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unusual facts about Castellana


Murgia

Near Castellana there is the most important show cave of Apulia region.


Castellana Caves

The Castellana Caves (Italian: Grotte di Castellana) are a remarkable karst cave system located in the municipality of Castellana Grotte, in the province of Bari, Apulia.

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Some signature office buildings include Parque Cristal, Letonia Center, HP Tower, Atlantic Building, La Castellana Center, Multicentro Empresarial del Este, Centro Lido, Centro San Ignacio, KPMG Tower, Forum Tower, Shell Tower, and other important architectural landmarks.

Diccionario crítico etimológico de la lengua castellana

The Diccionario crítico etimológico de la lengua castellana (in English critical and etymological dictionary of the Spanish language ) is an etymological dictionary compiled by the Catalan philologist Joan Corominas (1905-1997), and published in the first instance in Bern by the Francke Editorial in 1954.

Giovanna d'Aragona

She was the oldest daughter of Duke Ferdinando of Malteno and Castellana de Cardona.

Giuliano da Sangallo

During the early part of his life Giuliano worked chiefly for Lorenzo de' Medici, known as 'the Magnificent', for whom he built a fine palace at Poggio a Caiano, begun in 1485, between Florence and Pistoia, and strengthened the fortifications of Florence, Castellana and other places.

Jorge Llopis

Jorge Llopis (1919–1976) was a Spanish satirist, actor and playwright best known for Los Pelópidas, a two-act satire of Greek tragedy, and for the parodic false anthology of the Spanish poetry Las mil peores poesías de la lengua castellana.

Juan Bautista Pablo Forner

His Oración apologética por la España y su mérito literario (1786) is an excellent example of learned advocacy, far superior to similar efforts made by Carlo Denina and Antonio Cavanilles; and his posthumous Exequias de la lengua castellana (printed in the Biblioteca de autores españoles, vol. LXIII.) testifies to his scholarship and taste.

Paseo de la Castellana

To the west of La Castellana lie the districts of Chamberí and Tetuán, and to the east, the districts of Salamanca and Chamartín.


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