The Imperial City (Vietnamese: Hoàng thành; Chữ Hán: 皇城) is a walled enclosure within the citadel (Kinh thành; Chữ Hán: 京城) of the city of Huế, the former imperial capital of Vietnam during the Nguyễn dynasty.It contains the palaces that housed the imperial family, as well as shrines, gardens, and villas for mandarins.Constructed in 1803 under Emperor Gia Long as a …

The Tokyo Imperial Palace (皇居, Kōkyo, literally 'Imperial Residence') is the main residence of the Emperor of Japan.It is a large park-like area located in the Chiyoda district of the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo and contains several buildings including the Fukiage Palace (吹上御所, Fukiage gosho) where the Emperor has his living quarters, the main palace (宮殿, Kyūden) where …

The company was founded in December 1926 from the merger of four companies: Brunner Mond, Nobel Explosives, the United Alkali Company, and British Dyestuffs Corporation. It established its head office at Millbank in London in 1928. Competing with DuPont and IG Farben, the new company produced chemicals, explosives, fertilisers, insecticides, dyestuffs, non-ferrous …

Free economic zones (FEZ), free economic territories (FETs) or free zones (FZ) are a class of special economic zone (SEZ) designated by the trade and commerce administrations of various countries.The term is used to designate areas in which companies are taxed very lightly or not at all to encourage economic activity.The taxation rules and duties are determined by each country.

In 2004, Queen Elizabeth II opened the Imperial College Business School. In 2021, Imperial's White City Campus was opened, which offers spaces dedicated to innovation. Campus. The business school was likened after The Crystal Palace that housed the Great Exhibition in adjacent Hyde Park. Designed by Lord Norman Foster, the building incorporates the Royal School of …

Imperial Beach is a residential beach city in San Diego County, California, with a population of 26,324 at the 2010 census.The city is the southernmost city in California and the West Coast of the United States.It is in the South Bay area of San Diego County, 14.1 miles (22.7 km) south of downtown San Diego and 5 miles (8 km) northwest of downtown Tijuana, Mexico

In the oil industry, an oil barrel is defined as 42 US gallons or 158.987 litres, or 35 imperial gallons.. Oil companies that are listed on American stock exchanges typically report their production in terms of volume and use the units bbl (one barrel), or kbbl or Mbbl (one kilobarrel, one thousand barrels), or MMbbl (one million barrels), and occasionally for wider …

The Imperial House (皇室, kōshitsu), also referred to as the Imperial Family or the House of Yamato, comprises those members of the extended family of the reigning Emperor of Japan who undertake official and public duties. Under the present Constitution of Japan, the Emperor is "the symbol of the State and of the unity of the people".Other members of the Imperial Family …

The Irish Free State (Irish: Saorstát Éireann, pronounced [ˈsˠiːɾˠsˠt̪ˠaːt̪ˠ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ], English: / ˌ s ɛər s t ɑː t ˈ ɛər ə n / SAIR-staht AIR-ən; 6 December 1922 – 29 December 1937) was a state established in December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921. The treaty ended the three-year Irish War of Independence between the forces of the Irish ...

The Imperial Chapel (Kaiserkapelle), from an architectural point of view, is the most important building on the castle rock.It was built around 1200, at the same time as the original Palas. It is a romanesque double chapel consisting of two chapels one above the other and connected only through an opening in the ceiling, thus representing the hierarchical levels in the medieval …