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The Greek philosopher’s final resting place, for one — a secret garden near a sacred shrine inside the Platonic Academy of Athens (which was destroyed in 86 B.C.).
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
The sanatorium is a seven-story brutalist-style structure, about 6,000 feet above sea level, a concrete shrine to the Soviet Union’s promotion of mandatory worker vacations.
—Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Tokyo's Little Texas bar is a shrine to Texan culture, with walls covered in cowboy hats, Buc-ee's merch and memorabilia.
—Gregory Castillo, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
After designing staff outfits for Copenhagen culinary shrine Noma about 10 years ago, things snowballed from there, explained Thuesen, who is also from Denmark.
—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
The sanatorium is a seven-story brutalist-style structure, about 6,000 feet above sea level, a concrete shrine to the Soviet Union’s promotion of mandatory worker vacations.
—Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Tokyo's Little Texas bar is a shrine to Texan culture, with walls covered in cowboy hats, Buc-ee's merch and memorabilia.
—Gregory Castillo, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
After designing staff outfits for Copenhagen culinary shrine Noma about 10 years ago, things snowballed from there, explained Thuesen, who is also from Denmark.
—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Shrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrine. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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