Hassi Messaoud
Hassi Messaoud [Arab.,=blessed well], town, E Algeria. Formerly a watering hole in the Sahara desert, Hassi Messaoud rose to prominence with the discovery of oil in 1956. In 1979, oil refining expanded greatly. A refinery is located in the town, and pipelines carry oil to Skikda, Algiers, Bejaïa, and Arzew. By the early 1980s half of Algeria's total oil production came from the field.
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Joos van Cleef
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Joos van Cleef , c.1485-1540, Flemish portrait painter. Much of his life was spent...Johnson Coll., Philadelphia) are attributed to him. A Holy Family by Joos is in the National Gallery, London.
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Joos van Cleve
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Joos van Cleve see Cleef, Joos van .
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Flemish art and architecture
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...Jean Malouel, and Jan van Eyck. Claus Sluter executed...eacute;malle) and the Van Eycks, who mastered the...the second third by Roger van der Weyden, Dieric Bouts...Justus of Ghent, and Joos van Cleef produced paintings in a...
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