He was also present at the battle of Corunna where he commanded the 20th regiment and subsequently became General on 1 January 1812 and Colonel of the 32nd Foot in February 1813.
Many lighthouses were built around the Mediterranean and the coasts of the empire, including the Tower of Hercules at A Coruña in northern Spain, a structure which survives to this day.
The area covered by this geographical indication comprises the municipalities of Catoira, Valga, Pontecesures, Padrón, Dodro, Rianxo, Boiro, A Pobra do Caramiñal, Ribeira and some parts of Porto do Son and Lousame, located in the provinces of A Coruña and Pontevedra, in Galicia, Spain.
The chance to record their first album, Esta vida me va a matar (This Life is going to kill me), appeared after being the support band of The Ramones in A Coruña, during one of the visits of this punk band to Europe.
:*Paderne, A Coruña, a municipality in the province of A Coruña, Galicia
Upon his arrival in A Coruña Renaldo said, while describing himself as a player: "I am like Ronaldo, but with an "e"".
A Coruña | Deportivo de La Coruña | Province of A Coruña | Paderne, A Coruña |
he 2006 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 13 and 14 May 2006 in the streets of A Coruña, Spain.
Angela Ruiz Robles (born 1895 in Villamanín, Leon - d. 1975 in Ferrol, A Coruña) was a Spanish teacher, writer and inventor, pioneer of the electronic book.
Antonio de Oquendo (San Sebastián, October 1577 – A Coruña, 7 June 1640) was a Spanish admiral; in 1639 he was in command of the Spanish forces at the Battle of the Downs.
Denodo Technologies is a software company with headquarters located in Palo Alto, CA (USA) and main offices in A Coruña (Spain), Madrid (Spain) and London (UK).
Enrique Líster Forján (April 21, 1907, Ameneiro, A Coruña – December 8, 1994, Madrid) was a Spanish communist politician and military officer.
The western spur is crowned by the Hopetoun Monument to John, 4th Earl of Hopetoun, who commanded the British Army in the Peninsular War, after the death of Sir John Moore at Corunna.
Hyacinthoides paivae is endemic to the north-western part of the Iberian Peninsula, including western parts of Galicia (A Coruña, Ourense and Pontevedra provinces) and north-western parts of Portugal (Beira Litoral, Douro Litoral, Minho and Trás-os-Montes provinces).
Joining Sir John Moore's forces in Galicia, Otway's regiment was instrumental in covering its retreat to Corunna and was engaged in several cavalry engagements at Rueda, Valladolid, Sahagún and Benavente.
Pablo Corral Embade (born January 25, 1972 in A Coruña) is a vision impaired B2/S12 swimmer from Spain.
A Pobra do Caramiñal, located in the entrance of a bay on the Galician coastline known as the "Ria de Arousa" in the Province of A Coruña