Sacsahuamán
Sacsahuamán , stronghold of the Incas outside Cuzco, Peru. Built in the 15th cent., Sacsahuamán is an imposing terraced fortress more than one third of a mile long; it is a masterpiece of stone construction. Cyclopean blocks (one is 38 ft/11.6 m long; 18 ft/5.5 m high; and 6 ft/1.8 m thick) were brought from some distance over rugged terrain without wheeled vehicles and then were fitted precisely. It was captured by the Spanish garrison besieged (1536-37) in Cuzco by Manco Capac . The loss hastened the defeat of the Native Americans.
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Monkey puzzle trees escape council checks
Newspaper article from: South Wales Evening Post; 8/7/2008; ; 562 words
; ...these photos show, monkey puzzle trees have added a little...year-old monkey puzzle has been the main...a saga involving tree specialists, insurers...on other monkey puzzles on council land...the monkey puzzle tree at Ysgol Gynradd...apply to the ...
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 "Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)")
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It would puzzle a monkey ; I read with great interest the excellent article (January 3) on monkey puzzle trees by Anne Swithinbank and thought that your readers might like to know who the "proud Cornish owner of one of the earliest trees" was - an ancestor of my husband.
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 1/12/2009; 400 words
; ...article (January 3) on monkey puzzle trees by Anne Swithinbank and...exclaimed 'It would puzzle a monkey!' - which...of the name 'monkey puzzle'." If anyone is interested...of potted-up monkey puzzles, about six inches high...
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Monkey puzzle tree succumbs to disease
Newspaper article from: The Press; 10/17/1996; ; 394 words
; ...prominent 126-year-old monkey puzzle tree in the Botanic Gardens...The top of the 25m tree was removed yesterday...remove the rest of the tree, horticultural supervisor...making furniture. The tree was the oldest of three monkey puzzle trees in the gardens. One...
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Monkey puzzle trees
Newspaper article from: The Press; 10/27/2001; 242 words
; A Christchurch monkey puzzle tree fan wants to set up a database of the tree in The Press circulation area...Michael Lavender has two of the trees, a male and a female, growing...Should you own a monkey puzzle tree or know of one, please contact...
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Monkey Puzzle Tree Found a Home Abroad -- in England.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 9/30/2002; 700+ words
; ...home, the monkey puzzle tree...Victorians, the tree was planted...placed the tree as a single...contains 50 trees - more than...the monkey puzzle was fueled...lovers put monkey puzzles in tiny suburban...later, the tree towered over...the ...
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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TREE OFF! Golfers baffled after theft of monkey puzzle.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 2/17/2006; 581 words
; ...trying to solve a monkey puzzle after a valuable tree...ornamental monkey puzzle tree missing from...to uproot a monkey puzzle tree from a golf club fairway...baffles me. "Monkey puzzles are very valuable trees and they are also...
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Housewife campaigns to save monkey puzzle tree.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 5/17/2008; 671 words
; ...a campaign to save a monkey puzzle tree which experts have...the 150-year-old tree claims spines on cones...needles. The monkey puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana...s assertions that the tree is dangerous are laughable . She said: Trees soften the landscape...
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Gardens: A triffid from the Andean mountains No tree looks as exotic as the monkey-puzzle. Everyone enjoys looking a t them, but growing one is difficult.
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/27/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...gardener to know a monkey-puzzle tree when you see it...mind, of the Bicton trees, some of which are...seed collected from trees in the avenue five...when the original trees have had their day...the monkey-puzzle tree is the result of...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Needled over a pine; Under threat: Monkey puzzle tree.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 5/24/2008; 700+ words
; ...decades, the monkey puzzle tree at West Cross, near...both advised to give the monkey puzzle the chop,especially...DINOSAURS DINED ON THE monkey puzzle tree is native...It would puzzle a monkey to climb that.' IT...FAR from deterring monkeys, the ...
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Legal protection for monkey puzzle tree
Newspaper article from: South Wales Evening Post; 8/23/2008; ; 516 words
; ...the much-loved monkey puzzle tree in West Cross...decision to save the tree: "I'm delighted...the monkey puzzle tree and its near neighbour...Pine, subject to a tree preservation order. "These two trees are important to the...
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monkey-puzzle tree
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
monkey-puzzle tree evergreen tree ( Araucaria araucana ) native to Chile...overlapping leaves. The monkey-puzzle tree and related species—e.g...bidwillii )—are all good timber trees. The edible seeds of the bunya-bunya...
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monkey puzzle
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
monkey puzzle (Chilean pine) Evergreen tree native to the Andes mountains of South America. It has tangled branches, with spirally arranged, sharp, flat leaves. The female seeds are edible. Height to 45m (150ft). Family Araucariaceae; species Araucaria araucana.
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pine
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...gymnosperms because the trees are more adaptable to...numbers of a given type of tree. Of the family's nine...as introduced timber trees or ornamentals. The...another family (see monkey-puzzle tree ). The True Pines Pinus...
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Norfolk Island
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...vegetation and is known for its "pine" trees, which are not true pines but...evergreens of the araucaria family (see monkey-puzzle tree ). Explored in 1774 by Capt...Great Britain in the hope that the trees would provide masts for the navy...
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Pinus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
...x2018;pine’ is sometimes used to describe other pine-like trees of different genera (e.g. Araucaria araucana . Chile pine or monkey-puzzle tree), or, loosely, to include all conifers.
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