April 21, 2009
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The <b>Gardon</b> or Gard is a river in southern France. It is the namesake of the Gard département.
The Gardon is 133 km long including its longest tributary "Gardon de Saint-Jean". It rises in the Cévennes range of mountains and ends into the Rhône River (right-side tributary) at Beaucaire, across from Vallabrègues.
Several of its tributaries are also called Gardon.
The Roman aqueduct Pont du Gard and the 16th-century Pont Saint-Nicolas are two historic bridges that cross the Gardon. The Gorge du Gardon, which ends at Pont Saint-Nicolas, is a popular recreation area for kayaking, canoeing, rock climbing, and hiking.
In September of 2002 and again in December of 2003, the Gardon had record level floods that damaged many of its bridges including the Pont Saint-Nicolas, which has since been fully restored.
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A <b>torero</b> is the main performer in bullfighting events in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries. He or she is the person who performs with and kills the bull. The role is also called toreador in English (and in Bizet's opera Carmen), but this term (older than torero) is actually never used in Spain or in Latin America. The term torero encompases bullfighters who fight the bull in the ring. (picadores and rejoneadores)
Usually, toreros start fighting young bulls (novillos), and are called novilleros. They can start fighting mature bulls after a special match, called "the Alternative". At this bullfight the novillero (junior bullfighter) is presented to the crowd as a matador de toros.
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A <b>hero</b> (from Greek ἥρως hērōs), in Greek mythology and folklore, was originally a demigod, the offspring of a mortal and a deity,[1] their cult being one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion.
Later, hero (male) and heroine (female) came to refer to characters that, in the face of danger and adversity or from a position of weakness, display courage and the will for self-sacrifice, that is, heroism, for some greater good, originally of martial courage or excellence but extended to more general moral excellence.
The literal meaning of the word is "protector", "defender" or "guardian"[citation needed] and etymologically it is thought to be cognate with the name of the goddess Hera, the guardian of marriage; the postulated original forms of these words being *ἥρFως, hērwōs, and *ἭρFα, Hērwā, respectively. It is also thought to be a cognate of the Latin verb servo (original meaning: to preserve whole) and of the Avestan verb haurvaiti (to keep vigil over), although the original Proto-Indoeuropean root is unclear.
Stories of heroism may serve as moral examples. In classical antiquity, hero cults, veneration of deified heroes such as Heracles, Perseus, or Achilles, played an important role in Ancient Greek religion. Later emperors employed hero worship for their own apotheosis, that is, cult of personality.
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Nîmes ist eine Stadt im Süden Frankreichs und Hauptstadt des Département Gard. Ihre Einwohnerzahl beträgt 137.200 (1. Januar 2004).
Nîmes ist eine alte Römerstadt (antiker Name: Nemausus) unweit des Pont du Gard – ein gewaltiger Aquädukt aus dem 1. Jahrhundert n.Chr. Sehenswürdigkeiten der Stadt sind vor allem die zahlreichen Bauten aus der Römerzeit – u.a. das Amphitheater Les Arènes und die Maison Carrée, ein heute noch existenter Tempel aus dieser Zeit – sowie besonders die Kathedrale und der malerische historische Stadtkern.
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