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2 unusual facts about Torre


Niño Ricardo

Ricardo was influenced by fellow flamenco players, including: Pinto, Torre, El Niño Gloria, Escacena, and Antonio Mairena.

Soča

According to the Roman historian Strabo, the river named Aesontius which in Roman times flowed past Aquileia to the Adriatic Sea was essentially the Natisone and Torre river system.


1958 World Series

Jerry Lumpe grounded again to Torre, who again threw too high to Burdette for another error, loading the bases.

Alfieri clan

In the mid-1980s, the Alfieri clan expanded its hegemony in the province of Naples in different directions towards Pomigliano d'Arco, Agro Nocerino Sarcese along the coastline between Castellamere di Stabia and Torre Annunziata and into the Vesuvius area in the municipalities of Somma Vesuviana, Sant'Anastasia and Volla.

Andy Mineo

Andy Mineo featuring KB - “Young” (Shot by: Kyle Dettman and Edited by: Francis De La Torre)

Angelo Ruggiero

Ruggiero's father was a first-generation immigrant from Torre de Ruggiero in Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy who was not involved in organized crime.

António Nobre

As a student in Coimbra, and according to his own words, he only felt at ease in his "tower" (referring to the Torre de Anto - Anto Tower, in upper Coimbra, where he lived) during the "sinister period" he spent studying law at the University of Coimbra.

Architecture of Argentina

Since the latter part of the 20th century, Argentine architects have become more prominent in the design of prime real estate projects in the country, such as the Le Parc tower and Torre Aqualina, by Mario Roberto Álvarez, and the Torre Fortabat by Sánchez Elía, as well as around the world, most notably the Norwest Center and the Petronas Towers, both by César Pelli.

Berlin Victory Column

The column itself, inspired to Heinrich Strack by the "torre faro" of Rodolfo Vantini (which stands in the monumetal cemetery of Brescia), consists of four solid blocks of sandstone, three of which are decorated by cannon barrels captured from the enemies of the aforementioned three wars.

Carlos María de la Torre

Carlos María Javier de la Torre y Nieto (November 14, 1873, Quito, Ecuador – July 31, 1968, Quito, Ecuador) was an Ecuadorian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Cerâmica de Valadares

Some of Cerâmica de Valadares' projects worldwide, include Palm Islands, in Dubai, the new church of Santíssima Trindade, in Fátima, Dubai Sports city and Torre Sacyr-VallHermoso in Madrid, Spain.

Claudio de la Torre

Claudio de la Torre (October 30, 1895 - January 10, 1973) was a Spanish novelist, poet, dramatist and film director.

Cuatro Torres Business Area

Designed by Henry N. Cobb and built by Obrascón Huarte Lain, the 57-storey Torre Espacio (Spanish for Space Tower) is 224.5 metres (736 feet) tall.

Davide Antonio Fossati

In 1728 he painted the dining-hall in the monastery of St. Martinsberg at Pressburg; but in 1730 he returned to Venice, and in the next year executed the wall-paintings in the villa at Torre, near Este, as also in the nunnery of Santa Margaretta, near Lauis.

Duke of Castel Duino

The title was created along with the additional title of Prince della Torre e Tasso in 1923 for Prince Alexander of Thurn and Taxis following his naturalisation in Kingdom of Italy.

Federico Wanga

As Bishop he founded several hospitals and had a defensive tower (Torre Vanga) built on the Adige in Trento.

Félix B. Caignet

Caignet enjoyed great success in 1934 with the detective dramas of “Chan Li Po”, based on the American Charlie Chan movies, broadcast on CMKD of the Palacio de la Torre.

Fleming College Florence

Originally founded in Lugano, Switzerland in 1968, the College relocated to Florence, Italy in 1972 to Torre Di Gattaia, just off Viale Michelangelo on a hill above the city.

Gran Torre Santiago

The Gran Torre Santiago (Spanish for "Grand Santiago Tower"), previously known as Torre Gran Costanera, is a 64-story tall skyscraper under construction in Santiago, Chile.

Infante Enrique, Duke of Seville

Francisco de Paula de Borbón y Castellví (29 March 1853 – 28 March 1942) who, in 1877 married Maria Luisa de La Torre y Bassave, and had issue.

Joaquín Ascaso Budria

Historian Alejandro Díez Torre recovered and published in 2006 a book written by Ascaso himself, “Memorias, 1936-1938: Hacia un nuevo Aragón” (“Memoirs, 1936-1938: Towards a new Aragon”), which was edited by the University of Zaragoza.

José Bernardo de Tagle y Bracho, 1st Marquis of Torre Tagle

He then married Doña Rosa Juliana Sánchez de Tagle; who was also a member of an important Cantabrian aristocratic family originated from Santillana del Mar, which apparently beloned to the Marquis of Altamira and shared a common ancestor with the Marquis of Torre Tagle.

Jose Ramon de la Torre

José Ramón de la Torre is a Puerto Rican academic who was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture (ICP) and the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center.

Matarraña/Matarranya

Some of the western municipalities that remained in Teruel Province, Aguaviva (Aiguaviva de Bergantes), Belmonte de San José (Bellmunt de Mesquí), La Cañada de Verich (La Canyada de Beric), La Cerollera (La Sorollera), La Codoñera (La Codonyera), La Ginebrosa and Torrevelilla (La Torre de Vilella) were later segregated from Matarranya and included in the Bajo Aragón comarca.

Ministry of Ground Transport

The ministry has its headquarters in the Torre MTT in Chacao, Caracas, Miranda.

Pablo S. Torre

On the March 11, 2013 edition of Around the Horn, Torre boldly predicted Southern University would defeat Gonzaga the following Thursday and thus become the first No. 16 seed to defeat a No. 1 seed in the history of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament since the field was expanded to 64 teams in 1985.

Patriarchate of Aquileia

The Patriarchate of Aquileia was an early center of Christianity, an historical state and Catholic episcopal see, and today a Catholic titular see in northeastern Italy, centred on the ancient city of Aquileia situated at the head of the Adriatic, on what is now the Italian seacoast, at the confluence of the Anse and the Torre.

Pinhal da Torre

Pinhal da Torre uses mainly Portuguese grape varieties such as Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca, Trincadeira, Castelão, Arinto and Fernão Pires, which can be combined perfectly with foreign grape varieties such as Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.

Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois

Born at the Château de Kerscamp, Hennebont, Morbihan, France, as Count Pierre Marie Xavier Raphael Antoine Melchior de Polignac, he was the fourth son and youngest child of Count Maxence Melchior Edouard Marie Louis de Polignac (1857–1936) and his Mexico-born wife whom he wed in Paris in 1881, Susana Mariana Estefanía Francisca de Paula del Corazón de la Torre y Mier (1858–1913).

Raffaello Ducceschi

He was trained by from 1980 to 1984 by Roberto Vanzillotta, 1985-1986 by Antonio La Torre, the first half of 1987 by Peter Pastorini and from May 1987 to all 1988 by Sandro Damilano in Saluzzo with Maurizio and Giorgio Damilano.

Rodolfo Torre Cantú

On the morning of June 28, 2010, while traveling to General Pedro J. Méndez International Airport to board a flight to the city of Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas, for a campaign event, Torre was murdered along with six of those in his entourage.

Rosa Juliana Sánchez de Tagle, Marquesa of Torre Tagle

She is also a shares the same ancestor as his husband, the Marquis of Torre Tagle as they both descended from the ancient line of Tagle founded in the Kingdom of Asturias.

Sergio Mariotti

A board one score of 73.7% (+12 =4 −3) earned him the individual bronze medal (behind Karpov and Delgado, equal with Torre) also securing his final grandmaster norm.

There's Gonna Be a God Damn Riot in Here

It is produced by Dennis Del Torre and directed by Jon Monday for mondayMEDIA distribution.

Torre Bormida

Torre Bormida borders the following municipalities: Bergolo, Bosia, Cortemilia, Cravanzana, Feisoglio, and Levice.

Torre de la Parada

The Torre de la Parada is a former hunting lodge that was located in present-day Monte de El Pardo in Fuencarral-El Pardo, near the Royal Palace of El Pardo, some way outside Madrid in the Sierra de Guadarrama.

Torre de' Busi

Torre de' Busi borders the following municipalities: Calolziocorte, Caprino Bergamasco, Carenno, Cisano Bergamasco, Costa Valle Imagna, Monte Marenzo, Roncola.

Torre Egger

In January 2008, Rolando Garibotti and Colin Haley made the first complete traverse of the entire massif, climbing Aguja Standhardt, Punta Herron, Torre Egger and Cerro Torre together.

In 1976, John Bragg, Jim Donini and Jay Wilson from the United States climbed Torre Egger by climbing first to the col between the peak and Cerro Torre, the Col of Conquest, and then up the ridge to the peak.

Torre Europa

Torres Europa (Torre Europa 1 to 5), complex of skyscrapers in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, suburb of Barcelona

Torre Mayor

In 2003 Torre Mayor surpassed by less than one meter the 225-meter- (738-foot-) high towers of the Parque Central Complex in Caracas (Venezuela).

Torre Reforma

It is being built at Paseo de la Reforma #483, across the street from the Torre Mayor, at the site formerly occupied by a nightclub on the Paseo de la Reforma.

Torre Telefónica

Montjuïc Communications Tower, also known as Torre Telefónica, located in Barcelona, Spain

Torre Titania

Torre Titania is the twelfth tallest skyscraper in Madrid, Spain and has become the country's largest mall.


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