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16 unusual facts about Como


Callistemon 'Lilacinus'

The cultivar was first selected in Berlin in 1913 from plants raised from seed collected near Como, New South Wales by German botanist Ernst Betsche in 1894.

Como, Colorado

The former Como High School had begun in an abandoned Presbyterian Church, which was moved to another site.

Como, Queensland

It is within the local government area of Shire of Noosa (between 2008 and 2013 it was within Sunshine Coast Region).

Como, Texas

State Representative Erwin Cain practices law in Sulphur Springs but resides in Como with his wife and three children.

Como, Western Australia

The land was subdivided in 1905 under the name Como Estate, which is thought to be derived from either the owner's surname or the area of the same name in northern Italy.

Gideon Lang

On dissolution of the Assembly in 1857, Lang and his family toured Europe, meeting Giuseppe Garibaldi at Como in 1859 and returning to Australia in 1862.

Harken, Inc.

Harken's primary manufacturing plants are the Pewaukee headquarters and the Italian office in Limido Comasco, Como.

Jayson Leutwiler

He gave his debut on 10 September 2008 in the 5-2 home win against Italy U-20 in the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia in Como.

Joseph Anton Sambuga

His parents were Italians who had come from the neighbourhood of Como.

Luisella Boni

Born in Como, Milan as Luisa Angela Bozzo, Boni debuted in 1952, in the Bernard Vorhaus' film Fanciulle di lusso.

Olga Wilhelmine Munding

On February 3, 2012, Munding in association with the Jessie Mae Hemphill Foundation organized the “Hill Country Blues Celebration” in Como, Mississippi to celebrate the “Repatriation of Como, Mississippi Recordings, Photographs and Videos from the Alan Lomax Collection” and the loan of the Hill Country Blues Photography Collection from the Jessie Mae Hemphill (JMH) Foundation to the Emily Jones Pointer Library.

Oxford Basement Collection

The album was recorded at The Train Station in Jackson, Mississippi (same place the Colour Revolt EP was recorded), The Timberlake House in Oxford, Mississippi by Steven Konrad Bevilaqua, The Voyager's Rest, Delta Recording Service, and in an abandoned silo on Jimbo Mathus' property in Como, Mississippi by Justin Showah.

Pablo Atchugarry

Then his paintings were exhibited in various cities including Milan, Copenhagen, Como, Paris, Chur, Bergamo and Stockholm.

Phoebe Omlie

After resigning from the Civil Aeronautics Authority, Omlie returned to Memphis and purchased a cattle farm in Como, Mississippi.

Pierre-Alexis Dumas

Beginning in September 1991, Dumas spent eight months in the factory managed by a branch of the Ratti family in Como, Italy, where silk has been spun since the 19th century.

Samir Carruthers

On 1 April 2013, Carruthers captained Aston Villa's youth squad to the final of the NextGen Series where they beat Chelsea 2–0, at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, in Como, Italy.


¡Viva el Sueño!

The lucky one was Ojeda to the challenge of the week he sang "Como Fue" by José José.

10 Corso Como

10 Corso Como and the 10 Corso Como logo are designed by American artist Kris Ruhs.

Alberto Meda

Alberto Meda is an engineer focusing on design, born in Lenno, in the Italian province of Como in 1945.

André Joyal

A. Joyal, Ross Street, An introduction to Tannaka duality and quantum groups, Category theory (Como, 1990), 413—492, Lecture Notes in Math.

Anthony Como

Councilman Como was an Assistant District Attorney under Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, a Commissioner of the New York State Board of Elections and served as Legal Counsel for former New York State Senator Serphin R. Maltese prior to his election to the New York City Council.

Baker Knight

Knight then wrote "The Wonder of You" for Perry Como, but Ray Peterson recorded it instead at the behest of Como's arranger Dick Pierce, and the song became a hit in both the U.S. and UK.

Battle of Bicocca

By January, the French had lost Alessandria, Pavia, and Como; and Francesco II Sforza, bringing further German reinforcements, had slipped past a Venetian force at Bergamo to join Colonna in Milan.

Battle of Desio

They had however spared those of Desio, some 30 km north to Milan, as there converged three important trade routes from Como, Erba and Lecco.

Christmas Dream

It is sung by Perry Como and the London Boy Singers and is included on the album "A Perry Como Christmas".

Como Duele

"Como Duele" was included in the set list of Arjona's Quinto Piso Tour (2009) and Metamorfosis World Tour (2012).

Como San Giovanni railway station

Como San Giovanni railway station is situated in Piazzale San Gottardo, a short distance to the west of the city centre.

Comollo

It is less probable that it is a toponimic from Como, because there are many similar surnames that maintain the original stem, such as: Giacomino, Giacomelli, Giacomolli, Giacometti, Jacobellis, Jacobacci and so on.

Concrete Angel

Spanish singer Marta Sánchez covered the song as "Cómo Un Ángel" in her album Soy Yo, released in 2002.

Debendra Mohan Bose

He was one of the only two Indian physicists (the other being M. N. Saha) who participated at the Como conference (11–20 September 1927) held at Lake Como in Italy.

Dúo Dinámico

They won the Mediterranean Song Festival in Barcelona in 1966 with "Como Ayer"; the Costa Verde Festival in Gijón with "Somos Jóvenes"; and they were twice second in the Benidorm International Song Festival, in 1962 and 1966, with "Quisiera ser" and "Amor Amargo".

Ella usó mi cabeza como un revólver

After being released in 1995 "Ella usó mi cabeza como un revólver" became one of Soda Stereo's better known songs together with "De Música Ligera".

Erba, Lombardy

Giuseppe Terragni (1904–1943), an architect and pioneer of the Italian modern movement who also designed Como’s Casa del Fascio, a significant example of Fascist architecture in northern Italy.

Fría Como el Viento

Released as the third single from Luis Miguel's studio album Busca Una Mujer, "Fría Como el Viento" became a very successful song and was included on the tracklist for his 20 Años Tour in 1990.

Gaita transmontana

Muitos defendem que o termo gaita mirandesa seja um tanto impreciso, visto que a cidade de Miranda do Douro é apenas uma pequena região do território tido como Trás-os-montes, por onde o instrumento está tradicionalmente disseminado, sobretudo nas comarcas de Vinhais, Bragança, Miranda e Mogadouro.

Giosuè Argenti

Giosuè Argenti (Viggiù, Province of Como, February 7, 1819 – November 29, 1901) was an Italian sculptor.

Greatest Hits: The Sound of Money

The song "Looking Through the Eyes of a Child" was covered by Puerto Rican singer Chayanne on his album Atado a Tu Amor, as "Soy como un niño" (Spanish for "I'm Like a Child")

Horacio Olivo

Olivo has also acted in various plays during the Puerto Rican and International Theatre Festivals, was the station announcer for all the WIPR stations (WIPR, WIPR-FM, and WIPR-TV), and acted in comedy TV shows like Como está la situación, and Esto no tiene nombre, produced by Tommy Muñiz.

I'll Never Love This Way Again

The song has been recorded in Spanish as "Como te Amé" by Yuri, in Dutch as "Vergeet jouw wereld" by André Hazes, in Finnish as "En Näin Voi Muita Rakastaa" by Marion Rung, in German as "Ich weiß, so lieben kann ich niemals mehr" by Margot Werner, in Hungarian as "Így Még Senkit Nem Szerettem Én" by Korda György, and in Italian as "Io dio io re" by Christian De Sica.

John Beale Bordley

(He became stepfather to Thomas Mifflin.) Then the Bordley family wintered in Philadelphia, and a large farm in Chester County, Pennsylvania, “Como Farm".

John Rollin Tilton

The American statesman Hamilton Fish bought his Vallata Chamounix, and the American businessman W. B. Astor, his Lago di Thun; Louise, lady Ashburton, Dendur in Egypt and Paestum; the Boston mayor Martin Brimmer, his Lago di Como and Venice, and Count Palfy, his Vedute of Orvieto.

Juan Magan

Magan also featured on Inna's singles "Un Momento" and "Be My Lover", and has had more recent success in 2012 and 2013 with hit singles such as "Tu y Yo", "Mal de Amores" and "Como el Viento" (in collaboration with Puerto Rican singer Farruko).

K-Paz de la Sierra

Some of their biggest hits are "Un Buen Perdedor" "Mi Credo," "Volveré," "Con Olor A Hierba," "Pero Te Vas A Arrepentir," "Procuro Olvidarte", "Y Aquí Estoy "Como Un Tatuaje" and "Para Toda La Vida a Duo Con Sergio Vega.

Logie Awards of 1959

Como was presented with his award by George McCadden, the chief of TV Weeks American office, in New York City on 11 April 1959.

Manlio Rho

In the late 1920s Manlio Rho was deeply involved in Como's engagement with the European abstract movement led by Wassily Kandinsky and Kazimir Malevich.

Manoella Torres

Some of her greatest hits include "Ahora Que Soy Libre", "Te Voy A Enseñar A Querer", "Libre Como Gaviota", "Acaríciame", "Que Me Perdone Tu Señora", and quite possibly her most famous song "A La Que Vive Contigo", written by her mentor Armando Manzanero.

Margareth Menezes

Her 2005 single, "Como Tu", a duet with Brazilian superstar Ivete Sangalo was released amidst much hype because Sangalo was achieving platinum album sales at the time.

Massimiliano Pedalà

Massimiliano Pedalà (born 22 December 1969 in Cantù, Como) is an Italian auto racing driver.

Me Gustas Tal Como Eres

"Me Gustas Tal Como Eres" (Spanish for "I like you just the way you are") is a song written Juan Carlos Calderón and Luis Gómez Escolar, produced by Calderón, and performed by Scottish singer Sheena Easton in a duet with Mexican singer Luis Miguel.

Mericanel della Brianza

The Mericanel della Brianza is named after the Brianza, a hilly geographical area which extends to the north and north-east of Milan, in the provinces of Monza e della Brianza, Lecco and Como, with a small part of the province of Milan.

Niccolò Castiglioni

Following his return to Italy in 1970, he eventually resumed teaching composition at the conservatories of Trent (1976–77), Milan (1977–89), Como (1989–91) and Milan once again (1991–6).

Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León 2008

Kika Edgar - "Lo Siento mi Amor", "Acaríciame" & "Como Tú"

Pablo Atchugarry

In the late 1970s, after having several exhibitions in Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Porto Alegre and Brasília, he made several trips to Spain, France and Italy, where in 1978 he had his first personal exhibition in the city of Lecco (side of Como).

Pepe Guízar

Besides Guadalajara he wrote Corrido del Norte, Como México no hay dos, and Tehuantepec, all hits that marked an epoch in the life of Mexican music.

Radio Classica

Radio Classica is broadcast locally in the cities of Milan, Rome, Florence, Turin, Verona, Bari, Palermo, Como and Upper Brianza, Latina, Lecco and Genoa.

RTVE Interactive

This division manages and runs all of the web-sites for the different sections that make up the group (News, Television, Radio, Children's Programmes, Sports and À La Carte), as well as those that have been created as a digital complement for RTVE's large television productions ("Águila Roja", "Cuéntame Cómo Pasó”, "MasterChef", etc.), not to mention the extension of RTVE products to all other platforms (mobiles, tablets, consoles and TV connected to Internet).

Silvio Poma

Silvio Poma (Trescore Balneario, Bergamo, 1840 – Turate, Como, 1932) was an Italian painter, mainly painting land and lake-side seascapes of the Lombardy lake district.

South Park National Heritage Area

The National Heritage Area covers the majority of Park County, including the communities of Lake George, Hartsel, Fairplay, Como, Tarryall, Jefferson and Alma, all roughly within South Park or the surrounding mountains.

WGPA

WGPA AM 1100 originally broadcast popular music, which from the late 1940s to the late 1950s was primarily big band/swing featuring artists like Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, Doris Day and others.

William Como

Along with Walter Terry (see Modern dance) and others, Como was one of the founders, in 1979, of the USA International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi, held every four years.