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5 unusual facts about Toro


Jean Gabriel Marchand

Marchand evacuated his headquarters at Salamanca and retired north to Toro where François Étienne de Kellermann joined him with a dragoon division and some infantry.

Manuel de Acevedo y Zúñiga

He married Eleonora de Guzmán y Pimentel, daughter of Enrique de Guzman y Ribera, (1540–1607), Viceroy of Naples, 1595–1599, while his own sister, Inés de Acevedo y Zúñiga had married Elenora's brother, Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, (Roma, Italy, 1587 – Toro, Spain, 1645), the virtual Spanish Prime Minister, 1621 - 1643.

Martim Afonso Telo de Meneses

Martim Afonso Telo de Meneses (died in Toro, 26 January 1356), was a Portuguese nobleman, member of the Téllez de Meneses lineage, and the father of Leonor Telles de Meneses, queen consort of Portugal.

Mengo Senior School

But the numbers kept growing, with students coming from as far as Busoga, Bunyoro, Toro and Ankole.

Tōrō

This common type is named after Furuta Shigenari, a nobleman popularly known as Oribe, who designed it to be used in gardens.


2007 Chinese Grand Prix

All the usual suspects were once again eliminated in the second session, Nico Rosberg in the second Williams, a very high performing Anthony Davidson in the Super Aguri, Heikki Kovalainen in the Renault, Jarno Trulli in the Toyota and the two Toro Rossos of Vettel and Vitantonio Liuzzi.

2012 Oceania Swimming Championships

Swimming was held at the CARD Guy Verlaguet pool in Dumbéa, Synchro was held at a pool in Ouen-Toro park, and the Open Water races were swum in the waters off Baie des Citrons (5K) and Anse-Vata (10K).

Albillo

According to Alain Huetz de Lemps, the Albillo variety represented 36% of all vines planted in the Toro region in 1751, and was also found in Tierras de Medina, though not as much as the Verdejo variety.

Alfonso Michel

It was established in 1996 and has a collection of over 1,000 works by artists such as Rafael Coronel, Carlos Mérida, José Luis Cuevas, Sofía Bassi, Alberto Gironella, Federico Cantú, Marcos Huerta and Juan Manuel de la Rosa along with other Colima artists such as Gabriel de la Mora, Rafael Mesina, Gil Garea, Jorge Chávez Carrilo and Gabriel Portillo del Toro.

Andrea Silenzi

The only bright spot of the campaign was the conquest of the team's fourth Italian Cup, as he endeared himself to the club's fans with his display in the final, where Toro defeated A.S. Roma after two legs on the away goals rule, the aggregate score being 5–5; he scored both of the crucial goals in the second leg in Rome (2–5 loss).

Battle of Villalar

The commander of the comunero armies, Juan de Padilla, considered withdrawing to Toro to seek reinforcements in early April, but wavered.

Bebearia zonara

It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Mayumbe, Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, Ituri, Tshopo, Equateur, Cataractes, Kasai, Sankuru and Lualaba) and Uganda (Bwamba and Toro).

Belchite

The remains of the old village have been used as filming locations in films including Terry Gilliam's 1988 film The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth.

Castilian-Leonese cuisine

Major wines in Castilian-Leonese cuisine include the robust wine of Toro, reds from Ribera del Duero, whites from Rueda, and clarets from Cigales.

Changuinola

The Calvin Byron Stadium for is located in Empalme area, home of the Bocas del Toro baseball team.

Changuinola Dam

Changuinola I Dam, is located in district of Changuinola, in the Province of Bocas del Toro, in the western part of Panama.

Christian Jelves

He remained there as a youth player until 2007 when he trained with the first-team squad, under the direction of the coach Raul Toro.

Crimson Peak

British playwright Lucinda Coxon was enlisted to rewrite the script with del Toro in hopes of bringing it a "proper degree of perversity and intelligence".

Del Toro sent them his screenplays for a film adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness, a Western adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo, and Crimson Peak.

Diego Toro

Born in Medellín, Antioquia, Toro began playing professionally as a defensive midfielder with Atlético Nacional in 2000.

Dogon languages

The best-studied Dogon language is the escarpment language Toro So (Tɔrɔ sɔɔ) of Sanga, due to Marcel Griaule's studies there and because Toro So was selected as one of thirteen national languages of Mali.

Don Diamond

He performed extensive voice-over work in commercials and cartoons, most notably as the voice of Toro in the DePatie-Freleng Enterprises cartoon series Tijuana Toads.

El Toro Y

The El Toro "Y" is a freeway interchange in southern Orange County, California where the Santa Ana Freeway, Interstate 5 (I-5), and the San Diego Freeway, the I-405 merge.

Emiliano Mercado del Toro

In 1993, he was honored by U.S. President Bill Clinton with the medal commemorating the 75th anniversary of the signing of the truce that ended World War I. Mercado del Toro, the elder of two siblings, had to move from his familiar Cabo Rojo grounds due to a fall he had in his home when he was 102, which affected his hipbone.

Flag of the Department of Valle del Cauca

The flag was used on June 6, 1811 by the confederate cities of Anserma, Buga, Cali, Caloto, Cartago, Iscuandé, Popayán and Toro when these declared independence from the rest of the country.

Giacomo Carissimi

Carissimi is the viewpoint character for the "Euterpe" series of short stories by Enrico M. Toro within the 1632 series of books edited by Eric Flint.

Gone with the Wine

Jaakko visits the Torres winery in the home region of Spain’s most famous wine, Sangre de Toro, in the wine region of Penedes.

Gregorio José de Toro, 2nd Count of la Conquista

Gregorio José de Toro was born in Santiago, Chile, the second son of Mateo de Toro Zambrano, 1st Count of la Conquista and of his wife, María Nicolasa de Valdés y de la Carrera.

Jesseca Liu

Liu was spotted by a producer in MediaCorp in 2004 who offered her the meaty role of He Yi Xuan in the sports themed drama, The Champion, starring opposite Qi Yu Wu and Taiwanese actors Toro and Yan Xing Shu.

La mujer de Judas

Albi De Abreu as Alirio Agüero del Toro(killed by The wife of Judas)

Lidia

Spanish Fighting Bull, also known as toro de lidia, an Iberian heterogenous cattle population

Miramar Air Show

In 1993, the Base Realignment and Closure Commission announced that MCAS El Toro and MCAS Tustin would be closed and the Miramar facility transferred to the Marine Corps.

Natalie Toro

In 1999, Toro began a long journey with A Tale of Two Cities, a musical by Jill Santoriello.

Patrick Franklin White

He has worked for Newsweek, The New York Post, Toro, The Walrus and currently serves as National Correspondent for The Globe and Mail in Toronto, Ontario.

Princess Elizabeth of Toro

She is a paternal aunt of the current King of Toro, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV.

Pullet Surprise

Next, he really wants an Irish Wrestling Chicken, which turns out to be a rope tied to a bull's tail (this bull resembles Toro the Bull of Bully for Bugs).

Rafel Toro

On July 25, 1927, Private Toro was on advance guard duty into Nueva Segovia.

Rukidi IV of Toro

According to oral history, Prince Olimi Kaboyo Kasunsunkwanzi, son of the King of Bunyoro, annexed the southern part of his father's Kingdom in 1822 and founded what is known as Toro today.

San Alberto Hurtado metro station

It is an underground station located between the stations Ecuador and Universidad de Santiago on the same line, below the Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins and Toro Mazotte street, in the commune of Estación Central.

Su Su Bobien

Bobien ’s vocals have been remixed by the most elite producers in the industry, including Junior Vasquez, CeCe Rogers, Tony Humphries, Little Louie Vega, Frankie Knuckles, Kevin Hedge, Josh Milan, Big Moses, Eric Morillo, Ron Caroll, Ruben Toro and a multitude of other musical talent.

Suat Yalaz

Between 1979 and 1981 Yalaz used the pseudonym Gi-Toro for two magazines (Détective Strictement Privé and Super Flic) featuring the popular private investigator character Pat Magnum.

The Assistants

Zak Santiago as Zak Del Toro – The head of Kinky Bunny Pictures.

Tiki Ti

The bartenders are known for their "heavy" pours and specialty drinks like the "Blood and Sand," where patrons synchronously yell "Toro, Toro, Toro" while the drink is topped off with tequila, an homage to the 1941 Tyrone Power film about bullfighting.

Toro Mata

Toro Mata is a type of Peruvian music initially developed by black slaves in Cañete and Chincha.

Torotoro, Bolivia

Toro Toro (or Torotoro) is a town in the Charcas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia.

Verna Gillis

After the closing of Soundscape in 1984, Gillis worked career development with such musicians as Youssou N'dour from Senegal, Yomo Toro from Puerto Rico; Salif Keita form Mali, and Carlinhos Brown from Brazil.

Vicuña Mackenna Avenue

Vicuña Mackenna Avenue begins at the intersection between the Alameda, in Plaza Italia, extending south towards the commune of Puente Alto, where its name changes to Avenida Concha y Toro.

William Takaku

He co-wrote, with Albert Toro, and directed the television miniseries Warriors in Transit (1992).


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