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unusual facts about Pilar, Sorsogon



Adolfo de Hostos

After his retirement in 1950, the position of Official Historian remained vacant for 43 years, until the Puerto Rico House of Representatives approved in 1993 Senate Concurrent Resolution 14, authored by Sen. Kenneth McClintock, designated Dr. Pilar Barbosa.

Adolfo Lazzarini

Born in Sauce, Corrientes, Lazzarini moved from Argentina to the Paraguayan city of Pilar where he played for local Club America in 1972.

Adolfo Ruspoli, 2nd Duke of Alcudia

Don Camilo Ignacio (Camillo Ignacio) Ruspoli y Álvarez de Toledo, de Godoy (di Bassano) y Silva-Bazán, dei Principi Ruspoli (Pau, January 31, 1865 – Madrid, April 15, 1930), married dona María del Pilar Navacerrada y ..., ... y ...

Bread and Roses

The film is about the struggle of two Mexican labourers in Los Angeles, performed by Pilar Padilla and Elpidia Carrillo, for the right to form a union.

Bruno Coutinho

Coutiho studied in Monte De Guirim, who was recognized by coach Paul Raj, he played his 1st game against school rivals ST.Pilar,having scored 3 goals and winning Subroto Mukerjee Cup Football tournament u17.

Cortijo de Miraflores

Cortijo de Miraflores is a historical building in the Pilar Miraflores neighborhood of Marbella, Spain.

David Mourão-Ferreira

He married firstly Maria Eulália Barbosa Valentim de Carvalho, sister of Rui Valentim de Carvalho, of now EMI-Valentim de Carvalho label, and maternal aunt of Manuela Moura Guedes' first husband, by whom he had issue, and secondly Maria do Pilar de Jesus Barata, without issue.

Donsol, Sorsogon

Manta rays, which are also protected in the Philippines, are also over fished and sold in local markets in the Sorsogon area.

Elsy del Pilar Cuello

Elsy del Pilar Cuello Calderón (born in Bogotá, 13 June 1959) is a Supreme Court Judge from the Corte Suprema de Justicia of Colombia.

Federico Peña

Cindy Velasquez is a former broadcast executive for Channel 7, KMGH-TV, and Channel 9, KUSA-TV, in Denver, Colorado and has a daughter, Pilar.

Ferrocarril General San Martín

In the metropolitan sector of the City of Buenos Aires there is a diesel commuter branch that operates from the Retiro railway terminus in the city-centre northwest to Palomar, Hurlingham and Pilar.

Fiestas del Pilar

Fiestas del Pilar are an annual festival celebrated in the city of Zaragoza (Spain) in honour of the patron saint of the city, the Virgen del Pilar (Virgin Mary of the Pillar).

Gallanosa family

The Gallanosa Clan originated from the town of Sta. Magdalena, province of Sorsogon, Bicol Region (Region V), Philippines.

Guadamur

In the late 19th century, being mayor Lorenzo Navas, former colonial governor of Tarlac (Philippines), the old well of the council is replaced by a four-pipe now defunct (in Recesvinto Square) and a trough-pillar that gave name to the Plaza del Pilar.

Isla Umbú

Returning villagers who emigrated in search of better employment alternatives in Asunción, Ciudad del Este, Pilar or Buenos Aires.

Jerome Sala

Born Jerome Sala Ucab on November 29, 1986 in Barangay Bacagay, Pilar, Bohol, Philippines, to Municipal Councilor Jaime Ucab and Ruth Sala.

Joey Mead

Mead was born in the Philippines from a Filipina mother, Josephine del Pilar Mead, and a biological father of Iranian descent.

José and Pilar

It gathers sequences from Madrid to Helsinki to Rio de Janeiro and covers Jose and Pilar's life in Lanzarote, their trips around the world (presenting José's books, signing autographs, making speeches) and their most simple, transient and quotidian moments, as for during the period José writes his "The Elephant's Journey".

José Greco

His most famous partners were La Argentinita (Encarnación López Júlvez) and, after her death, her sister Pilar López.

José María Valverde

That same year he married Pilar Gefaell, with whom he had five children, including Mariana Valverde, a Professor of Criminology at the University of Toronto.

Kingdom of Namayan

The child, named Pasay, inherited the territory known today as the barangays Pio del Pilar and Bangkal (formerly known as barrio Culi-culi), Baclaran, and the modern city which still bears the name of this individual.

La Jagua del Pilar

The name was later changed to La jagua del Pilar to honor Virgin Mary, Our Lady of the Pillar.

Ladislaus Pilars de Pilar

Władysław (also Ladislaus) Baron Pilars de Pilar (Opatówek, March 3, 1874 - Chorzów, November 22, 1952) was a Polish poet and a literature professor at the Warsaw University.

Lisa Law

She and her husband, Tom Law, whom she met in 1965 at a Peter Paul & Mary concert in Berkeley, CA, lived together on a farm in Truchas, New Mexico for 12 years and had four children, Dhana Pilar, Solar Sat, Sunday Peaches & Jesse Lee Rainbow.

Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Imus

Hoping that prayers could help, Bishop Luis Antonio Tagle who was the parish priest of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pilar in Imus City asked Bobit's co-seminarians to dance during the Karakol for that year, with only one petition in mind- to ask Nana Pilar's intercession for Bobit's healing.

Moreno often prayed in front of the Image of Nana Pilar and ask for the cessation of the Epidemic; the outbreak did kill 3,200 Imuseño, but with the grace of God and intercession of the Blessed Mother it did stop.

Paraguayan architecture

Among the few examples of works of the period is the council of the city of Pilar.

Philippine Division

Strong offensive and defensive action was not able to prevent enemy penetrations and the Division withdrew to the Reserve Battle Position in the PilarBagac area, 2 February 1942.

Pilar Bardem

Born María del Pilar Bardem Muñoz to performers Rafael Bardem and Matilde Muñoz Sampedro in Seville, Bardem began her screen career in 1965.

Pilar Barrios

Pilar Barrios (1889 – 1974) was an important poet of the black community of Uruguay and one of the founders of the Partido Autóctono Negro.

Pilar Bayona Piano Competition

The Pilar Bayona Piano Competition was a piano competition held in Zaragoza in memory of pianist Pilar Bayona (1897-1979).

Pilar Homem de Melo

Born in an old aristocratic Portuguese family, daughter of João Pedro Monteiro da Cunha Homem de Melo and D. Ana Mafalda de Almada, Pilar moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1975 along with his family, exiled by requirement of the Portuguese Revolution April 25, 1974.

In 2006 Pilar traveled to Senegal where she worked on new arrangements and compositions with Habib Faye and Thio Mbaye – both musicians of Youssou N'Dour and Peter Gabriel – performing at Casino du Cap Vert in Dakar.

Pilar Muñoz

:Pilar Muñoz is also the name of a singer in the group Las Ketchup

Pilar Partido

The provincial subdivision has a population of about 232,000 inhabitants in an area of 352 km², and its capital city is Pilar, which is located around 45km from Buenos Aires.

Pilar, Capiz

The figurine was said to be brought over to the Pacific by a Galleon trading ship from the port of Acapulco, Mexico which was destroyed by British warships during its route in Luzon and was washed off to the coast of Pilar.

It later flourished into a bigger and prosperous town and was renamed after its designated patron saint La Nuestra Señora del Pilar (Our Lady of the Pillar).

Pilar, Goa

The headquarter of the Missionary Society of St. Francis Xavier is located at Pilar, hence the common name of Pilar Society given to the missionaries of Saint Francis Xavier.

Pilar, New Mexico

In February 1793 the region was taken possession of by 20 persons who had received it as a land grant (Cieneguilla Grant) from the King of Spain Charles IV through his military governor in New Mexico, Don Fernando Chacón.

Because the area featured a flat plain with a constant source of water, it was long frequented by the Jicarilla Apache.

In 1694, the Spaniard Diego de Vargas burned the Apache village in the process of his re-conquest of New Mexico following the expulsion of the Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.

Pilar, Sorsogon

With the help of WWF, strict guidelines were developed to protect the sharks.

Roberto Cabañas

Roberto Cabañas González (born 11 April 1961 in Pilar, Paraguay) is a former Paraguayan professional football player who played as a striker.

Sorsogon City

Eugenia Apostol (sister of former Sorsogon Mayor Duran) – one of the founders of Philippine Daily Inquirer

Tebicuary River

Located in the southwestern part of that country, it flows eastwards discharging to Paraguay River about 45 km south of Formosa and 30 km north of Pilar.


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