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unusual facts about Cañete, Cuenca



1998 South American Games

The VI South American Games (Spanish: Juegos Sudamericanos; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos) were a multi-sport event held in 1998 in Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador, with some events in Azogues (futsal), Gualaceo (boxing), Guayaquil (bowling, canoeing, sailing, triathlon), Paute (wrestling), and Quito (fencing).

Airén

In 1914, García de los Salmones mentioned the cultivation of Lairén in Madrid, Villacañas (Toledo), Tarancón (Cuenca), Campo de Criptana (Ciudad Real), Frejenal de la Sierra (Badajoz), Montefrío (Granada), Baeza (Jaén), Coin (Málaga), Fiñana (Almería), Cazalla de la Sierra (Sevilla), Espera (Cádiz) and Córdoba.

Alejandro Serrano

Nicanor Alejandro Serrano Aguilar (born 13 January 1933 in Cuenca) is an Ecuadorian politician and sports leader.

Alessandro Cesarini

He served as apostolic administrator of Pamplona, Spain from 1520 to 1538; that of Alessano, Italy from 1526 to 1531; that of Otranto, Italy from 1526 to 1536; that of Gerace, Italy from 1536 to 1538; that of Catanzaro, Italy briefly in 1536; that of Oppido Mamertina, Italy from 1536 to 1538 (resigning in favor of his natural son, Ascanio Cesarini, who succeeded him in that see from 1538 to 1542); and that of Cuenca, Spain from 1538 to his death.

Amazon Conservation Association

Through its partner in Peru, La Asociación para la Conservación de la Cuenca Amazoncia (ACCA), ACA has helped to increase the number of Brazil nut producers in the department of Madre de Dios, Peru who have contracts and formal management plans to extract this sustainable resource.

Armour of God II: Operation Condor

The scene where he stole the gem from the cave tribe and escaped by zorbing was shot in Mount Macolod in Cuenca, Batangas.

Auguste-Jean-Gabriel de Caulaincourt

There he took Cuenca (3 July 1808) and fought in several other skirmishes which brought him the rank of général de division (general of division) and the command of all dragoon regiments in Spain.

Campeonato Regional Centro

From the 1913–14 season onwards it expanded to include teams from six neighboring provinces (Ávila, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Segovia and Toledo).

Cañete, Cuenca

It is the birthplace of Álvaro de Luna and the origin of Sephardi Jew family Canetti (the most famous member of which is Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Elias Canetti) —in fact, Canetti is a bastardisation of Cañete—.

Cinema of Ecuador

Recently the film Qué tan lejos by Cuenca's Tania Hermida was highly acclaimed, receiving the Silver Zenith Award Montreal World Film Festival for the best directorial debut.

Demographics of Peru

The Afro-Peruvian population is concentrated mostly in coastal cities south of Lima, such as that of those found in the Ica Region, in cities like Cañete, Chincha, Ica, Nazca and Acarí in the border with the Arequipa Region.

Deportivo Cuenca

Because of the limited number of clubs from the Province of Azuay that have played in the Serie A, Deportivo Cuenca has no major local rivals.

Dobla

Over one hundred legal mints, plus many illegal ones, were replaced by just six mints: in the towns of Burgos, La Coruña, Cuenca, Segovia, Seville and Toledo.

Doce Pares

Shortly after Teodoro's death, the Cañete brothers co-founded Doce Pares in 1942, while their younger brother and future eskrimador Ciriaco Cañete, concentrated on boxing.

Of the founding members, only Ciriaco Cañete and his right hand Fernando Candawan Sr. is still alive, however, several senior instructors, foremost GM Dionisio "Diony" Canete, who belong to the second generation of eskrimadores are very much active, teaching their own interpretation or styles of Doce Pares Eskrima.

Dulzaina

The instrument is deeply rooted in the folklore of Burgos, Segovia, Soria, in some areas of Ávila, Madrid, Guadalajara, Cuenca, León and Salamanca, less extended in the Basque Autonomous Community and widely used in Navarre and La Rioja.

Édison Preciado

After Cuenca qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2009, Preciado scored the only goal in a 1-0 home win against Boca Juniors.

Elia Liut

The Centennial Board began thinking of ways to get the plane from the coastal city of Guayaquil to the mountainous city of Cuenca.

Emilio Cruz

In 1994, Cruz's work was shown as part of the American contingent at the IV Bienal Internacional de Pintura en Cuenca, Ecuador.

Folquet de Lunel

On 26 April at Riello, near Cuenca, on the way, Folquet was charged with distributing pay to the three: three solidi each for himself and Dalfinet and one solidus for Cerverí.

Gabriel Cevallos García

Gabriel Cevallos García (Cuenca, January 6, 1913 - March 16, 2004) was an Ecuadorian writer, historian, professor, and philosopher.

Isaac Cuenca

Cuenca made his debut for his new team 10 February 2013, against Roda JC Kerkrade at the Amsterdam Arena, assisting Daley Blind in his first ever goal for Ajax as the match ended in a 1–1 draw.

Juan José Guesi

On 27 September 1831 at Miraflores, Catamarca a Federalist force led by Nazario Benavídez and Julián Cuenca defeated the force commanded by Sergeant Major Guesi.

Judicial District of Cañete

The headquarters is in the city of Cañete and its jurisdiction extends over the provinces of Cañete and Yauyos of the Lima Region.

Líder Mármol

Eder Líder Mármol Cuenca (born 2 September 1985 in Juan León Mallorquín, Alto Paraná) is a Paraguayan professional footballer.

Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen

Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen grow up in Manila and, from the age of eight, in Stevns in Denmark.

Mount Macolod

Mount Macolod (also called Mount Makulot or Mount Maculot) is a mountain located in the town of Cuenca in Batangas province, in the Philippines.

Narcisa de Jesús

Narcisa then moved to the city of Cuenca where she went from home to home, living with whoever would take her including the Blessed Mercedes de Jesús Molina to allow herself greater privacy for prayer and penance.

Para Elisa

Filming for Para Elisa took place during August 2012 in Cuenca, Spain.

Paredes

Paredes, Spain, a municipality in the province of Cuenca, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha

Paul L. Montgomery

A series of article he wrote in March 1970 resulted in the release of four visitors from Cuenca, Ecuador who had been charged with setting off a simultaneous detonation of incendiary devices in the Alexander's and Bloomingdale's department stores in New York City.

Pelecanimimus

The holotype specimen, LH 7777, part of the Las Hoyas Collection presently housed at the Museo de Cuenca, Cuenca, Spain, of Pelecanimimus was recovered at the famous La Hoyas locality in Cuenca Province, Spain, from lagerstätte beds within the Calizas de La Huérguina Formation dating to the Lower Barremian.

Philemona Williamson

In 1994, Williamson's work was shown as part of the American contingent at the IV Bienal Internacional de Pintura en Cuenca, Ecuador.

Qué tan lejos

The plot follows an Ecuadorian student, Tristeza(Vallejo) from Quito and a Spanish traveler, Esperanza (Martinez) from Barcelona as they unexpectedly travel together from Quito to Cuenca, because Tristeza wants to stop her summer love from marrying and Esperanza wants to travel when a strike caused by the runaway of the president, makes it impossible to travel by bus.

Remigio Crespo Toral

In 1913, he participated in the foundation of the Banco del Azuay (first bank in Cuenca) led by the prominent businessman Federico Malo Andrade.

Renny Pritikin

Some of his projects include: Alan Rath: Robot Dance and Other Sculpture; Bay Area Now, a regional survey; Fred Tomaselli: The Urge to be Transported; Eight from South Africa; The Art of Star Wars; Hall of Fame Hall of Fame,; Don Ed Hardy at the Cuenca Bienal; and You See.

Rodolfo Manzo

Rodolfo Manzo (born June 5, 1949 in Cañete) is a retired professional football defender from Peru.

Rodrigo de Castro Osorio

He studied canon law at Salamanca, where his brother, Pedro de Castro Lemos, who later became bishop of Cuenca (1553–1561), was named cardinal on 15 December 1583, by Gregory XIII.

San Vicente de Cañete

With a population of 25,829 (1999 estimate), Cañete is the main town of the San Vicente de Cañete District.

Santiago Queirolo

Here he sold traditional Peruvian Creole food and bottles of wine and Pisco from grapes grown on land he bought around Cañete, south of the city.

The Crime of Cuenca

On 21 August 1910, in the small town of Osa de la Vega, in the province of Cuenca, Jose Maria Grimaldos, known as «El Cepa», is seen on the road to the nearby village of Tresjuncos and then disappears.

Toro Mata

Toro Mata is a type of Peruvian music initially developed by black slaves in Cañete and Chincha.

Ubalda García de Cañete

Ubalda García de Cañete (1807–1890) was the eldest daughter of the Paraguayan dictator José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia.

United Provinces of New Granada

The Royal Audiencia of Quito, whose president had executive powers, had jurisdiction over the provinces of Quito, Cuenca, Loja, Ibarra, Riobamba, Pasto, Popayán, Buenaventura and parts of the Cauca River Valley.

Winter in Madrid

Meanwhile, Barbara meets Luis, an unemployed Nationalist Spain veteran, who tells her that Bernie is still alive and is being held in a brutal Military Prison near Cuenca.


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