VirtualGlobetrotting: Maps Submitted On: 2008-02-21

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Steve Carell's House
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The actor lives here in this 5-bed, 8-bath, 16,853 sqft home. Comic actor Jonathan Winters used to live at this location; Carell purchased his house in 2010 and razed it to build his current mega-mansion, which was completed in early 2013.

Miley Cyrus' House
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The teen actress, singer and songwriter, purchased this residence in 2009. It is also the former home of Freddie Prinze, Jr., who owned the property from 2000, when he purchased it for $3.05M, until 2003, according to public records.

Roy E. Disney's House
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The longtime senior executive for "The Walt Disney Company", which his father Roy Oliver Disney and his uncle Walt founded, lives here. He is still a major shareholder (over 16 million shares or about 1%), and currently serves as a consultant for the company and Director Emeritus for the Board of Directors.

Steve Wilkos' House
The television personality lives here. He is a former Marine and Chicago police officer. He is now hosting his own talk show, "The Steve Wilkos Show". He is best known as the former director of security on "The Jerry Springer Show".

Villa Madama
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Villa Madama originally built for Cardinal Giuliano de' Medici (to become Pope Clemens VII), came into the possession of "Madama" (i.e. Margaret of Parma, daughter of the Austrian Emperor Charles V, who married Alessandro de' Medici and after his death Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma) as did the Medici Palace near Piazza Navona (Palazzo Madama) and the town of Castel Madama and has retained her name. Giulio Romano built it using plans by Raphael.

Dale Murphy's House
The former outfielder and catcher in Major League Baseball lives here.

Willie McGee's House
The former center and right fielder in Major League Baseball, who spent the majority of his 18-year career playing for the St. Louis Cardinals, lives here. He was recognized as one of the outstanding players of his time, having won the 1985 National League MVP award, batting titles in both 1985 and 1990, and 3 Gold Glove Awards.

George Lopez's House (former)
The comedian and actor paid $1.349M in 2001 for this home and then sold it in 2004 for $1.85M.

Site Of Bing Crosby's Estate (Demolished)
This is the site of Bing Crosby's former estate that burned down in a fire in January 1943. Crosby built the estate in 1936 after selling the house on nearby Forman Avenue.
After this house was destroyed Crosby moved his family to an estate on South Mapleton Drive in Holmby Hills (The estate in Holmby Hills was demolished in 1988 after it was purchased by TV producer Aaron Spelling and is now the site of 56.000 sqft "The Manor").
The comedian and actor Jerry Van Dyke owned this home from 1993 until selling it in 1997 for $1.93 Million. This is also the former home of actor Andy Griffith and actress Mila Jovovich.
The house was last sold in 2011 for $4 Million.

Tom Herr's House
The former second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1979 to 1991 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, and New York Mets, lives here. He played in the 1982, 1985, and 1987 World Series - all with the Cardinals, finishing fifth in the MVP voting and making his only appearance in the All-Star Game in 1985.

Giant Sword
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Ponte Milvio
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Sandy Knox's House
The country music performing song writer lives here. She purchased this home in 2006 for $1.265M.

Bökelberg Stadion
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The Bökelbergstadion was a football stadium were Borussia Mönchengladbach before Borussia-Park opened in 2004. The stadium was able to hold 34,500 people. The inauguration took place on September 20, 1919 under the name „Westdeutsches Stadion“. The stadium's nick name was first "de Kull" (the gravel-pit). The name "Bökelbergstadion" was established in the 1960's, after Borussia Mönchengladbach won the first time the DFB-Pokal.
The stadium was demolished by August 2006 and its location will be, starting in 2007, used to build new residential buildings.

Villa Giulia - Etruscan Museum of Rome
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Villa Giulia, built by Vignola with some advice by Vasari, Ammannati and Michelangelo, is now the Etruscan Museum of Rome. Here Pope Julius III spent most of his time. The wreaths of his coat of arms are still visible.
Read William Dean Howells' account of his visit to Villa di Papa Giulio in 1908.

Former George AFB Aircraft Gun Harmonization Facility
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The Gun Harmonization Facility is a concrete pad with a retaining wall constructed on three sides. The facility measures 50-foot W X 70-foot D. It contains approximately 100 tons of washed plaster sand and has railroad ties and sand bags configured around the exterior to eliminate possible ricochets. There are aircraft (A/C) tie down points available for securing A/C. The facility is primarily used for aligning A/C Head-Up Display (HUD) symbology for gun sighting as well as boresighting and live weapon checkout.

Edwards AFB's Century Circle
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The Century Circle display features a restored 18-foot high and 28-foot wide control tower and six Century Series aircraft, the F-100, F-101, F-102, F-104, F-105 and F-106.
The six Century Series fighters on display are USAF historical property on loan to the AFFTC Museum from the National Museum of the USAF. Two ofthe aircraft, the YF-100A and the TF-102A, served long test careers at Edwards AFB. The other four - although never assigned to the base - are examples of types that were.
The central control tower was used at Edwards for over 35 years, serving as witness to some of the world's most astonishing aviation feats, including man's first flights exceeding Mach 3, 4, 5 and 6; the first Space Shuttle tests and returns from space; and maiden flights of over 65 aircraft. The interior of the tower is slated for restoration in the future.

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LTV A-7C Corsair II
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The Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II is a carrier-based subsonic light attack aircraft design that was introduced to replace the A-4 Skyhawk in US Naval service and based on the successful supersonic F-8 Crusader aircraft produced by Chance Vought. The A-7 was one of the first combat aircraft to feature a head-up display (HUD), doppler-bounded inertial navigation system (INS), and a turbofan engine. It initially entered service with the United States Navy during the Vietnam conflict and was then adopted by the United States Air Force to replace their A-1 Skyraiders that were borrowed from the Navy as well as with the Air National Guard. It was exported to Greece (in the 1970s), Portugal and Thailand (in the late 1980s).

Church of Saint Francis Xavier
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The church of Saint Francis, belongs to the old Jesuit School. For the filming of the 1,492: The Conquest of Paradise (1992 Directed by Ridley Scott and featuring Gérard Depardieu and Sigourney Weaver), its façade was painted white. It is formed by a single nave with a beautifukl baroque altar.
The church is commonly known as "The Precious Blood", where Jesuit priest of the nearby "House of the Sun" officiate masses.
The last part of the complex of this plaza is the "House of Vargas-Figueroa", which was the living quarters of one of its most pretigious priests.

Flight Test Associates North American F-100F Super Sabres
Chase jet used in Flight Test and Certification activities.
The North American F-100 Super Sabre was a jet fighter aircraft that served with the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1954 to 1971 and with the Air National Guard (ANG) until 1979. As the first of the Century Series collection of USAF jet fighters, it was the first of a series of US fighters capable of supersonic speed in level flight and made extensive use of titanium throughout the aircraft.

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Antena 3 Television
Antena 3 de Television, S.A., (BMAD: A3TV) is a Spanish television network and media company, present in the television, radio and cinema industries. It was the first private station in Spain, commencing broadcasts in 1990. Significant shareholders include Planeta-De Agostini and RTL Group. Shows broadcast by the Antena 3 channel include Aquí no hay quien viva, 24, Buenafuente, Los Simpson and Cambio Radical, a Spanish version of the famous American show Extreme Makeover.
Antena 3TV revived the local series with the launch of Farmacia de Guardia a family sitcom that usually topped the ratings with audiences of up to 9million viewers. As a result of the series, other broadcasters followed and launched a number of Spanish produced dramas and sitcoms, thus reviving the Spanish series format.

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

Arco de la Estrella
This is one of the five access gates to the vila, near Mérida, the Fountain or Gate of the Council, of the Succor and of the Wicket. In its interior, the Virgin of the Star is housed, thus its name. This gate has been crossed by both Catholic Kings, Isabel of Castille and Ferdinand V of Aragon.
In 1,726, Churriguera modified the gate in the baroque style, widening it to facilitate carriage travel. It unites the inner curtain of the city with the Plaza Mayor.

Zentis Aachen
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The story of the jam- and confectionary factory Franz Zentis began on 20 June 1893 when Franz Zentis founded a colonial commodity trade and food business in Aachen, Adalbertsteinweg. In the beginning the smaller shops and principally bakeries in the area of Aachen were supplied, today ZENTIS is a worldwide operating company.

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Kern County - Meadows Field (BFL)

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Torre Bujaco
The Bujaco Tower is the most beautiful one of the five that are left in the city when it was under Muslim control throughout the 12th century.
Also known as the "New Tower" or "Watch Tower", its most popular name derives from the Calif Abu-ya-gub. This slender (25 mtrs tall) tower is next to the Peace Hermitage which was originally built in the 16th century and reconstructed in the baroque style in the 18th century

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Palace of the Veletas
Known also as the "House of the Veletas", it is situated at the highest part of the city of Cáceres. It is situated in the Plaza beraing the same name and where the ancient Arab Algibe. It was built in the XVI century over the ruins of the old Arab alcázar (palace). Today it houses the provincial museum which displays important findings dating as far back as the preromanic period and thereafter.

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House of the Storks
Constructed towards the end of the 15th century by Diego de Cáceres; it is also known as the "Palace of the storks" and "Tower of the Storks." It is classifiable as a completely unique construction; this battlement tower overpowers the city demonstrating its grandeur.
Today, it houses the military governance and it corresponds with the House of the Casa de los Cáceres Ovando.
This defensive tower was the only one allowed to be erected during the reign of the Catholic Kings, which couriously it was a time when they ordered the destruction of all of the other towers to teach the rebel lords a lesson due to their arrognace.

Lower Palace of the Golfines
It is the most beautiful example of Cacereña architecture (i.e. architecture of Cacerés). Its façade demonstrating with its simplicity the beauty of the plateresca style. In it, the Catholic Kings lodged once allowing its onweers to develop a close relationship with them.
It displays the sign: "This is the House of the Golfines."

Santa María la Mayor Church
Possibly built on one of the Arab mosques that existed in Trujillo. It was built in the 13th century after the conquest of the city. The church preserves Romanesque and Gothic elements, but underwent considerable restoration in the 16th century. It has three naves in three sections and a polygonal apse, covered with cross vaults with tiercerons. The outstanding feature of the main front is a rose window. Inside, the Gothic main reredos, made in the workshop of Fernando Gállego, and the Plateresque choir are outstanding.

Palace of Torre Orgaz
Has been converted into a cozy establishment belonging to the net of Nacional Paradors. It has built over Arab building foundations, portraying a beautiful lintel over the door, and on top of it the coat of arms in the baroque style. The interior of the same has been has been carefully chosen to ensure that the traveler will remember both, this perennial city and its unforgettable lodging.

Edwards AFB Aircraft Gun Harmonization Facility
The Gun Harmonization Facility is a concrete pad with a retaining wall constructed on three sides. The facility measures 50-foot W X 70-foot D. It contains approximately 100 tons of washed plaster sand and has railroad ties and sand bags configured around the exterior to eliminate possible ricochets. There are aircraft (A/C) tie down points available for securing A/C. The facility is primarily used for aligning A/C Head-Up Display (HUD) symbology for gun sighting as well as boresighting and live weapon checkout.

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Douglas A-1H Skyraider
The Douglas A-1 (formerly AD) Skyraider was a U.S. single-seat attack bomber of the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. A propeller-driven anachronism in the jet age, the Skyraider had a remarkably long and successful career well into the space age, and inspired a straight-winged, slow flying jet powered successor which is still in frontline service today, the A-10 Warthog.

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