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4 unusual facts about Belmonte


Belmonte de Miranda

The inhabitants of the municipality are in 66 principal villages divided into 15 parishes, the largest of which is Belmonte, with 32.1 km².

Ignacio Sánchez Mejías

These included Belmonte, Rafael Gómez "El Gallo", and the youngest of los Gallos, his childhood friend Joselito, with whom he had become related by his marriage in 1915 to Joselito's sister, Lola Gómez Ortega.

Juan Francisco Pacheco y Téllez-Girón, 4th Consort Duke of Uceda

He was also 1st Marquis of Menas Albas, Marquis of Belmonte, Chevalier of the French Order of the Holy Spirit and Grandee of Spain.

Rosa 'Belmonte'

Rosa Belmonte was named in honour of Her Excellency Donna Francesca Elbrick di Belmonte, descendant of the Dukes of Acerenza and daughter of TE the Prince and Princess of Belmonte, to mark the occasion of her marriage to the grandson of Ambassador Charles Elbrick.


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António da Silva Porto

When in Belmonte he helped the local mission, providing from his own money for school supplies, food and clothing for their children and remuneration for the teacher.

But later, in Belmonte, Silva Porto was in good spirits, although Paiva Couceiro did notice that his compound had barrels of gunpowder (which he, laughing, brushed-off as full of sand).

In Belmonte, the most eastern Portuguese vanguard, Silva Porto experimented with exploring areas of the interior.

The town of Kuito, founded by the Portuguese and named Belmonte at that time, was renamed Silva Porto.

Belmonte Calabro

Belmonte was in the news on 5 December 1930, when the English aviators Winifred Spooner and Captain Edwards were forced by mechanical breakdown to ditch into the sea whilst en route from London to Cape Town, South Africa, in what had been planned as a 5 days and nights record breaking attempt.

Belmonte Municipality

The singer Zeca Afonso lived in Belmonte for part of his childhood, between 1938 and 1940.

In 2003, the American Sephardi Federation founded the Belmonte Project, designated to raise funds to acquire Judaic educational material and services for the community, which now numbers 160-180.

Belmonte Piceno

Belmonte Piceno borders the following municipalities: Falerone, Fermo, Grottazzolina, Monsampietro Morico, Montegiorgio, Monteleone di Fermo, Montottone, Servigliano.

Betty Go-Belmonte LRT Station

The station is located in New Manila in Quezon City and is named after Betty Go-Belmonte, the late wife of House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. and the founder of The Philippine Star.

Botocudo people

The tribe's original territory was in Espírito Santo, and reached inland to the headwaters of Rio Grande (Belmonte) and Rio Doce on the eastern slopes of the Serra do Espinhaço.

Giulio Viotti

he did participate in the fresco decoration of the Sanctuary of Belmonte, in Canavese.

Jaime Belmonte

Born in Mexico City, Belmonte began playing professional football with Deportivo Cuautla.

Jaime Belmonte Magdaleno (8 October 1934 – 21 January 2009), was a Mexican footballer, known as El Flaco (The Slim Man), He was also called El héroe de Solna (The hero of Solna), in reference to his goal scored vs Wales in the city of Solna during the 1958 World Cup earning Mexico's first point in a world cup.

Kuito

They later called it Silva Porto after António da Silva Porto who built his home embala Belmonte in the area.

Mireia Belmonte

Mireia Belmonte García (born November 10, 1990) is a Spanish medley, freestyle and butterfly swimmer.

Out Front!

# "After the Lights Go Down Low" (Phil Belmonte, Leroy Lovett, Alan White) - 4:50

Palazzo Riso

The Palazzo Riso, or RISO, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea della Sicilia (RISO, Contemporary Art Museum of Sicily also known as Palazzo Belmonte Riso), is a regional contemporary art museum located in the ancient Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Palermo, Italy.

Ricky Belmonte

Belmonte was born as Jesse Cruz on December 24, 1947 in Tondo, Manila.

Sicilian Baroque

Marvuglia, recognising the new fashion for all things British, developed the style he had first cautiously used at Palazzo Riso-Belmonte in 1784, combining some of the plainer, more solid elements of Baroque with Palladian motifs rather than Palladian designs.


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