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2 unusual facts about Monteverde


Rob Dean

He lives in Monteverde, Costa Rica, and, now known as Robert Dean, has established a reputation as an expert on the region's birdlife.

Ubaldo Continiello

Born in Monteverde, Avellino, Continiello started his career as a composer of pop songs, for, among others, Tony Del Monaco and Bobby Solo.


Alejandro Gómez Monteverde

Monteverde married American actress Ali Landry on April 8, 2006 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

Álvaro Obregón Tapia

His parents, Álvaro Obregón Salido and María Tapia Monteverde, were prominent in the nation's history, with his father remembered as one of Mexico's most renowned personalities of the Revolution, who led the country as president from December 1920 to November 1924 and won another term in 1928, but was assassinated immediately thereafter.

Figured bass

Sometimes instruments are specified by the composer: in L'Orfeo (1607) Monteverde calls for an exceptionally varied instrumentation.

Juan Domingo de Monteverde

Worried about Bolívar's presence near the llanos, Monteverde established the main branch for his forces in Valencia, a location in the plains at which the paths of Barinas, the Andes, and Maracaibo merge.

Luigi Padovese

Luigi Padovese (March 31, 1947, Milan – June 3, 2010, Iskenderun) was the titular bishop of Monteverde and the vicar apostolic of Anatolia in Turkey.

Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve

Three of these species, the Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus), the Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius), and the Yellow-green Vireo (Vireo flavoviridis), reproduce in Monteverde and migrate to South America during their non-reproductive phase.


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