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Mateo de Compostela
Mateo de Compostela (active late 12th century). Spanish Romanesque architect and possibly sculptor. An inscription dated 1188 on the Portico de la Gloria at the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela names Mateo as the director of works. It has usually been assumed that he was the sculptor as well as... Read more |
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Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela or Santiago, city (1990 pop. 91,419), A Coruña prov., NW Spain, in Galicia, on the Sar River. The city is one of the chief shrines of Christendom. There in the early 9th cent. the supposed tomb of the apostle St. James the Greater was reputedly discovered by a... Read more |
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Juan de Alava
Álava, Juan de (c.1480–1537). Spanish master-mason involved in the building of the Catedral Nueva at Salamanca (1512) and Seville Cathedral (1513). Later, he worked with members of the Colonia family at Plasencia Cathedral (notably around the crossing), and from 1521 he built the... Read more |
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al- Mansur
al- Mansur (Muhammad ibn Abi-Amir al-Mansur billah), 914-1002, Moorish regent of Córdoba, known in Spanish as Almanzor. He became steward to Princess Subh, wife of the caliph Hakim II, and under her patronage and by clever manipulation he rose to become (978) royal chamberlain for Hakim's... Read more |
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pilgrim
pilgrim one who travels to a shrine or other sacred place out of religious motives. Pilgrimages are a feature of many religions and cultures. Examples in ancient Greece were the pilgrimages to Eleusis and Delphi. Pilgrimages are well established in India (e.g., to Varanasi, or Benares, on the... Read more |
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Buenaventura Baez
Buenaventura Baez Buenaventura Baez (1812-1884) was five times president of the Dominican Republic and dominated his country's history for 3 decades. Born of wealthy mulatto parents in Azua de Compostela, Buenaventura Baez was educated in Europe and returned to his homeland as one of the... Read more |
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Galicia (Spain)
Galicia , autonomous region (1990 pop. 2,914,514), NW Spain, on the Atlantic Ocean, S of the Bay of Biscay and N of Portugal. Comprised of the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra, the region gained autonomy in 1981, when it elected its first parliament. Galician (Galego),... Read more |
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relics
relics part of the body of a saint or a thing closely connected with the saint in life. In traditional Christian belief they have had great importance, and miracles have often been associated with them. Members of the Orthodox Eastern Church have generally followed St. John of Damascus in teaching... Read more |
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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado , c.1510-1554, Spanish explorer. He went to Mexico with Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza and in 1538 was made governor of Nueva Galicia. The viceroy, dazzled by the report of Fray Marcos de Niza of the great wealth of the Seven Cities of Cibola to the north,... Read more |
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Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago de los Caballeros , city (1993 pop. 364,859), N Dominican Republic, on the Yaque del Norte River. The second most important city in the country, it is a rail and road junction in the center of the fertile region known as the Cibao lowland. The region produces subsistence crops, sugarcane,... Read more |
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Libros a granel. (bibliografía sobre la música latinoamericana)(TT: Books in...
...limitaba a unos pocos libros escritos en Cuba, otros...han cambiado, y a los anteriores productores que...en la sección de libros del New York Times. Es...considerado uno de los mejores tenores del...del mundo entero, desde la Scala de ... |
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Santiago Alfonso Lopez Navia. Inspiracion y pretexto. Estudios sobre las...
Santiago Alfonso López...indeterminado de libros, el erudito...discernir los que son...bibliografías. Desde hace varios años, Santiago López Navia...música. Desde esa premisa...vida nueva a los personajes...de ... |
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DESDE TUCSoN: Brinda con ensenanza una voz para los reclusos
Todos los sabados, Erec...empaca papel, libros y lapices en...de escritura a los reclusos. Desde el ano pasado...escritura y generos. Desde que empezo...Algunos de los graduados se...incluyendo a Jimmy Santiago ... |
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América o los Estados Unidos
...otros idiomas e incluso en los diccionarios y enciclopedias en inglés es no solamente los EE.UU. sino todo el territorio...del Hemisferio Occidental desde Alaska (o Groenlandia...del Fuego en Chile. En los libros de texto, mapas, ... |
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RUDOLFO ANAYA 'EL PADRINO DE LA LITERATURA CHICANA'.(La Voz)
Byline: SOLEDAD SANTIAGO VURAL El autor de...presentar sus nuevos libros para jovenes El hombre...en Nuevo Mexico. Desde los anos 90, el autor de 22 libros y profesor emerito...La mayoria de los libros ... |
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MEDIO SIGLO POETIZANDO. HORIZONTES Y SUEÑOS, DE MATÍAS RAFIDE1
...diplomática, desde el diálogo...definida. La noria (Santiago: Cultura, 1950...de 57 años y, desde entonces, una docena de libros han ido indagando...ahondando en los sentidos viejos...Ritual de soledad (Santiago: Cultura, ... |
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Muestran poemas en "Entrel?neas"
...Unidos. Los presentadoresde...Campos como Santiago Baca tienen ya libros publicados...en 1974 y desde entonces...parte, Jimmy Santiago Baca es originario...autor de los libros "Un lugar...deChihuahua. ... |
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La ciudad vista; mercancías y cultura urbana
...al igual que los textos de Roland...cultura urbana, desde su doble dimensión...Sarlo interroga los escenarios, por...Madrid, New York o Santiago. Se enfatiza, claro...y pregunta por los parias, los...nutrida por ... |
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El Corán de Cútar
...propiedad de Antonio Santiago Lozano y de Rafael Lozano Lozano en la localidad...la recuperación de los documentos y volúmenes tuvo...donde ellos mismos los descubrieron. María Jesús...ocultación de estos libros desde inicios del ... |
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Friedrich Nietzsche. Escritos sobre retorica.(Resena de libro)
...ubicacion y comprension de los escritos sobre retorica...una recopilacion de los libros que el filosofo aleman...Luis Enrique de Santiago nos ofrece un minucioso...general tomando como eje los siguientes temas...temas, el toca, ... |
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