Sentences with phrase «white limestone buildings»

If you wish, embark on a cruise along the coast to view dramatic rock formations and caves as well as the white limestone buildings of this ancient city.

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Hillis's plan for the final clock, which he reserves the right to change, has it built inside a series of rooms carved into white limestone cliffs, 10,000 feet up the Snake Range's west side.
Past ruined farm buildings and reconstructed windmills we go, leaving the sealed roads to get to Playa de las Genoveses with its white limestone headland.
K'iche conquerors changed the name to Zaculeu, meaning «White Earth» which refers to the white limestone plaster used by the Mam on all their buildWhite Earth» which refers to the white limestone plaster used by the Mam on all their buildwhite limestone plaster used by the Mam on all their buildings.
My host later told me that the «white» qualifier refers to the colour of the limestone that the city sits on, rather than the colour of the buildings.
It's also known for its white limestone — used in the building of the White Hwhite limestone — used in the building of the White HWhite House.
If you see the black and white pictures of London from about 1850 you notice the limestone buildings are black and not white.
Finally, the reaction leaves behind a highly alkaline warm solution, between pH 9 and 11, which when vented precipitates carbonate from the seawater, building white carbonate limestone - like «chimneys» that can grow to great heights.
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