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Vaga (publishing House)
Vaga may refer to : ;Organizations and Businesses * VAGA, an artists' rights organization and copyright collective *, book publisher, Lithuania ;Places and jurisdictions * Vaga (Tunisia), an ancient city and former bishopric in Tunisia, nos the city of Béja and a Latin Catholic titular see * Vaga (river), a river in Russia * Vaga (inhabited locality), several inhabited localities in Russia * Vågå, a municipality in Norway * Vága kommuna, Vágar Municipality on the Faroe Islands (Vága kommuna, in Faroese language) * Vågå Church, a stave church in Norway * Vaga, Morovis, Puerto Rico, a ''barrio'' ;People * August Vaga (1893–1960), Estonian botanist * Perino del Vaga (1501–1547), Italian painter ;Other * ''Vaga'', described by Zimmerman in 1958, a gossamer-winged butterfly genus usually included in ''Udara'' today * Vaga (brachiopod), ''Vaga'' (brachiopod), a brachiopod genus described in 1973 See also * Våga (other) * Vága (other) {{Disambiguat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VAGA
VAGA is an artists collective dedicated to improving mental health and fighting cognitive decline through art therapy. The organisation brings together artists, clinicians and academic psychologists to foster research collaboration and the development of new art therapies. Vaga separated from the Artists Rights Society in 2018 and is now a distinct entity with a separate mission focused on mental health. Mission Founded in 1976, VAGA (Visual Arts and Galleries Association) was the first fine art and photography royalty collecting society in the United States, and continues to be one of the largest. Modeled after ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), VAGA acts as a clearinghouse for licensing reproduction rights to publishers, museums, film production companies, auction houses, galleries, multinational corporations, and other users of art. In addition, VAGA protects its members from infringements, advises on all aspects of intellectual property law, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaga (Tunisia)
Vaga, Vecca and lately Theodorias is an ancient city in Tunisia built by the Berbers and ruled sequentially by the Carthaginians, the Numidians, the Romans, the Vandals and the Byzantines until it was captured by the Arabs who changed its name to the present day Béja. The town was the capital of the Numidian Kingdom during the rule of Jugurtha. The origins of the city and the Phoenician rule Little is known about the date of the foundation of Vaga, but it's sure that it was before the foundation of Carthage. The place of the current city was inhabited by Berber tribes, notably the Avrigha tribe, and when the Phoenicians started building trading posts through the country cities, Vaga was one of them. After that, Carthage, and to strengthen its presence in the region, fortified the city with fortress and put a garrison in it. Vaga through the First and Second Punic Wars The city played an important role in the First Punic War and that's because of its strong fortifications t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Béja
Béja ( ar, باجة ') is a city in Tunisia. It is the capital of the Béja Governorate. It is located from Tunis, between the Medjerdah River and the Mediterranean, against the foothills of the Khroumire, the town of Béja is situated on the sides of Djebel Acheb, facing the greening meadows, its white terraces and red roofs dominated by the imposing ruins of the old Roman Empire, Roman fortress. History Etymology Classical era period The city endured brutal assaults by the Carthage, Carthaginians, the Numidians, the Ancient Rome, Romans, and, later on, by the Vandals. The Numidian king Jugurtha made the town his governing headquarters. Originally the town was named Waga, which became Vacca and then Vaga under the Romans and eventually Baja under the Arabs and Béja under the French occupation of Tunisia, French. The Romans destroyed the old Carthaginian citadel and replaced it with a new one; they built fortifications that are still standing today. Under the Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaga (river)
The Vaga (russian: Вага) is a river in Totemsky, Syamzhensky, and Verkhovazhsky Districts of Vologda Oblast and in Velsky, Shenkursky, and Vinogradovsky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a left and the biggest tributary of the Northern Dvina. The length of the river is . The area of its basin . The main tributaries of the Vaga are the Pezhma (left), the Kuloy (right), the Vel (left), the Ustya (right), the Puya (left), and the Led (left). For Verkhovazhsky, Velsky, and Shenkursky Districts the Vaga is the main river, its valley being heavily populated, and the districts centers, the selo of Verkhovazhye (translated as ''on the Upper Vaga''), and the towns of Velsk and Shenkursk, are located on the banks of the Vaga. In these districts, one of the principal highways in Russia, M8 connecting Moscow and Arkhangelsk, has been built on the left bank of the Vaga. The source of the Vaga is located west of the village of Pakhtusovo, in the Totemsky District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaga (inhabited Locality)
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Vaga (russian: Вага) is the name of several rural localities in Russia. ;Modern rural localities * Vaga, Arkhangelsk Oblast, a railway station classified as a rural locality under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of district significance of Velsk in Velsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast * Vaga, Bryansk Oblast, a settlement in Chelkhovsky Rural Administrative Okrug of Klimovsky District in Bryansk Oblast; * Vaga, Kirov Oblast, a village in Ozernitsky Rural Okrug of Slobodskoy District in Kirov Oblast ;Historical names *Vaga, former name of Shenkursk, a town in Shenkursky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Oblast (russian: Арха́нгельская о́бласть, ''Arkhangelskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic Ocean, Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vågå
Vågå () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vågåmo. Other village areas in Vågå include Lalm and Bessheim. The municipality is the 73rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Vågå is the 212th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,591. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 4% over the previous 10-year period. General information The prestegjeld of ''Vaage'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1908, the municipality was divided into three parts. The northeastern part of Vågå (population: 2,287) became Sel Municipality, the southeastern part (population: 1,241) became Hedalen Municipality, and the remaining areas in the west (population: 2,953) remained as Vågå municipality. During the 1960s, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vågå Church
Vågå Church ( no, Vågåkyrkja) is a historic stave church. It is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vågåmo. It is the church for the Vågå parish which is part of the Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti ( deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The brown, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1627 by the architect Werner Olsen. The church seats about 250 people. History The first church in Vågåmo was a wooden stave church that was built during the middle of the 12th century, possibly around the year 1150. The building had a rectangular nave and a narrower, rectangular chancel. It was originally dedicated to St. Peter. The prior rectory was formerly called Ullinsyn. The older name of the site may show that even in pagan times, the location had been in use for worship. In 1625-1627, the old church was completely rebuilt as a wooden cruciform church. The salvageable materials from the old c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaga, Morovis, Puerto Rico
Vaga is a barrio in the municipality of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Vaga has three sectors and its population in 2010 was 471. History Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Vaga barrio was 828. Geography Vaga is located on the southwestern corner of the municipality of Morovis. It is south of San Lorenzo barrio and west of Pasto barrio. Vaga's western border is with the municipality of Ciales. Sectors Barrios (which are roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (''sectors'' in English). The types of ''sectores'' may vary, from normally ''sector'' to ''urbanización'' to ''reparto'' to ''barriada'' to ''residencial'', among others. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Vaga
August Vaga (March 15, 1893 in Kehra – December 11, 1960 in Tartu) was an Estonian and Soviet botanist. Much of his research into botany was conducted in Tartu, and he was affiliated with the Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany The Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany ( Estonian: ''Zooloogia ja Botaanika Instituut'') (ZBI) was a zoological and botanical research institute based in Tartu, Estonia. It was founded in 1947. Since 1997, it belonged to the Estonian Univ ... from its founding in 1947 to 1952. References External linksOpen Library 1893 births 1960 deaths People from Kehra People from the Governorate of Estonia Members of the Estonian Academy of Sciences University of Tartu alumni Academic staff of the University of Tartu {{Estonia-botanist-stub Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Botanists with author abbreviations 20th-century Estonian botanists Soviet botanists Eesti Loodus editors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perino Del Vaga
Perino (or Perin) del Vaga (nickname of Piero Bonaccorsi) (1501 – October 19, 1547) was an Italian painter and draughtsman of the Late Renaissance/Mannerism. Biography Perino was born near Florence. His father ruined himself by gambling, and became a soldier in the invading army of Charles VIII. His mother died when he was but two months old; but shortly afterwards he was taken up by his father's second wife. Perino was first apprenticed to a druggist, but soon passed into the hands of a mediocre painter, Andrea de' Ceri,Noted in Vasari's biography. and when eleven years of age, of Ridolfo Ghirlandaio. Perino was one of Ghirlandaio's most talented pupils. Another mediocre painter, Vaga from Toscanella, undertook to settle the boy in Rome. Perino, when he at last reached Rome, was utterly poor, and with no clear prospect beyond journey-work for trading decorators. He was eventually entrusted with some of the subordinate work undertaken by Raphael in the Vatican. He assisted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udara
''Udara'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species are found in the Indomalayan and the Australasian realms. Species *Subgenus ''Udara'' Toxopeus, 1922 ** '' Udara akasa'' (Horsfield, 1828) - white hedge blue (India) ** ''Udara aristinus'' (Fruhstorfer, 1917) ** ''Udara aristius'' (Fruhstorfer, 1910) ** ''Udara camenae'' (de Nicéville, 895 ** '' Udara cardia'' (Felder, 1860) ** '' Udara coalita'' (de Nicéville, 1891) ** '' Udara cyma'' (Toxopeus, 1927) ** '' Udara dilectissima'' (Druce, 1895) ** ''Udara dilecta'' (Moore, 1879) (India, China, Malay Peninsula) ** ''Udara drucei'' (Bethune-Baker, 1906) ** '' Udara etsuzoi'' Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 ** ''Udara lanka'' Moore, 1877 - Ceylon hedge blue (Sri Lanka) ** ''Udara masinissa'' (Fruhstorfer, 1910) ** ''Udara placidula'' (Druce, 1895) ** ''Udara rona'' (Grose-Smith, 1894) ** ''Udara serangana'' Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 ** ''Udara singalensis'' (R. Felder, 1868) ** ''Udara tenella'' (Miskin, 1891) ** ''Udara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
