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San Pedro Sula San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula , city (1997 est. pop. 417,000), capital of Cortés dept., NW Honduras. It is the second largest city in the country. San Pedro Sula and Puerto Cortés are the principal ports of Honduras and serve the northwestern banana and sugar plantations. San Pedro Sula is the major... Read more
Diego de San Pedro Diego de San Pedro
Diego de San Pedro , fl. 1450, Spanish writer. He is best known for two sentimental novels that influenced the later development of the Spanish novel. They are Tratado de amores de Arnalte y Lucena [treatise on the loves of Arnalte and Lucena] (1491) and Cárcel de amor [prison of love]... Read more
Pedro Pedro
Pedro For Spanish and Portuguese rulers thus named, use Peter.... Read more
Soria Soria
Soria , town (1990 pop. 32,609), capital of Soria prov., N central Spain, in Castile-León, on the Duero River. It is a food processing and timbering center in a livestock raising region. The Church of San Pedro and the palace of the counts of Gómara are the chief landmarks. Nearby are... Read more
Pedrarias Pedrarias
Pedrarias The Spanish conqueror Pedrarias (ca. 1440-1531), or Pedro Arias de Avila in full, has a reputation as a bloodthirsty tyrant. His positive achievements, however, included the founding of Panama City and Nicaragua. Pedrarias was born in Segovia and in early life won distinction as a... Read more
Fort Caroline Fort Caroline
Fort Caroline settlement near the mouth of the St. Johns River, NE Fla.; est. 1564 by French Huguenots under René de Laudonnière. A Spanish force led by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés attacked the fort in 1565, killed most of the colonists, and renamed the fort San Mateo. This... Read more
Huesca Huesca
Huesca , town (1990 pop. 42,805), capital of Huesca prov., NE Spain, in Aragón, at the foot of the Pyrenees. It is a farm center. In this ancient town Sertorius founded a school in 77 BC After Peter I of Aragón liberated it (1096) from the Moors, Huesca was the residence of the kings... Read more
Chita Rivera Chita Rivera
RIVERA, Chita 1933– (Conchita del Rivero, Chita O'Hara, Conchita O'Hara) PERSONAL Full name, Dolores Concita Figueroa del Rivero; born January 23, 1933, in Washington, DC; daughter of Pedro Julio Figueroa (a musician) and Katherine (a government clerk) del Rivero; married Anthony... Read more
Robert Towne Robert Towne
TOWNE, Robert Writer. Nationality:American. Born:Los Angeles, 23 November 1935. Education:Attended Pomona State College, California; studied acting with Jeff Corey. Family:Two daughters. Military Service:U.S. Army. Career:Sold real estate... Read more
Alonso Berruguete Alonso Berruguete
Alonso Berruguete , c.1480-1561, Spanish mannerist sculptor. Probably the first in Spain to break away from the High Renaissance balance of form, he is noted for the expressive torsion of his figures. He studied with his father, Pedro Berruguete, a painter at the Spanish court. In Italy... Read more

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