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2 unusual facts about Ardea


Ardea

The Ardea, a condominium high-rise building in Portland, Oregon, USA

Lancia Ardea, a small car produced by the Turin firm between 1939 and 1953


Corioli

After this it does not appear in history, and we hear soon afterwards (443 BC) of a dispute between Ardea and Aricia about some land which had been part of the territory of Corioli, but had at an unknown date passed to Rome with Corioli.

Pinnated Bittern

German naturalist Johann Georg Wagler, who first described the Pinnated Bittern in 1829, placed it in the genus Ardea at that time.

Via Ardeatina

Via Ardeatina was an ancient road of Rome leading to the town of Ardea, after which it is named.

White heron

Eastern Great Egret (Ardea alba modesta), also known as kōtuku in New Zealand

Great Egret, (Ardea alba), also known as the Great White Egret, Common Egret or White heron


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