The March 11, 2004 Islamist terrorist attack in Madrid (Spain), killed 191 people and wounded more than 2,000.
Alcoy, Spain (Alcoi in Valencian), city in the province of Alicante, Spain
Alejandro Cercas Alonso (born 25 May 1949, Cáceres) is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.
They continued to be made until the beginning of the 2000s at the Ávila plant in Spain.
In 1901, he became Music Director to the Sevilla Regiment 33 in Cartagena.
Almonte, Spain, a town and municipality in Huelva province, Spain
Antonio Castillo Lastrucci (February 27, 1882 - November 29, 1967) was a Spanish sculptor, focused in religious works.
The Museo Baltasar Lobo (museum) is in the city of Zamora, Spain near his birthplace.
At Cáceres, Bandua is qualified by Araugelensis, at Curbián by Bolleco(m), at Miguel o Anjo by Brico(m), at Mixo(m) by Calaigus, at La Mezquitilla by Itobrico(m), at Eiras by Lanobrica, at Rairiz de Veiga by Veigebreaeco(m), at Arcuelos by Verubrigo(m), at Seisco de Anciães by Vordeaeco(m) and at S. Martinho by Vorteaecio(m).
Battle of Alcântara (1580) - Battle between Spanish invaders, led by the Duke of Alba during the Portuguese dynastic crisis of the 16th century.
The Battle of Montijo was fought on 26 May 1644, in Montijo, Spain, between Portuguese and Spanish forces.
Cáceres Club Baloncesto also known as Cáceres CB was a basketball club based in Cáceres, Spain.
In this first year, playing as Cáceres 2016, the team achieved the promotion semifinals but, after beating CajaRioja in the quarterfinalis series, lost against CB Illescas in the semifinal played at Cáceres.
Its production is regulated by the denominación de origen "Distilled spirits of Alicante," along with anise paloma, herbero, and the café licor of Alcoy.
The Casa de los Botines (built 1892-1893) is a Modernist building in León, Spain designed by Antoni Gaudí.
Castellano can refer to the Romance language that originated in Castile, and is spoken in much of Spain; it is usually called Spanish in English.
The San Lorenzo is a church in Toledo, Spain.
Claudio de la Torre (October 30, 1895 - January 10, 1973) was a Spanish novelist, poet, dramatist and film director.
Coiba was home to the Coiba Cacique Indians until about 1560, when they were conquered by the Spanish and forced into slavery.
The Colegio de Doncellas Nobles was a school for girls founded in 1551 in Toledo, Spain, and placed under royal patronage.
Their products are widely sold and distributed across Canada, USA, France, UK, Australia and Spain.
Cities that are known for a rich history in Damascening where the technique is still practiced are Toledo, Spain, and Kyoto, Japan.
Romana and his men arrived at Santander, Spain, where he was appointed Commander of the Galician Armada.
He married Juana Manuel de Portugal (ca. 1520-1568), daughter of Sancho I de Noronha Portugal, 2nd Count of Faro on 7 April 1541, at Ocaña.
The video for this song was produced by "Struendo" again and was recorded in Toledo in an ancient palace from the 12th century.
Mazinger Z is extremely popular in Spain, Latin America and throughout Asia: UFO Robot Grendizer (aka Goldorak and Goldrake between 1976 and 1980 was a huge hit in Italy and France; Groizer X (aka O Pirata do Espaço ) was a '80s hit in Brasil.
In January 2014, Jordanov was called up to the first team for training camp in San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain.
In the region of Alcoy, Spain, workers struck in 1873 for the eight-hour day following much agitation from the anarchists.
El Chorro ("The Spurt") is a small village located in Málaga (Andalusia) in southern Spain, near the town of Álora.
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The path provides access to a hydro-electric plant and took its name after an official visit by Alfonso XIII of Spain in 1921.
Eugenio Morales Agacino (March 15, 1914 – March 9, 2002) was a Spanish entomologist and naturalist, named honorary doctorate by the Autonomous University of Madrid.
:Winner of the Silletto Prize 2012 is TOPIC, the International Puppet Museum Centre in Tolosa, Spain.
In 2009, Canada's music sales went down by 7.4%, second only to Spain, according to a report released in April 28, 2010 by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, reported by an organization that has interest in stopping peer 2 peer.
Francisco de Paula Martínez y Sáez (March 30, 1835 – 1908) was a Spanish zoologist.
Francisco de Trillo y Figueroa (1618–1680) was a Spanish poet and historian.
Francisco del Plano (1658 – September 15, 1739) was a Spanish painter who was active in Navarra and the Basque Country.
Arrived at the Viceroyalty of New Spain in the year 1684 and was assigned to missions in northern Mexico.
Fray Lorenzo de San Nicolás (1593–1679) was a Spanish friar and architect.
The Fountain of the Fallen Angel (Spanish: Fuente del Ángel Caído) or Monument of the Fallen Angel is a highlight of the Buen Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain.
Gabriel Alonso de Herrera (1470–1539) was a Spanish author, best known for his Obra de Agricultura (Treatise on Agriculture), published in 1513 under the patronage of Cardinal Cisneros.
1) Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and English mariners and traders had visited or settled in to the area of southeast Asia now called Indonesia prior to permanent European settlement in America.
As a "Big 4" member (the four biggest financial contributors of the contest), Germany qualifies directly for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 alongside last year's winner Serbia and the three other "Big 4" members France, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria or University Hospital of the Nuestra Señora de Candelaria is an advanced hospital in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain).
In addition to the seven major sites, other HP Labs offices can be found in Princeton, New Jersey, and Barcelona, Spain.
In the summer of 2009, the song "Summercat" became popular in Spain thanks to its use in an advertising campaign of Estrella Damm.
The Isidro Larrañaga Accordion Orchestra is an accordion ensemble based in Tolosa, Spain.
He set out from Madrid with a division on 2 July 1808 to join General Dupont in Jaén.
He is known from the legend that, when he was a young boy he had been promised the princess Aixa Galiana, niece of Al-Qadir, the last Moorish king of Toledo before the conquest of Alfonso VI.
Joaquín Luque Roselló (September 27, 1865 - January 23, 1932) was a Spanish painter.
He was born in Astorga on May 17, 1896 and died in La Coruña in 1991He was the son of Crescencio Luengo and Maria Dolores Martinez and was baptized in the parish of San Bartolome de Astorga (León).
Since his retirement in 1989, he has spent long periods in Teulada on the Costa Blanca, Spain, and continues to compose.
José, Josseph or Joseph Penso de la Vega, best known as Joseph de la Vega (ca.1650, Espejo, Spain — November 13, 1692, Amsterdam, Netherlands), was a successful Jewish merchant, poet, and philanthropist residing in 17th century Amsterdam.
One of seven children, Josu Iriondo was born in Legazpi, Spain, to Rufino and Maria Leona (née Zabaleta) Iriondo.
Aréizaga however was not able to stop the French invasion, and most of his forces were disbanded at Jaén in January 1810.
She died of injuries received in the crash of the Sud Express near Tolosa on March 29, 1939.
The Foncalada is a fountain of potable water located outside the city walls of Oviedo, Asturias, Spain; it was built by king Alfonso III of Asturias in the 9th century.
Las Bóvedas (the domes) is the local name for the remains of some Roman baths near San Pedro de Alcántara in Andalucia, Southern Spain.
The Madrid–Levante high-speed line connects Madrid with the Mediterranean coast of the Levante Region, specifically with Castile–La Mancha, the Valencian Community and the Murcia Region autonomous communities.
A house on site also facilitates the staying of language assistants, natives of either Germany, Spain or France, to assist students with their language studies, and all three subjects are complimented by trips to the relevant country, previous trips having sent students to Santander and Barcelona.
The name Medellin is of Spanish origin which can be traced to a city with the same name in the province of Bajadoz, in the Extremadura Region in Spain.
Menahem was a native of Tortosa, and went, apparently at an early age, to Cordoba, where he found a patron in Isaac ben Ezra ibn Shaprut, the father of the subsequent statesman Hasdai ibn Shaprut.
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Menahem ben Saruq (also known as Menahem ben Jacob ibn Saruq, Hebrew: מנחם בן סרוק) was a Spanish-Jewish philologist of the tenth century CE.
The Miranda Palace is located in the village of Prelo, which belongs to the municipality of Boal, in the Principality of Asturias (Spain).
Vauquelin was one of several officers serving in this expedition and was present at the raids against Maracaibo and Gibraltar in 1666 and Puerto de Cavallo and San Pedro in 1667.
On 8 March 1939, Franco’s government decreed a ban on shipping around three miles from the coast of Levante, between the ports of Adra and Sagunto.
Oia, Spain, a municipality in Galicia, in the province of Pontevedra
Olga Merino (born October 1965) is a Spanish writer.
Filming for Para Elisa took place during August 2012 in Cuenca, Spain.
Paredes, Spain, a municipality in the province of Cuenca, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha
Pedro Amalio López (July 10, 1929 – June 25, 2007) was a Spanish television producer, film critic, and screenplay writer.
Pedro Henriquez d'Azevedo y Alvarez de Toledo, Count of Fuentes de Valdepero (Zamora, Spain, 1525 – Milan, Italy, 22 July 1610, aged 85) was a Spanish general and statesman.
The holotype specimen, LH 7777, part of the Las Hoyas Collection presently housed at the Museo de Cuenca, Cuenca, Spain, of Pelecanimimus was recovered at the famous La Hoyas locality in Cuenca Province, Spain, from lagerstätte beds within the Calizas de La Huérguina Formation dating to the Lower Barremian.
Kollock was born on November 1, 1959 in Zaragoza, Spain but came to the United States when he was a year old.
The Puerta Bab al-Mardum, or Puerta de Valmardón, is a city gate of Toledo, Spain.
Rafael Calleja Gómez (October 21, 1870 – February 12, 1938) was a Spanish composer.
Ramón López Soler (Manresa, 1806 - Barcelona, 1836) was a journalist and writer of the Spanish Romantic Movement.
The film was shot in Burgos, the director’s birthplace, although the novel takes place in Cáceres.
The Roman temple of Alcántara is located at one side of the Alcántara Bridge, Cáceres, Extremadura (Spain).
Rosaura Lopez Lorenzo (16 March 1932, Pontevedra, Spain – 19 September 2005, Pontevedra, Spain) was a maid of John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the Dakota apartment between 1976 and 1980.
Tradition states that he was a Christian priest of Cabra who had two brothers: one was a Muslim, the other had no religion.
The setting is New Carthage (Cartagena), 210 BCE, after the Roman army, led by Scipione has captured the city from the Carthaginians and their Spanish allies.
Following Reccared's conversion from Arianism to Catholicism, a conspiracy, led by Sunna, the Arian bishop of Mérida, arose to place the Arian Segga on the throne and probably also to kill the Catholic Méridan bishop, Masona, and the duke of the province of Lusitania, Claudius.
Spain’s National Exhibition of Ship Building (Exponav) is an all year round permanent exhibition dedicated to the history of shipbuilding in Spain since it’s most humble and obscure beginnings in the Middle Ages to its present day covering different periods which include amongst others the Spanish Empire, the Discovery of America, Enlightenment and Industrial Age.
Teófilo Martínez (1913 - April 4, 1995) was a Spanish actor.
It is also not unduly speculative that living in a walled city like Ávila, not to mention a Carmelite monastery, must have influenced her thinking from an interior perspective.
Under Alastair’s guidance the group toured overseas and claimed silver and bronze awards at the 35th International Choral Competition in Tolosa, Spain in 2003.
Villa romana de Río Verde is a Roman villa on the coast of Marbella, Spain.
Volver a empezar, an award-winning Spanish film of 1982 also known as Begin the Beguine.
The championship match was played in Jaén in 1996 and, like the Candidates Tournament, dominated by Polgar who won 6 games (against 2) and in the end defeated champion Xie Jun by four points.
A large scale production it was shot with panoramic lenses, in gorgeous color in Ponte de Lima, Portugal, Quintanar de Sanabria, Zamora and in Madrid.
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The 2010 European Marathon Cup was the 9th edition of the European Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Barcelona, Spain, inside of the 2010 European Championships.
Founded in 2004, the company's work and expansion has been reported in several media, including Expresso, Correio da Manhã, The Wall Street Journal, Diário As Beiras, Público, Diário de Coimbra, RDP Antena 1, Jornal de Notícias, TSF, Agência Lusa, Rádio Universidade de Coimbra, El Mundo, RTP 2, Rádio Renascença, etc.
Antedon mediterranea is found in the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas and westward to the south coast of Spain and Cape St. Vincent.
Qanir was raised in Madrid, Spain where he attended The American School of Madrid.
The company had its world premiere in La Granja, Segovia, Spain on July 11, 2008 performing a mixed program of Bruch Violin Concerto, Clear and In the Upper Room.
He was imprisoned together with Christopher and another brother, Giacomo (also called Diego), by Francisco de Bobadilla and returned to Spain in December 1500.
Spain began its campaign by seizing the Chincha Islands, which were rich in guano, and demanding indemnity as recompense for the murder of two Spanish citizens in Lambayeque.
Mokhtar grew up in El Aaiun and studied economic science at the University of Málaga, Spain.
The Duke of Wellington was anxious to secure both cities before advancing into Spain and chose to conduct the operations in the north himself and leave Marshal Beresford, the Commander in Chief of the Portuguese army, in command of the southern operation.
He is to provide arms and support to a megalomaniac named Don Julian Alvarado, who is calling himself "El Supremo" or "The Almighty" (Alec Mango), in his rebellion against Spain, an ally of Britain's enemy France.
Additionally, it also held other sporting events, most notably the under-21 match between Spain and Poland in 2006 (0–1).
At the Contest, it was performed third on the night, following France's Betty Mars with "Comé-comédie" and preceding Spain's Jaime Morey with "Amanece".
City Solar has produced over a dozen power stations including the world's largest photovoltaic power plant located in Beneixama, Spain.
He found time to travel in France, Spain and North Africa using Tramp Steamers recording scenes that later formed many of the ideas for his water colours paintings.
The Dutch West India Company was established in Amsterdam in 1621 and soon came into contact with the overseas domains of Portugal and Spain.
Fabio Ricardo Diez Steinaker (born November 18, 1965 in Santa Fe, Argentina) is a former beach volleyball player, who represented Spain at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Federico Alonso Tellechea (born August 15, 1981 in Buenos Aires) is a Spanish sailor.
With the help of his uncle, the Neapolitan Ambassador to Spain, he entered the Spanish Navy, as a naval cadet aged 12.
They were owned by Godoy, the Prime Minister of Spain and a favorite of the Queen, María Luisa.
Francisco Martin Borque was a Mexican entrepreneur, he was born in Soria, Spain in August 9, 1917 and died in December 24, 1998 in Torreon, Coahuila, their family arrived Veracruz port in October 30, 1926, then moved to Torreon with their uncle Pascual Borque, in 1930's decade toured Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Sonora sierras, was married with Ana María Bringas at February 15, 1949, in 1968 opened their first hypermarket under the name of Soriana.
Tillman and his wife of 40 years Stephanie live in Highgate, North London, and have a holiday home in Marbella, Spain.
Due to its role as a NATO High Readiness Forces Headquarters, soldiers from other NATO member states, the United States, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom amongst others, are also stationed at Münster.
Ibero-German means of or pertaining to people of Spanish or Portuguese descent living in Germany or the German speaking countries.
She is the foundress of The Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.The actors for her cause is Hermanas de la Caridad del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús of Spain.
According to the Catalan optometrist and amateur historian Simon de Gualleuma, Juan was married to Juana of Malaville and migrated to the Catalan town of Girona, Spain, where he worked as a master spectacle maker.
In 1994 he retired to Spain - he died following a short illness at Torrevieja, on the Costa Blanca.
Juan de Castellanos (born in Spain in the first half of the sixteenth century; date of death unknown) was a Criollo poet, soldier and Catholic priest.
Blücher, the Prussian commander, suggested that the battle should be remembered as la Belle Alliance, to commemorate the European Seventh Coalition of Britain, Russia, Prussia, the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Sardinia, and a number of German States which had all joined the coalition to defeat the French Emperor.
The work is an adaptation of the story of Charlemagne's battles in Spain and the adventures of his nephew, the paladin Orlando (Roland), including the tale of his mortal duel with Ferraguto and his ultimate death at Roncesvalles.
Lechón, a municipality in Zaragoza Province, Aragon, Spain
Manuel Alberto Freire de Andrade y Armijo (4 November 1767 – 7 March 1835) was a Spanish cavalry officer and general officer during the Peninsular War, and later Defense Minister.
Manuel Orallo was mayor of Fabero, León, in north-west Spain from 1965 until 1977 and a provincial deputy during the 1960s and 1970s.
In 1998 he moved to Atlético Madrid B, but only lasted a few months in Spain, finishing the season at Yokohama Flügels in the J. League Division 1.
In Spain, the group appeared at the Prog Metal Fest, a multi-venue festival that visited four cities: Madrid, Palencia, Barcelona and Girona.
On the wast side of Abantos is the port of Malagon, one of the toughest mountain stages of the Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain).
The group was famous for introducing the electronic music in Spain in the 1990's (in the early 1980's some Spanish synthpop bands as Azul y Negro and Aviador Dro, among others, had gained great success also).
Pablo Saavedra Reinado (born January 29, 1975 in Pontevedra) is an S9 swimmer from Spain.
Palacio de los Leones or Cuarto de los Leones, one of the Nasrid palaces of the Alhambra, Spain, receiving its name from its main courtyard, the Court of the Lions
Amoah then went on to play in Spain in 2007, signing with CF Atlético Ciudad for the 2007–08 Tercera División season before joining French side Paris FC for the 2008–09 Championnat National season.
In addition to its type locality, it is reported from Predazzo, Tyrol, Austria; Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland; Broadford, Skye and the island of Muck, Scotland; León, Spain; the Bellerberg volcano, Eifel district, Germany; Nordmark and Långban, Varmland, Sweden; and Kopeysk, southern Ural Mountains, Russia.
In Spain he continued his studies at the university of Alcalá de Henares.
Between 1991–1992 Al Khemir was a consultant for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York for the exhibition ‘Al-Andalus: Islamic Arts of Spain.’ She traveled in Europe and North Africa in search of objects and history that would provide the basis for the show.
He became famous in Spain for interpreting the role of Curro Jiménez, in the TV show of the same name, that was broadcast by TVE from 1976 to 1979, being rebroadcast several times since then.
The location of San Sebastián in the cooler, northern part of Spain close to the French border ideally placed it as a summer capital alternative to Madrid.
Vallecillo, town in the province of León, Castile y León, Spain
The opera was first performed at the Nuovo Teatro del Palazzo Reale in Naples on 21 December 1652, to celebrate the Spanish capture of Barcelona, which put an end to the revolt of Catalonia (Naples was also a Spanish possession).
He was born in Oropesa, Spain, about 1495 and most sources claim he died on Puná Island, now part of Ecuador, in 1541, at the hands of the indigenous peoples.
Puente Zuazo, bridge located in San Fernando in the Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain