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Villas
A villa was originally a Roman country house built for the upper
class. According to Pliny the Elder, there were two kinds of villas, the villa
urbana, which was a country seat that could easily be reached from Rome (or another
city) for a night or two, and the villa rustica, the farm-house estate, permanently
occupied by the servants who had charge generally of the estate, which would center
on the villa itself, perhaps only seasonally occupied. There were a concentration
of Imperial villas near the Bay of Naples, especially on the Isle of Capri, at
Monte Circeo on the coast and at Antium (Anzio). Wealthy Romans escaped the summer
heat in the hills round Rome, especially around Frascati (cf Hadrian's Villa).
Cicero is said to have possessed no fewer than seven villas, the oldest of which
was near Arpinum, which he inherited. Pliny the Younger had three or four, of which
the example near Laurentium is the best known from his descriptions.
Renaissance villas
In 14th and 15th century Italy, a 'villa' once more connoted a country house,
sometimes the family seat of power like Villa Caprarola, more often designed for
seasonal pleasure, usually located within easy distance of a city. The first
examples of Renaissance Villa dates back to the age of Lorenzo de' Medici, and
they are mostly located in the Italian region of Tuscany (the "Medici villas") such
as the Villa di Poggio a Caiano by Giuliano da Sangallo (begun in 1470) or the
Villa Medici in Fiesole (since 1450), probably the first villa created under the
instructions of Leon Battista Alberti, who theorized in his De re aedificatoria
the features of the new idea of villa. From Tuscany the idea of villa was spread
again through Italy and Europe.
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Thailand
The Kingdom of Thailand is a country in Southeast
Asia, bordering Laos and Cambodia to the east, the Gulf of Thailand
and Malaysia to the south, and the Andaman Sea and Myanmar to the
west. The country's official name was Siam [...], until May 11, 1949.
The word Thai [.] means "freedom" in the Thai language and is also
the name of the majority ethnic group.
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Geography
At 513,000 kmē (198,000 sq mi), Thailand is the world's 49th-largest
country. It is comparable in size to Spain, and somewhat larger than
the US state of California.
Thailand is home to several distinct geographic regions, partly
corresponding to the provincial groups. The north of the country is
mountainous, with the highest point being Doi Inthanon at 2,576 metres
(8,451 ft). The northeast consists of the Khorat Plateau, bordered to
the east by the Mekong river. The centre of the country is dominated by
the predominantly flat Chao Phraya river valley, which runs into the
Gulf of Thailand. The south consists of the narrow Kra Isthmus that
widens into the Malay Peninsula.
The local climate is tropical and characterised by monsoons. There is
a rainy, warm, and cloudy southwest monsoon from mid-May to September,
as well as a dry, cool northeast monsoon from November to mid-March.
The southern isthmus is always hot and humid. Major cities beside the
capital Bangkok include Nakhon Ratchasima, Udon Thani, Nakhon Sawan,
Chiang Mai, Surat Thani, Phuket and Hat Yai (Songkhla Province).
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Renting is an agreement where a payment is made for the temporary use of a good or
property owned by another person or company. The owner of the property may be referred to as the
lessor and the party paying to use the property as the lessee or renter. There is typically an implied,
explicit, or written rental agreement or contract involved to specify the terms of the rental.
Examples include:
- Renting real estate for the purpose of Housing tenure (where the lessee rents a residence to
live in), parking a vehicle(s), storage, business, agricultural, institutional, or government
use, or other reasons. When renting real estate, the person(s) or party who lives in or occupies
the real estate is often called a tenant, paying rent to the owner of the property, often called a
landlord. The real estate rented may be all or part of almost any real estate, such as an apartment,
house, building, business office(s) or suite, land, farm, or merely an inside or outside space to
park a vehicle, or store things. The rental agreement for real estate is often called a lease.
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