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unusual facts about Serra


Rhayner

Rhayner Santos Nascimento, the Rhayner born in the Serra, is a midfielder who plays for Bahia.


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.

Bevis Marks Synagogue

In 1747 Benjamin Mendes da Costa bought the lease of the ground on which the building stood, and presented it to the congregation, vesting the deeds in the names of a committee consisting of Gabriel Lopez de Britto, David Aboab Ozorio, Moses Gomes Serra, David Franco, Joseph Jessurun Rodriguez, and Moses Mendes da Costa.

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.

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.

Eduardo Serra Rexach

Serra has held positions in many companies in the private sector, including president of Telettra España (1998-1991) and Peugeot-Talbot España (1992-1996), founder and chairman Airtel Móvil (1994-1996), vice-president and president of Cubiertas MZOV (1989-1995), and chair of UBS Spain (2000-2006).

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.

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.

Gardunha

The Gardunha mountain range (Serra da Gardunha), so called by the Moors (Gardunha or Guardunha meaning refuge), is located in central Portugal, in Centro Region, beyond the Serra da Estrela range, giving way to an extensive plain called Cova da Beira.

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.

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.

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.

Loriga

While that textile industry has since dissipated, the town began to attract a tourist trade due to its proximity to the Serra da Estrela and Vodafone Ski Resort (the only ski center in Portugal), which was constructed within the parish limits.

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.

Mitchell Rales

The cobblestone entry court, anchored by another Richard Serra piece, has views of the pond, the residence and a commissioned Ellsworth Kelly totem sculpture which acts as the site's fulcrum.

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.

Phyllomedusa ayeaye

While currently no specific conservation measures target this colourful amphibian, its occurrence in protected areas, such as the Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra in the state of Minas Gerais and Parque Estadual das Furnas do Bom Jesus in the state of São Paulo, may provide it with some level of protection.

Rosendo Salvado

At Brady's instruction, Salvado and Serra, alongside a small party of their fellow Benedictines, journeyed deep into the Victoria Plains via ox drawn cart.

Sant'Olcese

At Comago, the Comune holds the Park & circa 1850 Victorian English country house, the Villa Serra.

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.

A five section cable railway with stationary steam engines, in use from 1901 till 1982, called Serra Nova, transl.: New Mountain

An electrified Rack-and-adhesion railway built on the right of way of the abandoned Serra Velha opened in 1974, called Systema Cremalheira-Aderência, transl.: System Rack-and-adhesion

Serra Catholic High School

During the 2012-2013 academic year, Serra Catholic instituted a 1:1 Google Chromebook program for all students.

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.

T. alba

Tabebuia alba, the ipê-amarelo-da-serra or golden trumpet tree, a tree species native to Cerrado vegetation in Brazil

Time–frequency analysis for music signals

Joan Serra, Emilia Gomez, Perfecto Herrera, and Xavier Serra, "Chroma Binary Similarity and Local Alignment Applied to Cover Song Identification," August, 2008

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.

Ungarische Zigeunerweisen

She says she was told by Roch Serra (who was told by the Liszt scholar Professor Milstein, who was told by Vera Timanova, who was told by Sophie Menter herself), that Liszt was indeed the composer of the piece, but he did not want Tchaikovsky to be aware of this.

Wheelbarrow Closers

The cast starred Norah Foster (Millie Grant), Ray Serra (John Mogan), Harvey Seigel (Larry Freede), Frances Helm (Beatrice Grant), James Allan Bartz (Chet Grant), Danny Aiello (Chester Grant), and Tom Degidon (Wilfred Dee).

WWB Colombia

Headquarters are in Cali, Colombia, and Clara Serra de Akerman is the president.

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.


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