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unusual facts about Concordia, Magdalena



Agatha of Sicily

in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, originating probably in Autun, Burgundy; in its margin illustrations Magdalena Carrasco detected Carolingian or Late Antique iconographic traditions.

Anna B. Sheppard

A sister to fellow costume designer Magdalena Biedrzycka, Sheppard made many films with directing masters like Steven Spielberg or Roman Polański.

Brown Grand Theatre

The last movie to be shown at the Brown Grand was the world premiere of The Devil and LeRoy Bassett which was written and directed by Robert E. Pearson, a native of Concordia.

Coat of arms of the Department of Magdalena

The shield is divided in two by a horizontal band which bears the flag of the Department of Magdalena in the background and in front of it the National Pantheon which is a structure located in Magdalena in the Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino that honours the Libertador and the fallen heroes of the nation, the superimposition of the structure on the flag symbolizes the integrity and firmness in the souls of the Magdalenenses as well as keeping alive his dream.

Concordia University Netanyahu riot

The Concordia University Netanyahu riot occurred on September 9, 2002, as a result of a scheduled visit from the then former (and now current) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Concordia-class cruise ship

Costa Concordia capsized on January 13, 2012, after running aground shortly off the coast of Tuscany.

Concordia, Magdalena

Founded by Mandate 007 of June 24, 1999 with portion of territories from the municipalities of Cerro San Antonio and Pedraza.

Dick Edgar Ibarra Grasso

Dick Edgar Ibarra Grasso (Concordia, Entre Ríos, January 17 1917 - Buenos Aires, July 13, 2000) was an Argentine researcher who explored the possibility of colonization of the Americas by several antique ethnic groups.

DSV Concordia

DSV Concordia is a multi sport club in Delft that has been operating since 1885 and introduced Jan Thomée to the world when he became the leading football goal scorer for the Netherlands and played in the 1908 Summer Olympics as part of the Dutch team that took the Football Bronze.

Elisa Montés

Montés is the sister of actresses Emma Penella (1930–2007) and Terele Pávez (1939), daughter of Magdalena Penella Silva and the law politician Ramón Ruiz Alonso, and granddaughter and great-granddaughter to composers Manuel Penella and Manuel Penella Raga.

Ferdinand von Malaisé

In 1821, Christoph was redeployed from his post in Neuburg am Rhein to Germersheim and on the journey his wife Magdalena died from a haemorrhage.

Franz Winkelmeier

In the summer of 1885 he was in Tyrol, and from 1 September until 30 November he was seen in the Concordia-Theater in Berlin.

Gareth McLearnon

McLearnon is a recipient of the 2003 Ian Fleming Charitable Trust Music Education Award, a Countess of Munster Musical Trust Award and was awarded full scholarships to attend Sir James Galways Masterclasses in Italy (2003) and Switzerland (2004) McLearnon has given recitals all over the U.K. and Europe for the Ireland Funds, Invest Northern Ireland, and the Concordia Foundation, and is currently a Making Music Recommended Artist for 2006.

Gunterstein

Gunterstein is a castle in Breukelen, on the river Vecht, that was the former home of the rich Dutch widow Magdalena Poulle (1626–1699).

Hannah Graaf

She is also the ex-sister-in-law to Swedish soccer player Magnus Hedman, who was married to her sister Magdalena.

Hans Carl Knudtzon

Knudtzon was born in Bredstedt, North Frisia (now part of the Schleswig-Holstein state in Germany), the son of Nicolai Knudtzen (1698–1785), merchant, and his wife, Magdalena (1726–1803), née Clausen.

Hubert Kah

Together with Michael Cretu, Kemmler wrote and produced songs for other artists, including "Dancing Into Danger" by Inker & Hamilton, "Love at First Sight" by the band Münchener Freiheit and a number of tracks by Sandra such as "Maria Magdalena", "Heaven Can Wait", when wife Susanna Kemmler was partly responsible for the background vocals.

Isidoro Blaisten

Son of David Blaisten and Dora Gliclij, Blaisten was born in Concordia, Argentina.

Jacob Preus

J. A. O. Preus III, (1954- ), theologian, President of Concordia University, Irvine, California

Jan Cornelius van Sambeek

In 1934 he founded the Ilondola (Maria Magdalena de Puzzi) mission in Chinsali District

Johan Theodor Holmskjold

He named it Sophienholm after his fiancée Sophia Magdalena de Schrødersee (1746–1801).

Johann Otto von Gemmingen

Johann Otto von Gemmingen was born in Tiefenbronn on October 23, 1545, the fourth child of Hans Dietrich von Gemmingen and his wife Magdalena.

Johann Paul Freiherr von Hocher

Johana Paul Hocher was the son of Johann Hocher Arbogast Hocher (or Hocherr) from Masmünster in Oberelsass (Upper Alsace), a professor at the University of Freiburg, and Magdalena von Mager of Fuchsstadt.

Kenneth McPeek

Kenny currently races primarily at Keeneland, Churchill Downs, Gulfstream Park and Saratoga, as well as keeping a division at his Magdalena Farm in Lexington.

Kieschnick

Gerald B. Kieschnick (born 1943), Presidential Ambassador for Mission Advancement at Concordia University Texas

La Cruz del Viajero

La Cruz del Viajero (The Cross of the Traveller) is a monument placed by Franciscan monks in 1672 in the small town of Magdalena Vieja (now Pueblo Libre), just outside Lima, the capital city of Peru, and the old centre of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.

Lilli Gjerløw

She took the dr.philos. degree in 1962 on the thesis Adoratio Crucis. The Regularis Concordia and the Decreta Lanfranci about the Regularis Concordia.

Maddox Arts

Maddox Arts Gallery has worked with a variety of international contemporary and modern artists including Artists Anonymous, Jens Lucking, Stu Mead, Temsuyanger Longkumer and it currently represents Caroline Rothwell, Emi Miyashita, Vicente Grondona and Mondongo as well as Magdalena Fernandez, among many others.

Magdalena Abakanowicz

Magdalena Abakanowicz (born June 20, 1930, in Falenty, Poland) is a Polish sculptor and fiber artist.

Magdalena: a Musical Adventure

Magdalena: a Musical Adventure is a folk operetta in two acts with music by Heitor Villa-Lobos, original book by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and Homer Curran, and lyrics and musical adaptations by Robert Wright and George Forrest.

Medelpads Fotbollförbund

Based in Sundsvall, the Association's Chairman is Magdalena Wallgren.

Mirabeau, Vaucluse

Fifty years later, a bull of Pope Alexander III renewed the rights of the Benedictines of Mont Andaon over Mirabello, with obligation to serve the priory consecrated to the Beate Mariae Magdalena de Ponte Cantus Pernicis.

MV Captain Kurbatskiy

In 1996, after 13 years of service under Soviet and later Russian Far East Shipping Company (FESCO), the ship was sold to Bandwidth Shipping Corporation, who renamed it Magdalena Oldendorff and later chartered it as a support ship for the 20th Indian Antarctic Expedition.

Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach

The title Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach refers to either of two manuscript notebooks that the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach presented to his second wife, Anna Magdalena.

Pietro Perti

Perti has also participated in the decoration of the Pažaislis monastery ensemble in Kaunas, together with Joan Merli and Michelangelo Palloni whose daughter Maria Magdalena he was married to.

Pop Hollinger

In 1914, Hollinger and his family moved to Concordia, Kansas, to accept the position of teacher of applied sciences at Concordia Junior-Senior High School.

Que No Se Rompa la Noche

"Que No Se Rompa la Noche" ("May the Night Have No End") is a ballad written and produced by Spanish singer-songwriter Manuel Alejandro, co-written by Ana Magdalena, and performed by Spanish singer Julio Iglesias.

Rail transport in Uruguay

Half of the network is closed, freight trains circulating branches in Montevideo - Rivera - Livramento, Piedra Sola - Three Trees, Sayago - Minas, Verdum-Plant ANCAP, Carnelli-La Teja, Chamberlain - Paysandú - Salto - Concordia and Algorta - Fray Bentos.

Raúl Barragán

Barragán became a general manager of Aerolíneas Argentinas in 1978 at Concordia, a border city between Argentina and Uruguay.

Remigio Molina

Remigio Daniel Molina (born November 6, 1977 in Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina) is a former Argentine professional boxer in the Lightweight division.

Rosie Douglas

While attending university in Canada, Douglas garnered fame as being one of the instigators of the Sir George Williams Computer Riot of 1969 (aka Concordia Computer Riot).

Sieglinde Wagner

Sieglinde Wagner had a very wide repertoire, including Clairon in Richard Strauss's Capriccio, Annina in Der Rosenkavalier, Magdalena in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Fenena in Nabucco, the mother in Hansel and Gretel and Mary in The Flying Dutchman.

Slavin Cindrić

Cindrić was one of the few players who had spells with all three Zagreb-based clubs which were prominent in the interwar period - Concordia, Građanski and HAŠK.

Soledad, Atlántico

Bordered on the north by the special district of Barranquilla, where the boundary is the Arroyo Don Juan, on the south by Malambo, on the east with the Department of Magdalena, separated by the Magdalena River, and on the west by Galapa.

Soy Rebelde

"Soy Rebelde" (English: "I am a Rebel"), also known as "Yo Soy Rebelde", is a Spanish pop ballad written by Manuel Alejandro and Ana Magdalena.

Sveta Magdalena

Vršna Vas, a settlement in the Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah, known as Sveta Magdalena pri Zibikih until 1955

Tomas de Lemos

The controversy aroused in 1588 by the publication of Luis Molina's work Concordia liberi arbitrii cum gratiae donis, between the Dominicans and Jesuits, had reached a heated and turbulent stage not only at Valladolid but also at Salamanca, Cordoba, Zaragoza, and other cities of Spain.


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