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St. Bernard de Clairvaux Church is a medieval Spanish monastery cloister which was built in the town of Sacramenia in Segovia, Spain, in the 12th... century but dismantled in the 20th century and shipped to New York in the United States. It was eventually reassembled in North Miami Beach, Florida, where it is now an Episcopal church and tourist attraction. It is one of the oldest buildings in the Western Hemisphere. The Cistercian monastery was constructed during the years 1133-1141. It was originally named "Monastery of Our Lady, Queen of the Angels", or the '"Royal Monastery of Saint Mary" , but it was renamed to honor Bernard of Clairvaux upon his canonization. Use of the building as a Cistercian monastery lasted for almost 700 years until it was seized and sold off to be used as a granary and a stable during a period of social unrest in the 1830s. It was located in an area known as Coto de San Bernardo , two miles from Sacramenia in the province of Segovia . The Monasterio was in a mountain region at 830 m over level sea, on the high plateau near the Sierra de Guadarrama, the region have a extreme weather.
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Joseph Gian is an American actor and singer, probably best known for his role as Detective Tom Ryan in the television series Knots Landing. He... appeared on the program from 1989 to 1991 and again in 1993. Gian was the male vocalist champion in the 1986 edition of Star Search. He played openly gay police officer Rick Silardi in the short-lived series Hooperman during the 1987-88 television season. He also played Kenny Bannerman in several episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1996. In more recent years, Gian has been performing in Las Vegas. He also sang the theme song of Special Agent Oso.
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Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. Florida is the 22nd most extensive, the 4th most populous, and the 8th most densely populated of the 50 United States. The state capital is Tallahassee, its largest city is Jacksonville, and the South Florida metropolitan area is the largest metropolitan area in the... southeastern U.S. Much of Florida is situated on a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Straits of Florida. Its geography is marked by a coastline, by the omnipresence of water and the threat of hurricanes. Florida has the longest coastline in the contiguous United States, encompassing approximately 1,350 miles , and is the only state to border both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Much of the state is at or near sea level and its terrain is characterized by sedimentary soils. The climate varies from subtropical in the north to tropical in the south.
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