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44 matches to Petit Pont
Joan, Pope. Legendary female pontiff 855-8.
Leander. Hero’s lover who swam Hellespont nightly.
Merleau-Ponty, Maurice. 1908-61. French philosopher blending existentialism, Marxism, phenomenology.
Mithradatic Wars. 88~63BC. Mithradates defeated. Romans annex Pontus.
Montessori, Maria. 1870-1952. Italian educator. System based on spontaneity and self motivation 1907.
Paphlagonia. Lydia. Persia. 333BC Alexander. 2C BC Pontus. 65BC Rome.
Pilate, Pontius. -c39. Roman governor of Judea, who allowed Christ’s crucifixion.
Pont-Aven. 1886-88. School of Synthesism led by Gauguin.
Pont d’Avignon. 12C-1680. Built after divine command to shepherd, St Bénézet.
Pont de la Concorde. Paris. Built 1787-91 from stones of Bastille so people could forever trample ruins.
Pont Neuf. 1578-1607. Oldest surviving Paris bridge.
Pont Notre-Dame. Originally the Great Bridge in Roman Paris. Rebuilt in 1413 by Normans. First numbered houses in Paris.
Ponte Vecchio. 1345. Florence. First segmented arch bridge in West.
Pontiac. c1720-69. American Indian chief. Led revolt vs British 1763-6.
Pontus. 3C-66BC. Asia Minor kingdom conquered by Rome.
Redi, Francesco. 1626-97. Italian naturalist. Maggots from fly eggs, not spontaneous generation, 1668.
Ripon, Treaty. 1640. Ended Bishops’ war between Scotland and England.
Spallanzani, Lazzaro. 1729-99. Ended the belief in spontaneous generation of life. Artificial insemination 1780.
Xerxes I. 519-465BC. King of Persia, invaded Attica. Victor at Thermopylae. Salamis defeat preserved Greek independence. Crossed Hellespont 480BC.