Example sentences for: th-century

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  • Down by the shore of the Bosphorus is the glittering fa­çade of the 19th-century Dolmabahçe Palace, while beyond stretches the graceful span of the Bosphorus Bridge, a concrete symbol of the city, linking Europe with Asia.

  • Look out, as well, for the 15th-century Coffin of Garamszentbenedek, an intricately carved and painted devotional vehicle, previously paraded in the streets at Easter.

  • Incidentally, I seem to recall reading somewhere that skins as slang for `dollars' dates from frontier days when trappers used animal skins as currency, and is therefore much older than early 20th-century Harlem.

  • North of the city center is the 15th-century Igreja de Graça, with its magnificent Gothic rose window, amazingly carved from a single piece of stone.

  • The area overlooks the city from a long, narrow plateau, divided into two: the southern part, occupied by the enormous Royal Palace where the original castle once stood, and the northern district of historic streets, where 14th- and 15th-century aristocrats and artisans once rubbed shoulders.


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