Aachen was chosen as the site of several important congresses and peace treaties: the first congress of Aachen ( often referred to as Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle in English ) in 1668, leading to the First Treaty of Aachen in the same year which ended the War of Devolution.

Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620 and an important symbol in American history.

The American explorations of the Argive Heraeum, concluded in 1895, also failed to prove that site to have been important in the prehistoric time, though, as was to be expected from its neighbourhood to Mycenae itself, there were traces of occupation in the later Aegean periods.

Rather than analysing the site and seeing which targets appear popular, archaeoastronomers have instead examined the ethnographic records to see what features of the sky were important to the Mayans and then sought archaeological correlates.

Beacons can also be combined with semaphoric or other indicators to provide important information, such as the status of an airport, by the colour and rotational pattern of its airport beacon, or of pending weather as indicated on a weather beacon mounted at the top of a tall building or similar site.

Rachel's Tomb, an important Jewish holy site, is located at the northern entrance of Bethlehem.

Birka was also important as the site of the first known Christian congregation in Sweden, founded in 831 by Saint Ansgar.

: Strategic location 500 km from west coast of Africa near major north-south sea routes ; important communications station ; important sea and air refueling site.

The islands are an important breeding site for seabirds including the Cape Verde Shearwater and Fea's Petrel ( Pterodroma feae ), which breeds only here and in Madeira.

The creation of the Tortuguero National Park in 1970 gave much needed protection to one of the region's most important and unique natural resources: a 22 km stretch of shoreline that serves as the principal nesting site for sea turtles.

As the site of the Chicago Portage, the city emerged as an important transportation hub between the eastern and western United States.

Along with the excavations of settlements such as Skara Brae, Links of Noltland, Barnhouse, Rinyo and Balfarg and the complex site at Ness of Brodgar these cairns provide important clues as to what civilization in Scotland was like in the Neolithic.

Secondly, cyberspace is the site of computer-mediated communication ( CMC ), in which online relationships and alternative forms of online identity were enacted, raising important questions about the social psychology of internet use, the relationship between " online " and " offline " forms of life and interaction, and the relationship between the " real " and the virtual.

The church has been a paramount – and for many Christians the most important – pilgrimage destination since at least the 4th century, as the purported site of the resurrection of Jesus.

In Greek mythology, Delphi was the site of the Delphic oracle, the most important oracle in the classical Greek world, and a major site for the worship of the god Apollo after he slew the Python, a dragon who lived there and protected the navel of the Earth.

This successful initiation of a chain-reacting pile was important not only for its help in assessing the properties of fission — needed for understanding the internal workings of an atomic bomb — but also because it would serve as a pilot plant for the massive reactors which would be created in Hanford, Washington, which would then be used to produce the plutonium needed for the bombs used at the Trinity site and Nagasaki.

His first important commission was for two viaducts for the railway line between Lyons and Bordeaux, and the company also began to undertake work in other countries, including the church of San Marcos in Arica, Chile, which was an all-metal prefabricated building, manufactured in France and shipped to South America in pieces to be assembled on site.

Some of the important properties of soils that are used by geotechnical engineers to analyze site conditions and design earthworks, retaining structures, and foundations are:

He wrote of meeting the Chumash people, and of his exploration of a small island on the Alaskan coast on which an important burial site was marked by a sepulchre of " peculiar character " lined with boards and fragments of military instruments lying near a square box covered with mats.

In 1996, the oyster beds on the north west coast of Hayling Island were restored by the Havant Borough Council, creating a wildlife haven which has become an important seabird breeding site.

Haddeby is now by far the most important archaeological site in Schleswig-Holstein.

Sergius and Herman Chapel, Spruce Island, Alaska is an important pilgrimage site, where the devout will often take soil from his grave and water from the spring named in his honour.

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant an excuse to take control of the even more important and strategically located town of Paducah, Kentucky without raising the ire of most Kentuckians and the pro-Union majority in the State legislature.

Michelin has an important truck tire manufacturing plant in Waterville and the Department of National Defence has its largest air force base in Atlantic Canada located at CFB Greenwood along with an important training facility at Camp Aldershot, near Kentville.

In neurons, calcium-sensitive adenylate cyclases are located next to calcium ion channels for faster reaction to Ca < sup > 2 +</ sup > influx ; they are suspected of playing an important role in learning processes.

A few kilometers to the north of Alcobaça is located the Monastery of Batalha, another wondrous gothic building constructed in memory of a different important battle, that of Aljubarrota.

Some important Roman ruins are exposed under the Plaça del Rei, its entrance located by the city museum ( Museu d ' Història de la Ciutat ); the typically Roman grid plan is still visible today in the layout of the historical centre, the Barri Gòtic (" Gothic Quarter ").

N ' Djamena, the capital, is located more than 1, 100 kilometers northeast of the Atlantic Ocean ; Abéché, a major city in the east, lies 2, 650 kilometers from the Red Sea ; and Faya-Largeau, a much smaller but strategically important center in the north, is in the middle of the Sahara Desert, 1, 550 kilometers from the Mediterranean Sea.

* Haina Occidental Port, located just 20 km west of Santo Domingo, is one of the most important port in the Dominican Republic.

Since the nuclear pores are located in an area of high traffic, they play an important role in the physiology of cells.

Multiple subpial transection can also be used to decrease the spread of seizures across the cortex especially when the epileptic focus is located near important functional areas of the cortex.

Another important church built in the 11th century is the Patron Saint church of San Giovanni Battista, located in the oldest section of the village also known as " Su Piggiu ".

The eastern parts of the Gulf of Finland belong to Russia, and some of Russia's most important oil harbors are located farthest in, near Saint Petersburg ( including Primorsk ).

Opened during the 1880s and originally located at 11th Street and University Place, called the Hotel St. Stephan and then after 1902, called The Hotel Albert while under the ownership of William Ryder it served as a meeting place, restaurant and dwelling for several important artists and writers from the late 19th century well into the 20th century.

The most important mines were located in the mountains near the capital of Tegucigalpa and were owned by the New York and Honduras Rosario Mining Company ( NYHRMC ).

Bethel was an important centre for Jeroboam's Golden Calf cult ( which used non-Levites as priests ), located on Israel's southern border, which had been allocated to the Tribe of Benjamin by Joshua, as was Ephron, which is believed to be the Ophrah that was allocated to the Tribe of Benjamin by Joshua.

The iron and steel industry, located along the French border, is an important sector of the economy.

* Otrar – City located along the Silk Road, important in the history of Central Asia.

* A statue of Minerva is located in the center of La Sapienza University, the most important university of Rome.

Deekshabhoomi, the largest hollow stupa or the largest dome shape monument and an important place of dalit buddhist movement, is located in Nagpur.

For the Panathenaic festival, arguably the most important civic festival at Athens, a torch race began at the altar, which was located outside the sacred boundary of the city, and passed through the Kerameikos, the district inhabited by potters and other artisans who regarded Prometheus and Hephaestus as patrons.

Gall's assumption that character, thoughts, and emotions are located in the brain is considered an important historical advance toward neuropsychology.

The Palace of Westminster site was strategically important during the Middle Ages, as it was located on the banks of the River Thames.

The city of Asti is located about 55 kilometres east of Turin in the plain of the Tanaro River and it's one of the most important centers of Montferrat, one of the best known Italian wine districts in the world.