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3 unusual facts about La Molina


FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2011 – Men's Slopestyle

The men's slopestyle competition of the 2011 FIS Snowboarding World Championships was held in La Molina, Spain on January 22, 2011.

FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2011 – Women's slopestyle

The women's slopestyle competition of the 2011 FIS Snowboarding World Championships was held in La Molina, Spain on January 22, 2011.

José María Arguedas

Arguedas shot himself in the head on November 29, 1969 in his office at the Agrarian University in La Molina, leaving behind very specific instructions for his funeral, a diary depicting his depression, and a final unfinished manuscript, El zorro de arriba y el zorro de abajo (The Fox From Up Above and the Fox From Down Below).


Jockey Plaza

It is located next to the University of Lima, right outside of La Molina.

Vicuña

In Peru, during 1964-1966, the Servicio Forestal y de Caza in cooperation with the US Peace Corps, Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund, and the National Agrarian University of La Molina established a nature conservatory for the vicuña called the Pampa Galeras – Barbara D'Achille in Lucanas Province, Ayacucho.


see also

La Molina District

Several universities are located in La Molina as well, including Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón (UNIFE) and Universidad de San Martín de Porres.