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unusual facts about La Vall d'Alcalà


La Vall d'Alcalà

The ones held in Alcoi are by far the most famous and spectacular, and is televised live on Canal Nou television as well as occasionally on state channel TVE.


Alcalá de Ebro

According to Jan Morris ("Spain", p. 33), Alcalá del Ebro is the fictional Isla Barataria which Sancho Panza ruled in Don Quixote.

Alcalá de los Gazules

For many years until the Catholic Ferdinand and Isabella took control, at the end of the 15th century of the last Muslim kingdom in the south of Spain, there was a demarcation line between the Islamic and Christian regions, along which sat towns that are now known as the pueblos blancos, the white towns, and Alcalá was on the border.

Alcalá-Galiano

Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano (1824–1905), Spanish realist author, writer and political figure

Dionisio Alcalá Galiano (1760–1805), Spanish naval officer, cartographer, and explorer

Basque pelota at the 1992 Summer Olympics

The Basque Pelota events were held from 25 July to 5 August in the Olympic area of Vall d'Hebron, where a 54m long court, a 36m long court, and a trinquet were built and a 30m long court was refurbished.

Battle of the Puig

After encamping in Montpellier from the end of 1236 through the beginnings of 1237, the army concentrated on Teruel and followed the Palancia River, taking La Vall d'Uixó, Nules, and Almenara.

Faculty of Theology, Old University of Leuven

Baius’ work was condemned by the theological faculties in Salamanca (1565) and Alcalá (1567), and 97 of his theses were thereafter condemned by Pope Pius V in the bull Ex omnibus afflictionibus on 1 October 1567.

Francis Caracciolo

He opened the house of the Holy Ghost at Madrid on January 20, 1599, that of Our Lady of the Annunciation at Valladolid on September 9, 1601, and that of St. Joseph at Alcalá sometime in 1601, for teaching science.

Francisco Arias

He studied in Alcalá and was later professor of scholastic theology at Córdoba, and professor of moral theology at Trigueros.

Guáimaro Constitution

It was put under voting in Guáimaro on 10 April 1869, by Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, President of the Constituent Assembly, and approved by the Deputies: Salvador Cisneros Betancourt, Antonio Zambrana, Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz, Jesús Rodríguez, Antonio Alcalá, José Izaguirre, Honorato Castillo, Francisco Sánchez, Antonio Lorda, Miguel Betancourt Guerra, Arcadio García, Tranquilino Valdés, Miguel Gerónimo Gutiérrez, and Eduardo Machado.

Guido Rodríguez Alcalá

The plot of Caballero and Caballero rey (as in many other stories of Rodríguez Alcalá) is that Velasco abandons the struggle of the Paraguayan War and its immediate consequences.

Guillermo Ríos Alcalá

He was born in Chapala, Jalisco to Felipe Ríos and María Guadalupe Alcalá, but moved to the city of Colima in 1957.

José Antonio Lacayo de Briones y Palacios

Among them were Faustino Lacayo de Briones who studied law in Alcala and Valladolid in 1705, Jose Lacayo de Briones, lawyer of the Royal Councils of Castile and Navarre, Manuel Lacayo de Briones also a lawyer of the Royal Councils of Castile and Navarre, and Rafael Lacayo de Briones, a lieutenant and captain of the General Staff in Burgos in 1751.

Josh Alcala

Joshua Vincent "Josh" Alcala (born January 5, 1984 in Austin, Texas) is an American–born soccer player of Filipino and Hispanic descent.

Juan Azor

There are extant in manuscript other works by Azor; in Rome, in the Jesuit archives, a commentary on the Canticle of Canticles; at Würzburg, an exposition of the Psalms and at Alcalá, several theological treatises on parts of the Summa Theologiae of Thomas Aquinas.

Juan Bautista de Lezana

He studied philosophy at Toledo, theology at Salamanca, partly at the college of the order, partly at the university under Juan Marquez, and finally at Alcalá under Luis de Montesion.

Koldo Mitxelena

He was released on January 30, 1948, after passing through a few more prisons: Alcalá, Ocaña, Yeserías, and Talavera.

La Vall d'Uixó

La Vall d’Uixó is surrounded by few cities in la Plana Baixa: Almenara, Alfondeguilla, La Llosa, Moncofa, Nules and Xilxes and bordes on Valencia’s province with Sagunto.

Meco, Spain

A town with a dry-soil agricultural tradition, Meco has long been an exporter of wheat, flour and bread to Alcalá, Guadalajara, and Madrid.

Miguel de Cervantes Health Care Centre

From Madrid: Intercity bus line 227, at the interchanger from America Avenue (Madrid) to Espartales – University (Alcalá de Henares).

Museo de Escultura al Aire Libre de Alcalá de Henares

The Museum of Outdoor Sculpture of Alcala de Henares (Museo de Escultura al Aire Libre de Alcalá de Henares) is a permanent exhibition of contemporary art in public Alcalá de Henares (Madrid - Spain), opened in 1993 and organized by the sculptor José Noja.

Nuestra Belleza Oaxaca 2011

Nuestra Belleza Oaxaca 2011, was held in the Teatro Macedonio Alcalá in Oaxaca, Oaxaca on June 3, 2011.


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