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Lucus Stimulae
Lucus Stimulae was a sacred grove at the foot of Rome's Aventine Hill, dedicated to the Roman goddess Stimula and later identified with Semele; Livy names it as the seat of the Bacchanalia suppressed in 186 BC.
Ludus Magnus
Ludus Magnus, the largest gladiatorial training school and barracks of ancient Rome, built by Domitian (81-96 AD) near the Colosseum; elliptical training arena, 3,000-seat cavea, cryptoporticus link, discovered 1937.
Ludwigsburg Palace
Ludwigsburg Palace, also known as Residenzschloss Ludwigsburg, is a Baroque residential palace in Ludwigsburg, Germany, begun in 1704 as a hunting lodge for Duke Eberhard Ludwig of Württemberg.
Lufton
Lufton Roman Villa, Brympton, Somerset: a minor 4th-century Romano-British corridor house with an elaborate octagonal bath suite and fish mosaic, found in 1945 and excavated 1946-1963.
Lukanga Swamps
Lukanga Swamps, Zambia's third Ramsar site (no. 1580, designated 8 November 2005), a 260,000-hectare permanent wetland in Central Province on the Kafue River, habitat of sitatunga and Wattled Crane and a major Tilapia fishery.
Lullingstone
Lullingstone Roman Villa, Eynsford, Kent: Roman villa on the River Darent, built c. AD 100, occupied to c. AD 420, with 4th-century mosaics, a pagan cult room, and a rare Christian house-church.
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha
Lumbini, in Nepal's Terai plains, is the UNESCO World Heritage site (inscribed 1997) marking the Buddha's birthplace in 623 BC, attested by Ashoka's 249 BC pillar, the Maya Devi Temple remains, and excavated monasteries and stupas.
Lumo
Lumo is an ancient place at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, cited as BAtlas 16 D2 Lumo and recorded in Pleiades (place 157880); its principal surviving monument is the Roman Lumones' Tomb on the Via Julia Augusta.
Lums Pond State Park
Lums Pond State Park, in Bear, New Castle County, Delaware, centers on Lums Pond, the state's largest freshwater pond at 200 acres. Created as a millpond in the 1730s and later feeding the C&D Canal's Summit lock, the 1,790-acre park opened in 1966 with camping, trails, boating, and a treetop adventure course.
Luna Park Camillo Cienfuegos
Luna Park Camillo Cienfuegos, officially Parque de Diversiones Camilo Cienfuegos and nicknamed the Parque Japonés, is a Japanese-equipped theme park founded in July 1976 in Camagüey, Cuba, covering 84 acres with rides, a pool, and a zoo.
Luna Park Sydney
Luna Park Sydney, at Milsons Point on Sydney Harbour, is a heritage-listed amusement park opened 4 October 1935, protected by NSW legislation, closed after the 1979 Ghost Train fire, and reopened in 2004.
Lunapark „Bobby & Kelly“
Lunapark „Bobby & Kelly“ (Лунапарк „Боби & Кели“, formerly Patilantsi) is a children's amusement park in Mladost 3, Sofia, opened 1998, with 5,200 m2 indoor and outdoor space, over 30 attractions, and the La Rocca restaurant.
Lunar Park
Lunar Park (るなぱあく, Maebashi Municipal Central Children's Playground) is a small municipal children's amusement park in Maebashi, Gunma, Japan, opened November 1, 1954; free admission, 50-yen rides, and two registered tangible cultural properties.
Luncani-Tîrsa
Luncani-Tîrsa: Dacian-era archaeological area in Hunedoara County, Romania, centered on the Piatra Roșie fortress (817 m, UNESCO-listed, excavated by Daicoviciu from 1949) and Târsa plateau settlement and Roman marching camp remains.
Lunde
Lunde: name of several places in Norway and Denmark, including an ancient Norwegian cemetery site (Pleiades 20535, 30 BC-AD 640), the Nome churchyard by the Telemark Canal, and Danish cemeteries and a parish church.
Lunt Roman fort
The Lunt Roman fort is a partly reconstructed Roman auxiliary fort at Baginton near Coventry, built around AD 60 and known for its unique circular gyrus.
Luppa
Luppa (Luppa-csárda) is a prehistoric site at Budakalász, Pest County, Hungary: the largest known Baden culture cemetery (439 graves, Late Copper Age, c. 3236–3075 BC), excavated by Sándor Soproni 1952–1961, famed for its clay cart model; distinct from the German Luppa and Pleiades place.
Luray Caverns
Luray Caverns, also known as Luray Cave, is a commercial show cave in Luray, Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley, discovered in 1878 and famous for the Great Stalacpipe Organ.
Lurs Roman Bridge
Lurs Roman Bridge (Pont romain de Lurs, or Ganagobie bridge): early 2nd-century AD single-arch Roman masonry bridge over the Buès ravine, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, on the Via Domitia; 30 m long, 7.8 m arch, rediscovered 1963, classified monument historique 1963.
Lushan Botanical Garden
Lushan Botanical Garden (庐山植物园), founded 1934 by Hu Xiansu, Qin Renchang, and Chen Fenghuai at Hanpokou, Mt. Lushan, Jiangxi, is China's first scientific botanical garden, run by Jiangxi Province and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, with over 10,000 living species and a national-botanical-garden candidacy.
Lushan National Park
Lushan National Park (庐山国家公园), a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China, inscribed 1996 as China's first World Cultural Landscape; 30,200 ha, Hanyang Peak 1,474 m, Donglin Temple, White Deer Cave Academy, and Global Geopark.
Lussonium
Lussonium, a Roman auxiliary fort on the Pannonian Danube limes at Paks-Dunakömlőd, Hungary, occupied from the mid-1st to early 5th century AD, garrisoned by Alpine cohorts and late Roman cavalry, now a restored ruin garden.
Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
The Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg are a UNESCO World Heritage Site of six monuments in Saxony-Anhalt linked to Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon, inscribed in 1996.
Lutsk Zoo
Lutsk Zoo (Луцький зоопарк), a municipal zoo in Lutsk, Ukraine, founded 1979; 146 species, about 2,300 animals on 4.2 ha; rebuilt with a €1.53 million EU grant; AZU and Species360 member.
Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial
Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, in Hamm near Luxembourg City, is an ABMC World War II cemetery with 5,076 American graves, mostly Battle of the Bulge casualties, and the grave of General George S. Patton, Jr., dedicated July 4, 1960.
Lydney
Lydney, Gloucestershire town on the Severn; Camp Hill promontory fort with Roman iron mines and the temple complex of Nodens, excavated by Bathurst (1805), the Wheelers (1928-29), and Casey and Hoffmann (1980-81).
Lydney Roman temple
The Lydney Roman temple is a Romano-Celtic temple dedicated to the god Nodens at Lydney Park, Gloucestershire, one of the last major pagan buildings in Roman Britain.
Lynx enclosure
Lynx enclosure: captive housing for Lynx species (Eurasian lynx, Canada lynx, bobcat) in zoos and sanctuaries; minimum 4 x 2 x 2.5 m per cat, +50% floor area per additional animal, vertical perching, enrichment, and secure fencing.
M. M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden (Національний ботанічний сад імені М. М. Гришка)
The M. M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden (Національний ботанічний сад імені М. М. Гришка) is a botanical garden and research institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv, founded in 1935.
M’Goun UNESCO Global Geopark
M'Goun UNESCO Global Geopark, Central High Atlas, Morocco; first African and Arab-world geopark, GGN 2014. 5,730 km², 22 official geosites, dinosaur footprints, Ighil M'Goun massif, Amazigh communities, geotourism.