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unusual facts about Pero's Bridge


Pero's Bridge

The bridge is named after Pero, also known as Pero Jones, who lived from around 1753 to 1798, arriving in Bristol probably from the Caribbean Island of Nevis in 1783, as the slave of the merchant John Pinney (1740–1818) at 5 Great George Street.


Asopus

Pausanias (1.12.4) writes that during the reign of Aras, the first earth-born king of Sicyonian land, Asopus, said to be son of Poseidon by Celusa (this Celusa otherwise unknown but possibly identical to Pero mentioned above), discovered for him the river called Asopus and gave it his name.

Captaincies of Brazil

Within a system of royal patronage and nepotism, five of the captaincies were given to two cousins of finance minister António de Ataíde: Martim Afonso de Sousa and his brother Pero Lopes.

Conway's Bridge

Conway's Bridge is an ornamental rustic arched stone structure close to the River Thames on the estate of Park Place, Berkshire, England.

Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion

The celebrated English author George Borrow wrote Wild Wales (1854), which includes a lively, humorous account of his visit to Pontarfynach.

Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Delaware

The Christina River at Cooch's Bridge crested at 2.38 feet (0.725 m) above flood stage, and the Red Clay Creek at Wooddale crested at roughly 4 inches (100 mm) above flood stage.

Flyable Heart

Noizi Ito provided designs for the male protagonist Shou and the entire female cast, with the exception of Kururi, whose designs were provided by Ayato Sasakura, and Megumi, whose designs were provided by Pero, who also provided designs for the supporting male cast except Kyōichirō, who was designed by Sasakura.

Before the game's release, a four-panel Internet manga illustrated by Pero, one of the art directors in the game, began to be serialized irregularly on the game's official website.

Golden's Bridge, New York

At one time, Golden's Bridge was home to Wildoak Kennels, considered America's leading breeder of Wire Fox Terriers.

Governor's Bridge, Toronto

The west part of the neighbourhood was quickly built up during the Roaring Twenties boom period, and most of the houses date from this era.

:For other uses see Governor's Bridge

Humphrey Gainsborough

Gainsborough designed Conway's Bridge, built in 1763 at Park Place close to Henley, an interesting rustic arched stone structure that still carries traffic on the road between Wargrave and Henley today.

Jacob Eugene Duryée

At the Battle of Antietam, Duryée stalwartly led his regiment from the front as the men tried to take the infamous Burnside's Bridge over Antietam Creek in the face of withering fire from Georgia regiments on the hills on the opposite bank.

Jardine Matheson

The name of Yee Wo Street in Hong Kong's East Point and Causeway Bay Districts comes from Jardine's Chinese name "Ewo" whilst other locations associated with the company include Jardine's Bazaar, Jardine's Crescent, Jardine's Bridge, Jardine's Lookout, Yee Wo Street, Matheson Street, Jardine House and the Noon-day Gun.

Joe's Bridge

This silenced the guns, and the road was cleared of wreckage by armoured bulldozers, while infantry mopped up, thus setting a pattern for the rest of the advance towards Valkenswaard and Eindhoven.

Once the bridge was secure, men of the 615th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, set about repairing it, while the Irish Guards secured a bridgehead along the N69 main road towards Valkenswaard.

This bridge was taken on the evening of 10 September 1944 by the Irish Guards under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel J.O.E Vandeleur.

While the Welsh Guards engaged the German forces around Hechtel, the Irish Guards advanced rapidly north-east through the villages of Eksel, Overpelt and Neerpelt, and launched their combined infantry-tank assault, with artillery support, from the grounds of the zinc processing factory in Overpelt.

K-Paz de la Sierra

Some of their biggest hits are "Un Buen Perdedor" "Mi Credo," "Volveré," "Con Olor A Hierba," "Pero Te Vas A Arrepentir," "Procuro Olvidarte", "Y Aquí Estoy "Como Un Tatuaje" and "Para Toda La Vida a Duo Con Sergio Vega.

Kirkby Lonsdale

In common with many bridges of the same name, legend holds that the Devil appeared to an old woman, promising to build a bridge in exchange for the first soul to cross over it.

Languages of Peru

-- Aún así, el número es mayor, pero desproporcionado. -->The following is an incomplete list of languages spoken today, and a number that became extinct in the twentieth century or that are endangered.

Leandro N. Alem

Parque Alem, one of two large parks in Rosario, Santa Fe, is named after Alem, and has a heroic statue of him, trying to bend a quebracho log, representing the motto of the Radical Civic Union, Se quiebra pero no se dobla ("It breaks but it does not bend", an expression of commitment to principles).

Liberian National Museum

In 1972, the museum was relocated to a new building on Providence Island but four years later this building was removed to facilitate the construction of the People's Bridge over the Mesurado River.

Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

Notable scholars have taught at the school including Barbara Rossing, Linda E. Thomas, Antje Jackelén, Robert Fischer, Arthur Voobus, William Danker, Fredrick Danker, Joseph Sittler, Philip Hefner, Carl Braaten, Albert "Pete" Pero, Jr., Harold Vogelaar, Paul Manz, David Rhoads, Ralph Klein, Vitor Westhelle, Mark Swanson, and Edgar Krentz.

M3 Racing

The team currently runs the #10 Skinny Mobile Holden for Richard Moore, the #15 Orix Holden for Morgan Haber, and the #1 Mike Pero Mortgages Holden for former V8 Supercar driver Greg Murphy.

Mama Bhagne

When Rama decided to attack Ravana he found it necessary to throw a bridge across the straits for the conveyance of his troops, he drove in his aerial chariot to the Himalayas, picked up what stones he needed and drove back.

Mato Vodopić

After 1849 the home of the Pucić brothers became the gathering center of Dubrovnik's intelligentsia, often being attended by Mato Vodopić among others, including Medo Pucić, Niko Pucić, Antun Kaznačić and his brother August Kaznačić, Antun Paško Kazali, Mato Natali, Pero Marinović, Marin Giorgi, Bishop Frano Ucellini-Tice of Kotor, Ivo Vojnović, Frano Supilo, Milorad Medini, and Dragutin Pretner.

Nagagutsu o Haita Neko: Sekai Isshū 80 Nichi Dai Bōken

The main character is the Puss in Boots character from the tale; a cat named Pero (Toei Animation's mascot) He is also known as 'Perrault' in the game, as that was the name of the original author of the Puss In Boots story; Charles Perrault.

Pêro Vaz de Caminha

In 1500, Pêro Vaz de Caminha, already at advanced age, was appointed as secretary of the factory projected to be built in Calicut, India, under the designated royal factor Aires Correia.

Ram Karmabhoomi

Ram Karmabhoomi is the area consisting of Rameshwaram, Dhanushkodi, Adam's Bridge, also known as Rama's Bridge, where the Hindu deity Rama is believed to have conducted his fight against Ravana to rescue Sita.

Robber's Bridge

R.D. Blackmore drew on the history and legends of this area to create his world-famous novel Lorna Doone.

S bridge

The next bridge, four and a half miles east from New Concord on US Route 40, is found at the intersection of US 40 and Peter's Creek Road.

The fourth bridge is located between Old Washington, Ohio and Middlebourne, Ohio along Blend Road, at the intersection of Bridgewater Road, and has been designated a National Historic Landmark.

Several of these bridges are found in and around the New Concord, Ohio area.

Sheffield Tramway

Along with lines opening to Abbeydale, Walkley and Hunter's Bar, the missing link in the centre of the sprawling network between Moorhead and Lady's Bridge was finally laid.

Sinfonía Soledad

The album is based on a compilation of the best known songs of the band recorded on 25 and 26 November 2006 at the National Auditorium in Mexico City; tracks "Nunca Nadie Nos Podrá Parar (Gracias)" (which is a token of appreciation to their audience) and "No Te Deseo el Mal... Pero Tampoco Te Deseo el Bien" (which was included on the soundtrack of the Mexican film Un Mundo Maravilloso) are included as well.

Snell's Bridge

American troops lead by William H. Winder retreated across Snell's bridge on August 26, 1814.

St. James's Bridge

Four bronze relief plaques depicting scenes from The Water Man, a Ljubljana-related Romantic ballad of the poet France Prešeren, were intended to be put on the fence of the bridge.

Teufelsbrücke

It is named for an old local legend regarding its construction by the Devil, one of many old European Devil's Bridges with similar creation myths.

The Crimson Pirate

It stars Burt Lancaster, who also co-produced the film, as Captain Vallo, the eponymous pirate, and is set in the Caribbean late in the 18th century, on the fictional islands of Cobra and San Pero.

Tonta, tonta, pero no tanto

Tonta, tonta, pero no tanto (English: Foolish, Foolish, But Not A Lot) is a 1972 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring María Elena Velasco as La India María.

Veliki Grđevac

Mato Lovrak center — consisting of compositional museum train and a mill with pond that represented the most famous symbols of the Mato Lovrak’s novels: "Train in the Snow" and "Družba Pere Kvržice" (translated as "Pero Lump gang").

Warwick Furnace Farms

Several other sites listed by the National Register of Historic Places are within a couple of miles of the site, including Hockley Mill Farm, to the east on Warwick Furnace Road, Warrenpoint to the north, Warwick Mills to the west, and Brower's Bridge upstream (west) on the South Branch of French Creek.

Welcome to Collinwood

Rosalind and Toto ask misfits Basil (Andrew Davoli), Leon (Isaiah Washington), Riley (William H. Macy), who babysits his infant son while needing £1,000 to pay his own wife’s jail fine, and Pero (Sam Rockwell), a boxer who agrees to confess to Cosimo's crime for $16,000 but ends up being jailed alongside him.


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