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Pego

Pego, Alicante, a Spanish municipality located in the province of Alicante


Aero Flight

Aero Flight operated services to the following international scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Adana, Alicante, Ankara, Cairo, Catania, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Fuerteventura, Hurghada, Istanbul, Luxor, Munich, Pristina, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Sarajevo, Saint Petersburg, Stuttgart and Tivat.

Alcoy

Alcoy, Spain (Alcoi in Valencian), city in the province of Alicante, Spain

Alicante Bouschet

Alibernet - crossing of Alicante Bouschet x Cabernet Sauvignon was bred in 1950 in the Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute for Wine and Vines in Odessa.

Audiencias Provinciales of Spain

Examples include the Audiencia Provincial of Alicante, located in Elche rather than Alicante; the fifth section of the Audiencia Provincial of Murcia in Cartagena; the Audiencia Provincial of Pontevedra, with its fifth and sixth sections in Vigo; and the Audiencia Provincial of Cádiz with a section in the exclave of Ceuta.

Cantueso

Its production is regulated by the denominación de origen "Distilled spirits of Alicante," along with anise paloma, herbero, and the café licor of Alcoy.

Carlos Coloma

Don Carlos Coloma de Saa, 1st Marquess of Espinar (Alicante, 9 February 1566 – 23 November 1637, Madrid) was a Spanish military commander, diplomat and author.

Carolina Cerezuela

Carolina Cerezuela (born 14 January 1980 in Elche, Alicante, Spain) is a Spanish actress who became famous playing Mónica Salazar in Camera Café, the Spanish spin-off of Caméra Café.

Cercanías

There are currently twelve Cercanías systems in Spain: Asturias, Bilbao, Catalonia, Cádiz, Madrid, Málaga, Murcia/Alicante, Santander, San Sebastián, Seville, Valencia, and Zaragoza.

Dhardo Rimpoche

Portions of Dhardo Rinpoche's relics, the ashes from his cremation, have been installed in several stupas in the West: at Sudarshanaloka Retreat Centre (near Thames, New Zealand), at Padmaloka Buddhist Retreat Centre (near Norwich, England), at Guhyaloka Retreat Centre, (near Alicante, Spain), at Tiratanaloka Retreat Centre in Wales and at Vimaladhatu Retreat Centre in Sauerland, Germany.

Félix Berenguer de Marquina

Félix Berenguer de Marquina (1736, Alicante, Spain – October 10, 1826, Alicante) was a Spanish naval officer, colonial official and, from April 30, 1800 to January 4, 1803, viceroy of New Spain.

His parents being Ignacio Berenguer de Marquina y Pasqual de Riquelme and Mary FitzGerald, he belonged to one of the most influential families in Alicante through his father's side and to the ancient Irish House of FitzGerald through his mother's.

Grand Noir de la Calmette

In Portugal, Grand Noir de la Calmette is found mostly in the Portalegre wine region of Alentejo where it is blended with Alicante Bouschet, Tempranillo and Trincadeira.

Jordi César López Delgado

Jordi César was born in Alicante from Uruguayan ancestors, his great-grandfather Juan Delgado having played for C.A. Peñarol.

José Catalá

José Manuel Catalá Mazuecos (born 1 January 1985 in Villajoyosa, Alicante) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Apollon Limassol in Cyprus, as a central or left defender.

José Luis Miñano

José Luis Miñano García (born 22 May 1987 in Alicante, Valencian Community) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino in Belarus, as a midfielder.

Juan Coloma y Cardona, 1st Count of Elda

Juan Coloma y Cardona, 1st Count of Elda, (circa 1522 – Elda, province of Alicante, Spain, 19 October 1586), 3rd Sieur of Elda, Governor of Alicante Castle, Count of Elda, Viceroy of Sardinia, 1570-1577.

Killing of Lasa and Zabala

In order to accomplish this, the hostages were transferred to Alicante.

Les vins skalli

In the 1920s, Robert-Elie Skalli starts working in wine-making and chooses land in the Oran, Mascara and Aïn Témouchent regions of Algeria to plant Southern French variety vines such as Carignan, Cinsault, Grenache, Alicante, and so on.

Lorcha

the Spanish name of Lorcha/L'Orxa, a municipality in the province of Alicante, Spain;

Marcelino Guerra

Marcelino died in El Campello, a coastal town within the Valencian community in Alicante, Spain in June of 1996.

Miguel Hernández

Miguel Hernández Gilabert (30 October 1910, Orihuela – 28 March 1942, Alicante) was a 20th-century Spanish poet and playwright associated with the Generation of '27 movement and the Generation of '36 movement.

Monteloeder

Monteloeder s.l. is a Spanish company located in Elche (Alicante) Spain, dedicated to supplying ingredients with healthy properties for the functional food, nutraceutical and cosmetic industries.

Moroccan wine

The traditional red grapes planted in Morocco are Carignan (which once dominated), Cinsaut (almost 40 per cent in 2005), Alicante, and Grenache.

Moss Airport, Rygge

In October and November, Ryanair established itself at the airport, and started flights to Alicante, Barcelona, Brussels, Bremen, Madrid, Milano and London.

Narrow gauge railways in Spain

FGV (Valencian regional government railways) around the city of Valencia, as well as along the Costa Blanca from Alicante to Denia

Orihuela

In 1737 Alicante, Elche, Monforte, Jijona, Villajoyosa, Agost, Busot, San Juan or Muchamiel became independent from the province of Orihuela, forming the one of Alicante.

Raymond Keene

His tournament victories include Hastings Challengers 1966, Slater Challenge Southend 1968, Johannesburg 1973, Woolacombe 1973, Capablanca Memorial (Master Group) 1974, Alicante 1977, Sydney 1979, Dortmund 1980, Barcelona 1980, Lloyds Bank Masters 1981, Adelaide 1983 and La Valletta 1985.

Richard Lestock

Whilst in command of her, he was active ashore at the relief of Barcelona and the capture of Alicante.

San Miguel de Salinas

From Alicante and Cartagena, the town can be accessed via the A-7 (E15) and AP-7 then the CV-940 and CV-941.

Sobrassada

# The village of Tàrbena, in the province of Alicante, was re-populated after the expulsion of the Moriscos with colonists from Majorca, who brought along several traditions from the island, including their own variant of the Catalan language and foods such as sobrasada, still made there.

Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church

As of 2001, the IERE had one diocese and 22 licensed priests (one woman) serving 20 parishes, in Salamanca, Valencia, Valladolid, Seville, Oviedo, Tarragona, Murcia, Alicante, and Madrid.

Ted Copeland

In August 2006, Copeland and his wife Cindy took early retirement and moved to Parcent, Alicante.

Teulada

Teulada, Spain, a municipio in the Province of Alicante, Valencia

Toledo railway station

The railway company responsible for the construction of Toledo station, the Compañía de los Ferrocarriles de Madrid a Zaragoza y Alicante, also built other stations in Neo-Mudejar style such as that of Aranjuez.

Transport in Cornwall

It offers or will soon offer flights up-country to Bristol, Leeds, London (Gatwick), Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Plymouth, Southampton, Cardiff and the Isle of Man, and to destinations abroad including Chambéry, Dublin, Geneva, Reus, St. Brieuc, Düsseldorf, Girona, Alicante, and a summer service to Zürich.

Treaty of Orihuela

It suggests the Muslims succeeded in a peaceful take-over of southern Spain, specifically Orihuela, Valentilla, Alicante, Mula, Bigastro, Ello, and Lorca.

UMH

Miguel Hernández University of Elche, a Spanish university, located in the province of Alicante

Vílchez

Francisco Javier Rodríguez Vílchez (born 1978), Spanish footballer who currently plays for Alicante CF, as a striker

Women's World Chess Championship 1981

Like the previous one, this championship cycle contained two Interzonal tournaments, held in Rio de Janeiro in September and Alicante in October 1979, featuring the best players from each FIDE zone.


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