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unusual facts about Valencia, Córdoba


John Dundas Cochrane

John Dundas Cochrane died in 1825 in Valencia, Colombia while in transit, again on foot, to his family's mining interests in South America.


2000 in association football

UEFA Champions League: Spanish giants Real Madrid and Valencia faced off in the first ever all-country European cup final with Madrid winning 3-0.

Abel Posse

Abel Parentini Posse, born Córdoba, Argentina, on 7 January 1934, is an Argentine diplomat and writer.

Agustín Leonardo

In 1620 he was a brother in the convent of that order at Puig near Valencia, where he painted for the sacristy four large canvases: Finding the Image of Our Lady at Puig, Siege and Surrender of Valencia to King James; and the Battle of the Puig in which St. George fought with Christians.

Airén

In 1914, García de los Salmones mentioned the cultivation of Lairén in Madrid, Villacañas (Toledo), Tarancón (Cuenca), Campo de Criptana (Ciudad Real), Frejenal de la Sierra (Badajoz), Montefrío (Granada), Baeza (Jaén), Coin (Málaga), Fiñana (Almería), Cazalla de la Sierra (Sevilla), Espera (Cádiz) and Córdoba.

Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos

The Umayyads fell to the Abbasid Caliphate and the surviving member of the Umayyad Dynasty, Abd ar-Rahman I, fled to Córdoba.

Almohad reforms

He was also well educated, having studied across the Islamic world in Alexandria, Córdoba, Mecca, and Baghdad.

Amorcito Corazón

Elizabeth Álvarez - Isabel Cordero Valencia- daughter of Sarita and Leopoldo, in love with Fernando.

Aravaca

During the long Spanish postwar period (1940-1959) millions of Spaniards left their homes in the poor provinces to migrate to industrial areas such as Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and the Basque Country.

Aserca Airlines

Aserca's operations were centred around Valencia, but it managed to develop Caracas as a hub after 1994 which made it experience a significant growth in its market share, expanding its network to Bogotá, Lima and Miami (no longer in service) via Aruba.

Azahara

Medina Azahara, the ruins of an Arab Muslim medieval palace in Córdoba, Spain

Carmen Baroja

Closing down after six issues her father went back to his profession as a mining engineer taking the family to Burjassot near València, Cestona in Guipúzcoa and San Sebastián.

Castaño

Carlos Castaño Gil, (1965-2004) the founder of the Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Córdoba and Urabá (ACCU), an extreme right paramilitary organization in Colombia.

Christophe Rochus

He reached the semi-finals of the Hamburg Masters in 2005 and was runner-up in two ATP tournaments, Valencia and Rotterdam.

Ciro y los Persas

The most important performances were in 2010 and made a CD, Orfeo Superdomo in Cordoba, in the theater Angel Bustelo, Mendoza, in San Juan, and Luna Park Stadium of Buenos Aires.

Colombian Tinamou

The Colombian Tinamou, Crypturellus erythropus columbianus, is a tinamou found in Córdoba, Sucre, Bolívar, and Antioquia in north-central Colombia.

Devin Del Do

Del Do grew up in Valencia, California, played for the West Valley Samba club team, and attended Hart High School where he was twice named to the All-Foothill League first team, and was his team's Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year as both a junior and senior.

Enova

L'Ènova, a municipality in the province of Valencia, Spain, also known as Énova

Estrella del Valle

She was born in Córdoba, Veracruz, in 1971 and studied creative writing at the Writer's General Society of Mexico (Sociedad General de Escritores de México, SOGEM).

Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus

Relics believed to be those of Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus, are venerated in Valencia, Spain.

Fermín Zanón Cervera

Fermín Zanón Cervera (1875–1944) was a Spanish zoologist, born in Godelleta, Valencia.

FIA WTCC Race of Spain

The race has been run at Valencia every year since the return of the series in 2005 season.

Fundación Impulsar

Since its founding in Salta, eight other branches of the Fundación Impulsar have been established throughout the country, in Tartagal, Tucuman, Mendoza, Cordoba, Missiones, San Luis, Puerto San Julian and in Buenos Aires.

Gare de Lyon-Jean Macé

The station allows passengers to regional trains from Bourgoin-Jallieu, La Tour-du-Pin, Saint-André-le-Gaz, Vienne, Valencia, Mâcon and Villefranche-sur-Saône, according to their final destination, to use the new station as additional entry point in the center of Lyon.

Horacio Lavandera

Lavandera has been winning competitions since his youth, including the 10th Competition 'Meeting of Children and Young Musicians' (Córdoba, Argentina), and the Vº Biennial Youth Competition 99/00, the latter including a jury composed of maestros Martin Lovett, Malcolm Binns, and Elizabeth Robson.

Hug de Llupià

Hug de Llupià i Bages (Roussillon, ? - ?, 1427), was bishop of Tortosa, bishop of Valencia, and a Catalan writer in Latin language.

I.Ae. 34 Clen Antú

Between 1946 and 1956 the Fabrica Miitar de Aviones of Córdoba, Argentina was known as the Instituto Aerotecnico (I.Ae.).

Islamic pottery

The first centre was Malaga, producing wares in traditional Islamic styles, but from the 13th century Muslim potters migrated to the reconquered Christian city of Valencia, outlying suburbs of which such as Manises and Paterna became the most important centres, manufacturing mainly for Christian markets in styles increasingly influenced by European decoration, though retaining a distinct character.

Jesús Salvador Pérez

Jesús Salvador Pérez Llerena (born December 25, 1971 in Córdoba, Bolívar) is a retired male boxer from Colombia, who competed in the bantamweight division (– 54 kg) during his career.

John Barlow Hudson

Hudson has three degrees, finished in the California Institute Fine Arts, Valencia, CA in 1972 and 1972, and there is nother one institute, he learned at Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH.

José Valencia Murillo

José Luis Valencia Murillo (born March 19, 1982 in Quininde, Esmeraldas) is an Ecuadorian footballer.

Juan Garaizabal

In 2006 he finished his first solo conceptual art piece, a garden of giant flowers that was acquired and installed by the city of Valencia for the America’s Cup of Sailing, and which continues to illuminate the City of Porcelain every night.

Karloff Lagarde, Jr.

César Baltazar de Lucio Valencia (born October 21, 1970) is a semi-retired Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Karloff Lagarde, Jr.

Laura Owens

In 1994 she attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, ME and she received her MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA.

Luis Fernández de Córdoba y Arce

A Spanish noble gentleman of El Carpio, in the Province of Cordova and member of an influential family, Luis Fernandez de Cordoba y Arce made his military career in the navy becoming a general of the Navy of the Philippines.

Manuel Galduf

Galduf studied at the Valencia Musical University School (Orchestra musical direction, composition, violin, piano and oboe) and undertook postgraduate education with Volker Wangenheim (German conductor) and Igor Markevitch (Ukrainian conductor).

Miguel Ángel López Jaén

However, in April, López Jaén qualified into his first ATP tournament, beating No. 161 Dušan Vemić in the qualifying round before bowing out to No. 27 Nicolás Almagro in the main draw in Valencia, Spain.

Nicaraguan peso

It was subdivided into 100 centavos and when it was introduced, it was worth 8 reales, and had the same weight and mass as the peso fuerte, but due to recurrent devaluations, it was replaced by the córdoba at a rate of 12½ pesos = 1 peso fuerte = 1 córdoba.

Niccolò Antonio Colantonio

His paintings show the mingling of several cultures, as Alfonso V of Aragon had brought to Naples artists from Iberia, including the Valencian Jacomart, Burgundy, Provence, and Flanders.

Paolo da San Leocadio

His other works include a Virgin of the Grace in the church of San Miguel at Enguera (province of Valencia), a St. Michael in the Diocesan Museum of Valencia, the Virgin of the Knight of Montesa in the Museo del Prado of Madrid and the Holy Conversation in the National Gallery, London.

Pinet

Pinet, Valencia, a municipality in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain

Plaza del Potro

The reference in Don Quixote can be found in the Penguin Classics edition, translated by John D. Rutherford, in Chapter III as " ... Potro in Cordova ...", and in the Barnes and Noble edition, translated by Tobias Smollett, in Chapter III as " ... the spout of Cordoba ...".

Rafael Calvo Serer

Rafael Calvo Serer (born 6 October 1916 at Valencia, Spain, died 19 April 1988 at Pamplona, Navarra, Spain) was a Professor of History of Spanish Philosophy, a writer, essayist.

Ricardo Valencia

Nicknamed el Chilenito (the little Chilean), Santa Ana-born and raised Ricardo Valencia joined the newly formed team FAS in 1949.

Selectividad

#Galician, Catalan or Valencian and Basque are also common subjects in Galicia; Catalonia and Balearic Islands, Valencia; and the Basque Country, respectively.

Society for Experimental Biology

The main meeting is held in the UK or continental Europe (Swansea, Wales, 2002; Southampton, England, 2003; Edinburgh, Scotland, 2004; Barcelona, Spain, 2005; Canterbury, England, 2006; Glasgow, Scotland 2007, 2009, 2011; Marseille, France, 2008; Prague, Czech Republic, 2010; Salzburg, Austria, 2012; Valencia, Spain, planned for 2013).

Spanish rock

There are also large rock scenes in the large cities of the Basque Country such as Bilbao and San Sebastián, Valencia, and in Zaragoza but bands and venues exist throughout the country.

Suspension bridges road

In the Province of Cordoba, the mountain range of Sierras Grandes acted as a barrier dividing the territory and hampering communications between populations located east and west of the summits of Achala.

Valencia, Bukidnon

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Valencia, Negros Oriental

It stands at the foot of Mount Talinis and marks the spot where the combined Filipino and American troops including the Negrosanon guerrilla units fought the Japanese Imperial Army toward the end of World War II.

Without Grace

Without Grace would later perform to over 700 people at the GP2 Series launch in Valencia on April 2006, which was attended by the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Bernie Ecclestone, Flavio Briatore and Patrick Kluivert.


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