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unusual facts about Serra, Espírito Santo



1908 in Brazil

23 May - Jerônimo de Sousa Monteiro becomes the 13th president (governor) of the state of Espirito Santo.

2009 flu pandemic in Brazil

On June 27, 69 more cases were confirmed: 34 of them in São Paulo, 8 in Rio de Janeiro, 7 in Rio Grande do Sul, 7 in Paraná, 4 in Minas Gerais, 2 in Distrito Federal, 2 in Santa Catarina, 2 in Espírito Santo, 1 in Pará, 1 in Maranhão and the first in Amazonas.

Adriano Alves

Adriano Leonardo Alves (born January 5, 1977 in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo Brazil) is a retired Brazilian footballer.

Alegrense Futebol Clube

Alegrense Futebol Clube, commonly known as Alegrense, is a Brazilian football club based in Alegre, Espírito Santo state.

Antônio Roberto Monteiro Simões

Simões' B.A. was conferred at Central College, in the town of Pella, Iowa, United States, after withdrawing his undergraduate work at the Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil.

Associação Jaguaré Esporte Clube

Associação Jaguaré Esporte Clube, commonly known as Jaguaré, is a Brazilian football club based in Jaguaré, Espírito Santo state.

Athirson Mazolli e Oliveira

On 6 October 2011, he signed for Projecta, a Brazilian indoor soccer club based at Espírito Santo.

Bank of Saint George

A number of prominent Genoese families were involved in the establishment and governance of the Bank, including the Houses of Grimaldi & Serra.

Beach Soccer World Cup 2002

The tournament continued to change its location, this time completely out of Rio de Janeiro to Vitória, Espírito Santo and Guarujá, São Paulo.

Botocudo people

The tribe's original territory was in Espírito Santo, and reached inland to the headwaters of Rio Grande (Belmonte) and Rio Doce on the eastern slopes of the Serra do Espinhaço.

Bromelia

The resistant fiber obtained from B. serra and B. hieronymi, both known as chaguar, is an essential component of the economy of the Wichí tribe in the semi-arid Gran Chaco region of Argentina.

Carlo Emanuele Ruspoli, 3rd Duke of Morignano

Ángel Soler y Serra, president of the El Salvador Olympic Committee

Clube Atlético Taboão da Serra

Clube Atlético Taboão da Serra, commonly known as Taboão da Serra, is a Brazilian football club based in Taboão da Serra, São Paulo state.

Colatina Sociedade Esportiva

Colatina Sociedade Esportiva, commonly known as Colatina, is a Brazilian football club based in Colatina, Espírito Santo state.

Conilon Futebol Clube de Jaguaré

Conilon Futebol Clube de Jaguaré, commonly known as Conilon, is a Brazilian football club based in Jaguaré, Espírito Santo state.

Conscience Films

The jury in 2010 consisted of Costa Gavras, Georges Moustaki, Harutyun Khachatryan, İbrahim Betil, Lale Mansur, Nebahat Akkoç, Ömer Madra, Rakel Dink, Rela Mazali, Serge Avedikian, Serra Yılmaz, Vaughan Pilikian, and Yıldırım Türker.

Corigliano Calabro

It is the birthplace of footballer Gennaro Gattuso and Francesco Serra, father of Brazilian politician José Serra.

Eduardo Serra

Eduardo Serra has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.

Éric Serra

Serra composed the music for the new Criss Angel/Cirque Du Soleil show 'Criss Angel: Believe' to open at the Luxor Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, in October 2008.

Espadella

Espadella, a 968 m high peak, highest point of the Serra de l'Espadella range in the Baix Maestrat comarca, Valencian Community, Spain.

Espírito Santo Sociedade Esportiva

Espírito Santo Sociedade Esportiva, commonly known as Espírito Santo, is a Brazilian football team based in Colatina, Espírito Santo state.

Eudoxia Laskarina

In 1296 she founded a monastery of clarisses and the Sanctuary of Mare de Déu de la Serra at Montblanc, which she entered by the end of 1306.

Goitacá people

In the 16th century, the Goitacá inhabited a large stretch of the eastern Brazilian coast, from the São Mateus River to the Paraíba do Sul River, encompassing what is now the state of Espírito Santo and part of Rio de Janeiro state.

Gonario I of Torres

The families of Torchitorio, Athen, Salanis, Kerki, Lacon, Gunale, Thori, Serra, Orrubu, and Sogostas can be identified in the Sardinia of his day, but to which he belonged is unknown.

Gravatá

Located in the rural district of the valley of Ipojuca (Vale do Ipojuca), a transition area between the Forest and the Rural Area, in the region formerly known the Borborema Plateau, nowadays called Serra das Russas (Russians' Mountain), it is part of the basin Capibaribe.

Inácio Henrique de Gouveia

He participated in a governing junta (also including Graciano dos Santos Neves and Galdino Teixeira de Barros Loreto, in control of the state of Espírito Santo from December 8, 1891 to May 3, 1892.

Jamundá River

The 300 km long Jamunda river originates in the plateau Serra do Jatapu near the division of the northern Brazilian States of Roraima, Amazonas and Pará, from there it flows down, forming the natural division between Amazonas and Pará, crossing the Nhamunda-Mapuera national ecological reservation (EG033) before joining the Amazon River near the small village of Nhamundá.

José Marcelino Pessoa de Vasconcellos

He became the 11th president (governor) of the state of Espirito Santo in 1898, when he was elected to finish the 1896-1900 term, due to the resignation of the titular, Graciano dos Santos Neves, in 1897.

Josep Romaguera

Romaguera was born in Barcelona during the Catalan Revolt (Guerra dels Segadors) against Castile in 1642 and lived until 1723, according to the epitaph of him published in the manuscript Historia Eclesiástica del principado de Cataluña by the Mercedarian historian Pere Serra i Postius.

Junipero Serra Peak

Wanting to honor Junípero Serra, the Native Daughters of the Golden West had bestowed his name upon a Sierra Nevada peak in June 1905.

Lifeu Ishtene

In California's Bay Area, the screening is scheduled for 14, 15, 16, 22 and 23 October at Serra Theaters.

María Martha Serra Lima

Born in Buenos Aires to a family of auto dealership proprietors, Serra Lima was first signed on to a record label in 1977, and became famous across Latin America and in Spain during the 1970s and 1980s.

Michele Serra

In the following years Serra wrote for numerous TV and theatre shows, including Fabio Fazio's Che tempo che fa.

Nepheline syenite

Rocks of this class also occur in Brazil (Serra de Tingua) containing sodalite and often much augite, in the western Sahara and Cape Verde Islands; also at Zwarte Koppies in the Transvaal, Madagascar, São Paulo in Brazil, Paisano Pass in West Texas and Montreal, Canada.

Pere Serra

Other works from Pere Serra include the Arrival of the Holy Spirit in the cathedral of Manresa (1394), considered his masterwork, an altarpiece with Saints in the Monastery of Sant Cugat (1375), a Virgin with Six Musician Angels and Annunciation in the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan.

Real Madri Futebol Clube

Real Madri Futebol Clube, commonly known as Real Madri, is a Brazilian football club based in Colatina, Espírito Santo state.

Real Noroeste Capixaba Futebol Clube

Real Noroeste Capixaba Futebol Clube, commonly known as Real Noroeste, is a Brazilian football club based in Águia Branca, Espírito Santo state.

São Paulo Railway

A four section cable railway with stationary steam engines, in use from 1867 till 1970, called Serra Velha, transl.: Old Mountain

The incline system was later called Serra Velha (transl.: Old Mountain) to distinguish it from the later built second incline system called Serra Nova.

Sávio

Born in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Sávio started his footballing career at the Desportiva Capixaba youth team.

Serra Gaúcha

Consequently, the cities in the Serra Gaúcha reflect German and Italian influences through their architecture, gastronomy and culture.

Serra Mesa, San Diego

John Witt represents Serra Mesa in the 1st District of the San Diego County Board of Education.

As of 2012, the U.S. Representative for Serra Mesa is Duncan Hunter, a Republican, while the U.S. Senators from California are Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, both Democrats.

Serra Talhada Futebol Clube

Serra Talhada Futebol Clube, commonly known as Serra Talhada, is a Brazilian football club based in Serra Talhada, Pernambuco state.

Sicilicus

Isidore Etymologiae 1.27.29 (ubi litterae consonantes geminabantur, sicilicum superponebant, ut 'cella', 'serra', 'asseres': ueteres enim non duplicabant litteras, sed supra sicilicos adponebant; qua nota admonebatur lector geminandam esse litteram); Nisus fr.

UFC 79

The main event was originally to pit The Ultimate Fighter 6 coaches Matt Serra and Matt Hughes for Serra's UFC Welterweight Championship, which Serra won at UFC 69: Shootout on April 7, 2007 in an upset victory over Georges St-Pierre.

Willian Gerlem

Gerlem Willian de Jesus Almeida (born on August 7, 1984, in Linhares, Espírito Santo) is a Brazilian professional footballer.

Xavier Serra

As head of the Music Technology Group of the UPF, Xavier Serra has been behind most of the accomplishments of the group, such as Vocaloid, Freesound.org, BMAT, and Reactable.

Yellow-legged Tinamou

noctivagus, the nominate race, occurs in southeastern Brazil: Minas Gerais (Doce River area), southern Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul.


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