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Denali–Mount McKinley naming dispute

Denali–Mount McKinley naming dispute over North America's tallest peak: Koyukon Athabascan name Denali versus Mount McKinley, named 1896 by prospector William Dickey; federal name changed 2015 (Jewell) and back 2025 (Trump EO 14172).

Dendra

Dendra, Argolid: rich Mycenaean cemetery near Midea with a tholos tomb, three tumuli, and 16 chamber tombs, excavated by Persson from 1926; famed for the Dendra bronze panoply and horse burials.

Dendrological Garden "Dzyadok"

Дэндралагічны сад «Дзядок» (Dendrological Garden "Dzyadok"), a 2-hectare garden in Hlybokaye District, Vitebsk Region, Belarus, recorded in OpenStreetMap and one of 19 mapped Belarusian gardens.

Dendropark Drykolle

Дэндрапарк «Дрыколле» (Дендропарк «Дреколье») is a 3-hectare arboretum near the village of Дреколье in Vitsebsk district, Belarus, allocated in 2016 between lakes Дрекольское and Боровское and planted by the Vitebsk forestry enterprise.

Dendropark of the Surazh Forestry

Дэндрапарк Суражскага лясгаса (Surazh forestry dendropark), a 3-hectare botanical dendrological park in Surazh, Vitebsk district, Belarus, run by ГЛХУ «Суражский лесхоз» (founded 1936) and used for school forestry excursions.

Deneuvre

Deneuvre, Meurthe-et-Moselle: Gallo-Roman Leuque agglomeration on the Meurthe near Baccarat, home of the largest spring sanctuary of Hercules in Roman Gaul, with about a hundred stelae, found in 1974, museum since 2003.

Denton

Denton (Pleiades 79418) is a Roman villa in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, occupied mainly in the fourth century AD; discovered 1727 by Stukeley, excavated 1948-49, with three mosaics and a bath house.

Dere Street

Dere Street is the modern name of the Roman road built AD 79–81 under Agricola, running from York (Eboracum) via Corbridge to Cramond on the Firth of Forth; name derives from the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Deira, not a Roman name.

Derveni tombs

Derveni tombs: seven rich late 4th-century BC elite graves at Derveni near Thessaloniki, excavated unlooted in 1962; yielded the Derveni krater from tomb B and the Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving book, from tomb A.

Derventio (United Kingdom)

Derventio, a Roman place name in Britain (Derventio Brigantium at Malton), borne by a minor town at Stamford Bridge, forts at Malton, Papcastle, and Derby (Little Chester), all named from the river Derwent.

Derwent Valley Mills

Derwent Valley Mills, Derbyshire, England: UNESCO World Heritage Site (2001, criteria ii and iv) along a 24 km stretch of the River Derwent. Birthplace of the factory system via Arkwright's Cromford Mill (1771) and the Lombe Silk Mill (1721); settlements at Cromford, Belper, Milford, Darley Abbey.

Deryneia Theme Park

Θεματικό Πάρκο Δερύνειας (Deryneia Theme Park), a municipal park in Deryneia, Cyprus, opened May 2002 on Iroon Street, displaying traditional Cypriot water-raising methods (well, Archimedes screw, alakati, ttouloumpa, windmill) with an 800-seat amphitheatre.

Desecration and preservation of Jewish cemeteries

Desecration and preservation of Jewish cemeteries covers vandalism, wartime destruction, tombstone reuse, and restoration of Jewish burial grounds, chiefly in Europe, where over 1,200 Polish cemeteries were destroyed.

Desecration of Jewish cemeteries in Europe

Desecration of Jewish cemeteries in Europe is the deliberate vandalism of Jewish burial grounds, a recurring form of antisemitic attack affecting an estimated 10,000 or more cemeteries.

Desenzano

Desenzano (Villa Romana di Desenzano del Garda): late antique Roman villa on Lake Garda's southern shore, excavated from 1921, with over 240 square meters of polychrome mosaics and an on-site Antiquarium museum.

Desnianskyi Biosphere Reserve

Desnianskyi Biosphere Reserve (Деснянський біосферний резерват) is a UNESCO biosphere reserve in northern Ukraine, designated in 2009 to protect floodplain, wetland, and forest landscapes along the Desna River.

Desouq Zoo

Desouq Zoo (حديقة حيوان دسوق) is a small public zoo in Desouk, Egypt, inside the Family and Childhood Park on the Nile's Rosetta branch. Opened 2021 on about 200 square metres, it holds roughly 20 species including gazelles, monkeys, and ostriches.

Despensa y Agencia de Quinielas

Despensa y Agencia de Quinielas is a casino on Hernandarias street in Obligado, Itapúa, Paraguay, near Estadio Municipal Ka'a Poty and Plaza de Los Inmigrantes; OSM node 4917801926.

Dettingen (Germany)

Dettingen (Germany): name of several southern German villages (Dettingen an der Erms, unter Teck, an der Iller, near Rottenburg, Horb, Konstanz) and the 1743 Battle of Dettingen; -ingen name from Tato, first mentions 730 to 1275.

Deuilly

Deuilly: medieval lordship in Serécourt, Vosges, France, with a castle built before 1072 and the Benedictine priory Notre-Dame de Deuilly-les-Morizécourt, founded 1044 by Gautier de Deuilly and demolished 1791; home of the lords of Deuilly.

Deulggoch Folk Village

Deulggoch Folk Village (들꽃민속촌) is a privately run folk museum in Yeongwol County, Gangwon, South Korea, founded in 1993 by collector Kwon Jeong-in to display traditional rural artifacts.

Deulia & Kaukipara Mound

Varahamihirer Dhipi, also called Khana-Mihirer Dhipi, is an ASI-protected archaeological mound at Deulia & Kaukipara, North 24 Parganas, part of Chandraketugarh, with Gupta-period brick temple remains excavated 1956-67.

Deva

Deva (Deva Victrix), Roman legionary fortress at modern Chester, England; founded in the AD 70s by Legio II Adiutrix, main base of Legio XX Valeria Victrix; largest fortress in Britain at 25 hectares.

Devaliya Safari Park

Devaliya Safari Park, the Gir Interpretation Zone, is a 412-hectare fenced safari park about 12 km west of Sasan Gir, Gujarat, offering 30-55 minute bus and gypsy safaris with near-guaranteed Asiatic lion sightings; closed Wednesdays, booked via girlion.gujarat.gov.in.

Devil's Lake State Park (Wisconsin)

Devil's Lake State Park, near Baraboo in Sauk County, Wisconsin, founded 1911, is the state's third oldest, largest, and most visited state park, with 500-foot quartzite bluffs, a 360-acre glacial lake, 423 campsites, and Ice Age Trail segments.

Devils Postpile National Monument

Devils Postpile National Monument, also spelled Devil's Postpile, is a small protected area in Madera County, California, established in 1911 near Yosemite, known for its columnar basalt formation and 101-foot Rainbow Falls.

Devils Tower

Devils Tower (Bear Lodge, Mato Tipila) is a phonolite porphyry igneous monolith in northeastern Wyoming, the first U.S. national monument (1906), the largest known columnar jointing, a tribal sacred site with a June voluntary climbing closure.

Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary

Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary, now Isulijarniq MBS, is a 1957 Arctic bird sanctuary on Baffin Island, Nunavut, protecting the world's largest lesser snow goose colony and a Ramsar wetland.

Deyev

Deyev kurgan (Діїв курган, Деев курган) is a late 4th-century BC Scythian burial mound near Nyzhni Sirohozy, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, excavated 1891 and 1897, famous for an intact noblewoman's burial with gold maenad plaques and sphinx earrings.

Dharmaraja Ratha

Dharmaraja Ratha, largest of the five Pancha Rathas at Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu: a three-storeyed monolithic granite temple of Narasimhavarman I, unfinished, never consecrated, prototype of the Dravidian vimana.