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4 unusual facts about Corte


Corsican Republic

He founded a university at Corte and created a short-lived "Order of Saint-Devote" in 1757 in honour of the patron saint of the island, Saint Devota.

Corte, Haute-Corse

Sites of interest include the Fortress (A citadella), the Museum of Corsica (Museu di a Corsica), and the University of Corsica (Università di Corsica).

GR 20

From Vizzavona, the train can be taken to Bastia or Ajaccio as well as many smaller towns and villages such as Corte.

João I, Duke of Braganza

After the civil war that followed, Anthony, Prior of Crato was defeated at the Battle of Alcântara, and Philip II entered Portugal and was confirmed by the Cortes of Tomar, where João occupied the post of Constable.


Casale Corte Cerro

The municipality of Casale Corte Cerro contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Arzo, Cafferonio, Cassinone, Cereda, Crebbia, Crottofantone, Gabbio, Montebuglio, Motto, Pramore, Ramate, Ricciano, Sant'Anna, and Tanchello.

Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real

Corte-Real was, during the course of his duties, encharged with the marriage contracts between Prince Joseph of Portugal and the infanta of Spain, Mariana Victoria, as well as between the Prince of the Astúrias D. Ferdinand and the infanta Barbara of Portugal.

Edmund B. Delabarre

Delabarre claimed that the stone bears carvings of the Coat of arms of Portugal, the name of Miguel Corte-Real, and the date 1511.

European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction

Renown European professors in the field of Learning and Instruction, including Heinz Mandl, Erik De Corte, Erno Lehtinen, Neville Bennett, Pierro Boscolo and Roger Säljö, met often at the meetings of the American Educational Research Association and during these meetings the first foundations for a European association were laid.

Fulvio Croce

The "Corte d'Assise" rejected this claim of unconstitutionality (perhaps biased by the murder of a District Attorney, Francesco Coco by the Red Brigades occurred few days before).

Gloria Alexandra

Her television work includes guest starring roles on Angel, The X Show, Jose Luis Sin Censura, Sin Tapujos, La Corte Familiar (TV series), as well as a series regular role on Secretos.

João Vaz Corte-Real

Fragmentary evidence suggests the expedition in 1473 was a joint venture between the kings of Portugal and Denmark, and that Corte-Real accompanied the German sailors Didrik Pining and Hans Pothorst, as well as (the possibly mythical) John Scolvus.

José Luis de Oriol y Urigüen

Almost simultaneously Oriol tried his luck in politics and ran on the maurist ticket to the Cortes; he was elected in 1918 from the Baeza district (Jaen province) and joined one of the last Spanish parliaments before the coming of the Primo de Rivera dictatorship.

Lucius Coelius Antipater

His fragments, several of which are preserved in Nonius, are to be found appended to the editions of Sallust by Joseph Wasse, Corte, and Havercamp; and also in Krause's Vitae et Fragmenta vet.

Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway

From the depot to King Street, the grade paralleled the Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio stream that twists through Mill Valley between Blithedale and Corte Madera Avenues.

Paton College

The five Courts and Corte Real (the services building) are named after notable early explorers of North America, all of whom have connections to Newfoundland; Jacques Cartier, Giovanni Caboto, Humphrey Gilbert, John Guy, George Calvert (1st Baron Baltimore), and Gaspar Corte-Real.

The Twelve of England

Vasco Annes da Costa, the first named "Corte-Real", fronteiro-mor of Tavira in the Algarve, ancestor of the Corte-Real explorers and captains of Terceira Island of the Azores - to bring the number up to 'thirteen', as originally stated by Vasconcelos.

Victor Huguenin

A bronze statue of Pasquale Paoli by Huguenin was erected in 1864 the center of the Place Paoli in Corte, Corsica.


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