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Las Palmas
Las Palmas , city (1990 pop. 373,846), capital of Las Palmas prov., Spain, on Grand Canary. The harbor nearby, at Puerto de la Luz, is the chief port of the Canary Islands and the busiest in Spain. Industries include fishing, fish processing, and tourism. The city was founded in 1478; still standing... Read more |
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Las Tunas
Las Tunas, Cuba A province and a city named ‘The Prickly Pears’ from the Spanish tuna ‘prickly pear’. The full name is La Victoria de las Tunas, named by the Spanish in 1869 to commemorate the victory over the Cubans during the first war of independence (1868–78).... Read more |
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La Damnation de Faust
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Juan de la Cueva
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Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes Pronunciation:ah-gwas-kah-lee-EHN-tehs. Origin of state name:Spaniards settling in the area in the 1500s discovered the hot springs, or aguas calientes ("hot waters" in Spanish). They named their settlement Villa de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción... Read more |
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Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
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Pedro de la Gasca
Pedro de la Gasca , c.1485-1567?, Spanish colonial administrator. A priest as well as a lawyer, he was selected by Charles V to end the anarchy prevailing in Peru. He arrived in 1547 after the death of the viceroy Blasco Núñez Vela. Tactful, judicious, but unyielding, he wisely offered... Read more |
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Lope de Rueda
Lope de Rueda , 1510?-1565, Spanish dramatist. A precursor of the Golden Age of Spanish literature, Rueda was an actor and a manager as well as a playwright. He is said to have created the genre known as pasos (short farces), noted for their use of rustic language and ordinary subjects. One of... Read more |
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Juan de las Roelas
Juan de las Roelas , c.1558-1625, Spanish painter of the school of Seville. He is sometimes called the Spanish Tintoretto ; there are stylistic analogies between the two. In Seville he was first to combine realism and mysticism, an approach prevalent in 17th-century Spain. His most famous works... Read more |
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