portland limestone ran along the shore, the same band which can be seen two miles down the coast forming the narrow entrance to Lulworth Cove. Behind this is a 400-foot (120 m) band of various weaker rocks which are easily eroded, and behind this is a stronger and much thicker band of chalk, which forms the Purbeck Hills. The limestone and chalk are much closer together here than at Swanage, 10 miles (16 km) to the east, where the distance between them is over 2 miles (3 km). There are at least three reasons for this. First, the beds are highly inclined here, and more gently angled at Swanage. Secondly, some of the beds have been cut out by faulting at Durdle Door; and thirdly, the area around Durdle Door appears to have been unusually shallow, so a much thinner sequence of sediments were deposited here.

Orta Nova is a town about 25.4 km from Foggia, in the region of Puglia, southern Italy. It stretches to the Southern patch of the Tavoliere (Foggia's plain) to the right of Carapelle stream.

The origins of the name "Orta" are rather controversial, as it may indicate: "crooked-born", from Latin ortus, or "garden" from the Latin word hortus, or also "East".

The Romans built a courier post in the area, previously a territory of the Daunians.

In the early Middle Ages a hamlet, whose name is mentioned in a document dating back to 1184, was built on the ruins of the Roman post. This hamlet came under the control of the Benedictine abbey of Venosa.

Under the Italo-Norman rule the Palace of Orta had its Concergius — a knight noted for his war capabilities — charged with guarding a castle or palace. In 1269 Pietro Galesio became Contergius, followed Raolino Normando followed. With the arrival of Henry VI of Hohenstaufen, Orta and its hamlet were part of a territorial defending plan as some documents attest.

Ahmadou Bello Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria. As of 2006 it is used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 30,000 people.

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Sani Abacha Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Kano Pillars F.C.. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people. It is named after deceased former military dictator Sani Abacha.

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N'Djamena International Airport (IATA: NDJ, ICAO: FTTJ), serves N'Djamena, Chad, and is the main international airport of Chad.

The airport is dual use, with civilian and military installations on opposite sides of the single runway.

There has been a French military base here since 1986, when Operation Epervier started, and was used as a French base during previous operations. In 2006 Epervier is composed of 1000 men, Mirage F-1 fighters, Puma helicopters, and transport and reconnaissance aircraft.

The French base is also shared by the small Chad Air Force.

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Carrigaline (Carraig Uí Leighin in Irish meaning "rock of Lyons") is a single-street town (or sráidbhaile) in County Cork, Ireland. It is located about 12km from Cork City which can be reached by car in 25 minutes (along the R611 which passes through the town, and then the N28 Ringaskiddy–Cork road).

The population of the town and its hinterland has increased exponentially since the late 1970s when it was identified as a growth centre by Cork County Council. Such growth has occurred with the relentless construction of new housing, mostly semi-detached in estates. The mainly young population, has been stated in a recent publication, as being 12,835 (2006 census) and this is growing by hundreds of people a year with many more houses planned for the area. The village is thus beginning to assume the function of a town, although it does not have its own town council and remains under the authority of Cork County Council. In the most recent census (2006), Carrigaline was recorded as being the town with the second highest proportion of foreign nationals in the county (behind Midleton) per head of population, with approximately 900 residents of Eastern European decent, and also a sizable number of Asian and African origin.