Torre La Sagrera [SEP] architect
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Torre La Sagrera


Torre La Sagrera also Sagrera Tower also Torre del Triangulo Ferroviario was a failed skyscraper project designed by Frank Gehry in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It would have been 148 metres tall and had 34 floors, and would have become the third tallest building in Barcelona behind Torre Mapfre and Hotel Arts, and sixteenth tallest in Spain. The building was to be located at the end of the Rambla de Prim (Railway Triangle Sagrera Sant Andreu), giving the streets of the Via Trajan, Josep Verneda Soldevila and the way in the
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La Sagrera


La Sagrera is a neighborhood of Barcelona. La Sagrera is bordered to the north by Sant Andreu del Palomar and to the east by the neighborhood of La Verneda; included by the south end is the zone named Navas, and to the west the Congress area. The neighborhood of is integrated with the 9th district of the city of Barcelona, officially taking the name of (Saint Andrew), although it was instead part of . keeps closer links with than with other nearby neighborhoods. This name La Sagrera dates to the 11th
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Guillem Sagrera


Guillem Sagrera (Felanitx, Mallorca ca. 1380–Naples, 1456) was a Gothic sculptor and architect from Mallorca. A native of Felanitx, in Mallorca, in the early 15th century he was director of the works of the Cathedral of Perpignan (then part of the Kingdom of Mallorca) in late-Gothic style; in the same style is La Seu Cathedral of Palma de Mallorca, in which he also served as director of the works. In Palma is also what is considered his masterwork, the Llotja dels Mercaders (1426–1447
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Early classical guitar recordings


, Francisco Salinas (1892–1993), Regino Sainz de la Maza (1896–1981) (Concierto de Aranjuez, rec. 1948 dedicated to Regino Sainz de la Maza), José Rey de la Torre (1917–1994), Nelly Ezcaray (born 1920), etc. Some of the recordings have been reissued on CD. Julio Sagreras also made radio recordings, though it is not known if the tracks are still available, or if they have been released on CD. There are probably still more early guitar recordings of high value and
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La Sagrera-Meridiana station


La Sagrera-Meridiana, simply known as La Sagrera, is an interchange complex underneath Avinguda Meridiana, in the Barcelona district of Sant Andreu, in Catalonia, Spain. It consists of a Rodalies de Catalunya station and three Barcelona Metro stations. The Rodalies de Catalunya station is on the Lleida to Barcelona via Manresa railway, between Sant Andreu Arenal and Arc de Triomf, and is operated by Renfe Operadora. It is served by Barcelona commuter rail service lines and , as well as regional rail line . The Barcelona Metro stations are
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La Sagrera


in 1946). This factory moved south to the by 1971. Currently, a group of apartment buildings, schools and a park named is there. In this (continuing) process, houses and workshops have been replaced by many blocks of apartments. The transformation of the neighbourhood continues, particularly with Sagrera railway station, currently under constriction, which will link up the Barcelona Metro with local, regional and high-speed rail, with urban buses and with taxi services. The neighbourhood of La Sagrera is well-supported by
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Llotja de la Seda


the new Lonja of Valencia was derived from a similar structure in the Lonja of Palma de Majorca, built by the architect Guillem Sagrera in 1448. The architect in charge of the new Lonja was Pere Compte, who built the main body of the building – the Trading Hall (or "Sala de Contractació" in Valencian) – in only fifteen years (1483–1498). So is written in a blue band that runs along all four walls of the Trading Hall, also called "Hall of Columns". It proclaims in
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Alfonso de Santa Cruz


Alfonso de Santa Cruz (1632 - 25 Sep 1698) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (1683–1698). Alfonso de Santa Cruz was born in 1632. On 15 Feb 1683, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo and Titular Bishop of "Methone". He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo until his death on 25 Sep 1698. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Anselmo Gómez de la Torre, Bishop of Tui (1690)
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AVE


to the new estimations. The three Basque capitals will be further connected with Madrid via Valladolid, and with the French border via Irun and Bayonne. The Sants–La Sagrera tunnel links the Sants station in Barcelona through the Eixample with the future La Sagrera station. The tunnel passes under the streets of Provença and Mallorca, using a short part of the Diagonal to link between these streets. In the Carrer de Mallorca, the tunnel passes directly in front of Gaudí's masterpiece, the basilica of the Sagrada Família, and in
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List of high-speed railway lines


to the new estimations. The three Basque capitals will be further connected with Madrid via Valladolid, and with the French border via Irun and Bayonne. The Sants–La Sagrera tunnel links the Sants station in Barcelona through the Eixample with the future La Sagrera station. The tunnel passes under the streets of Provença and Mallorca, using a short part of the Diagonal to link between these streets. In the Carrer de Mallorca, the tunnel passes directly in front of Gaudí's masterpiece, the basilica of the Sagrada Família, and in
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Barcelona Metro line 4


Line 4, also known as Trinitat Nova – La Pau, usually called "línia groga" (yellow line), is a line in the Barcelona Metro network operated by TMB, and part of the ATM fare-integrated transport network. It serves the northern districts of the city, and it is being extended to the new major metro and rail stations Estació de la Sagrera and Sagrera-Meridiana. Opened to the public in 1973, it serves the northern half of Barcelona using part of the infrastructure of Barcelona's first
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La Bombonera (San Juan)


on the first floor, you can find the kitchen and the bathrooms in the restaurant. It was founded by the Mallorcan of Felanitx Antoni Rigo Sagrera, with the name of "La Panaderia Mallorquina". In 1910, Antoni Rigo partnered with his cousin Gabriel Abraham Sagrera, and created the «Panaderia y Gran Confiteria. Rigo y Abraham» (Bakery and Great Confectionery. Rigo and Abraham). The bakery was expanding its offer, adding the sale of confectionery, European chocolates and soft drinks. The tigernut and coffee were
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Terrassa Museum


Jaume Cirera, among others. Casa Alegre de Sagrera was the manor house of Joaquim de Sagrera, a textile manufacturer who worked at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries. The house, renovated by Modernisme architect Melcior Viñals, is a model example of an industrial middle-class dwelling of the time. It houses a series of municipal museum collections, with works of art by Alexandre de Riquer or Joaquim Vancells, among many others, and an Oriental ceramics and porcelain collection. Of additional note are the
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Barcelona Metro line 10


by 2008, ongoing problems with its construction are going to delay its completion until as late as 2025. The line is currently operated in two sections, North and South, similarly to line 9. The section from Gorg to Bon Pastor opened on 18 April 2010, and the section from La Sagrera to Bon Pastor (except "Estació de la Sagrera" station) opened 26 June 2010. This section is operated as "L10 Nord". On 8 September 2018 the section between Foc station and the junction with the main
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Bon Pastor (Barcelona Metro)


La Sagrera and the lower platform is where run the trains towards Can Zam and Gorg stations. Until the opening of the line to La Sagrera, the lower platform was closed and all trains travelled on the upper level. The walls of the tunnel where the platforms are located are cladded with cast stone panels with different densities, curves and perforations. The process combines white pre-cast stone with a gentle acid-etched finish and encrusted glass beads that let light filter through. Each platform is equipped with white cast stone benches
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Barcelona Metro line 9


section from La Sagrera to Bon Pastor (except Sagrera station) opened on 26 June 2010. On February 12, 2016 the El Prat branch opened from Aeroport T1 to Zona Universitària stations. This is a 20 km section with 15 stations, however three stations – Aeroport Terminal de Càrrega, La Ribera and Camp Nou – did not open, as they were built to serve future developments or for technical reasons. Line 9 is being bored by a single tunnel boring machine (TBM) – where other metros bore a pair of
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La Sagrera-Meridiana station


on lines 1 (L1) and 5 (L5), as well as the northern section of line 9/10 (L9 Nord/L10), and are operated by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB). On the L1, the station is between Navas and Fabra i Puig, on the L5 between Camp de l'Arpa and Congrés, and on the L9/L10 between Plaça Maragall (future) and Sagrera - TAV (under construction). The station is also projected to become the terminus of the L4 once the extension
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Torre Mayor


building in Latin America. The Torre Mayor was developed by Canadian businessman Paul Reichmann, who also maintains part ownership. It is also part-owned by a group of institutional investors. The building was designed by the architectural firms of Zeidler Partnership Architects and Executive Architects Adamson Associates Architects, both of Toronto. The structural engineers and designers were The Cantor Seinuk Group from New York City in association with Enrique Martínez Romero S.A. in Mexico City (Engineering News-Record, June 30, 2003). Located at Paseo de la Reforma
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Julio Salvador Sagreras


Julio Salvador Sagreras (22 November 1879 – 20 July 1942) was an Argentine guitarist, pedagogue, and composer. Sagreras was born in Buenos Aires. Both his parents were guitarists who taught him the guitar very early – his father was Gaspar Sagreras (1838–1901). Julio Sagreras participated in concerts from the age of 6. At age 12, he studied piano and composition. He progressed quickly and became a professor of guitar at the Académia de Bellas Artes in 1899. In Buenos Aires, he met the editor Francisco Nuñez
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Molí de la Torre


the building. The building was constructed in 1853, as indicated by the wrought iron lintel of the door, by an order of Narcis Fonsdeviela, Marques de la Torre. The building is attributed to the architect Josep Roca i Bros who built the most of public works at that time. Initially it was a Gristmill, first of Watermills benefit from the irrigation of Alguemà river, passing through "Pont del Princep" (also called "Rec the molins"). On the back passes an artificial canal which until 1950 generated
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Luis de Vega


Luis de Vega (? - Madrid,1562) was a 16th-century Spanish architect appointed royal architect of Charles I. He renovated the old Alcazar of Madrid, the vanished royal residence, and transformed the pavilion on mount El Pardo, into what is now the Royal Palace of El Pardo. With his nephew, the architect Gaspar de Vega, he worked on the vanished Palace of Valsaín and Torre de la Parada. In 1540 he designed the upper story of the "Patio de las Doncellas" (Courtyard of the Maidens) in
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Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes


highways. However, beginning in the early 2000s, and as of 2007, revamping project for Glòries has started, which is aimed to give the square a new role in Barcelona and revitalize the northern districts of the city, under the name 22@. These plans supplement other large-scale plans in Sagrera and the Fòrum area. The first installment of this project was the construction of the controversial Torre Agbar skyscraper. Plaça de les Glòries, which was then well outside the city, was originally featured in the mid-19th-century Cerdà
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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. It was mostly destroyed by fire when taken in 1714 by Austrian troops in the War of Spanish Succession, though the ruins remain. It was first built in 1547-49, with Luis de Vega as the architect. During the years 1635–40 it was a site for a major architectural and
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Torre Altus


Torre Altus is one of the tallest skyscrapers in Mexico City, Mexico. It is a residential condominium tower located on Paseo de los Laureles y Alcanfores in the Bosques de las Lomas district of the Miguel Hidalgo borough in the city. Bosques de las Lomas is one of the more exclusive residential and commercial districts in Latin America. Construction began in 1994 and was completed in 1998. The building was designed by architects Augusto H. Álvarez and José Adolfo Wiechers, principals of the firm Álvarez y Wiechers. When it was completed, it
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Architecture of Madrid


This sense of modernity was nonetheless later introduced at some point, with buildings such as the Cabrero & Aburto's Casa Sindical or the headquarters for the Alto Estado Mayor de la Defensa, by Gutiérrez Soto. With the advent of democracy and Spanish economic development, skyscrapers appeared in the city such as Torre Picasso, designed by Minoru Yamasaki; Torres Blancas and Torre BBVA (both by Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza) and in the 1990s, the Gate of Europe, architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee. Moreover, in the 1990s
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Torre Aqualina


Paraná River. The Torre Aqualina was completed in late 2009, and was until the completion of the Dolfines Guaraní towers, the tallest building in Rosario, as well as in Argentina outside the city of Buenos Aires. Torre Aqualina was designed by Mario Roberto Álvarez, a Buenos Aires-born architect who also designed (among others) the Le Parc tower (the tallest residential building in Argentina), the seat of the Rosario branch of the Banco de la Nación Argentina, the intelligent building of the Rosario Board of Trade,
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Julio Salvador Sagreras


, who later published a hundred compositions of Sagreras. In 1905 he opened his own school, Academia de Guitarra. Between 1900 and 1936, Sagreras gave many concerts in concert halls and saloons, and also participated in radio broadcasts. Sagreras is also known for his methodical and well-annotated guitar instruction series. It consists of seven books that take the student from the beginner to the advanced stage. The series is so well thought out and so incrementally progressive that it has often been said that the student can teach himself.
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Susana Torre


type intact, Torre’s building has created a typological invention through her challenge of program assumptions based on gender.” “It is a “rare example of how a feminist perspective can alter both the spatial organization, influenced by social conventions, and the form of the building.” Torre was one of the architects selected to represent the United States at the International Exhibition of Architecture, La Biennale di Venezia, Italy, in 1980. Her drawings and projects have been exhibited in numerous venues, including the Cooper-Hewitt Museum
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Molí de la Torre


his art". In 1986 the building was sold to the architect Juan Antoni Rodeja and other partners in Figueres. They built three luxury homes and a few years later the building was sold. The Molí de la Torre became a museum of Naïve art in 1996 when French biologist Albert Laporte and his Spanish wife Ana Perez bought the house. In May 1998 they opened a museum of naive art to show their collection of 1,500 paintings and sculptures. The initiative had a little interest and LaPorte dream ended after 2 years when the
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Paseo de la Reforma


. Remarkable buildings built in recent years are Torre Mayor, Torre HSBC in the Ángel roundabout, Torre Libertad with St. Regis Hotel in the Diana fountain roundabout, and Reforma 222 designed by famous Mexican architect Teodoro González de León at Reforma and Havre St. Recently opened mix-used developments include a Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Residences and a Park Hyatt Hotel & Residences. In 2019, Reforma gained attention as Shake Shack opened its first restaurant nationwide in front of the Angel of Independence. The opening was so popular that on opening day
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Robert Seppings


Sir Robert Seppings, FRS (11 December 176725 April 1840) was an English naval architect. Seppings was born to Robert and Lydia Seppings at Fakenham, Norfolk, on 11 December 1767 and baptised three days later. In 1782 he was apprenticed in HMNB Devonport, Plymouth. In 1800, when he had risen to be master shipwright assistant in the yard, he invented a device which greatly reduced the time required to repair the lower portions of ships in dry dock when compared with the laborious process of lifting then in vogue.
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Telecommunications Tower


Torre de las Telecomunicaciones (Telecommunications Tower) or Torre Antel (Antel Tower) is a 157 meter tall building with 35 floors in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is the headquarters of Uruguay's government-owned telecommunications company, ANTEL, and is the tallest building in the country. It was designed by architect Carlos Ott. It is situated by the side of Montevideo's bay. The tower was completed by American Bridge and other design/built consortium team members in 2002. With a total area of 19.459 m², the complex
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Montevideo


to the complex. The square contains various works of art, notably a sculpture by renowned Uruguayan sculptor Pablo Atchugarry. World Trade Center 4, with 40 floors and of space is under construction . Torre de las Telecomunicaciones (Telecommunications Tower) or Torre Antel (Antel Tower) is the , 37 floor headquarters of Uruguay's government-owned telecommunications company, ANTEL, and is the tallest building in the country. It was designed by architect Carlos Ott. It is situated by the side of the Bay of Montevideo. The tower
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Sagrera railway station


and Sant Martí. This project includes the rebuilding of Sant Andreu Comtal railway station, to the north of Sagrera, and the construction of a linear artificial park over the railways running on the corridor, which will be put underground. At an estimated cost of €2 billion, the project is funded and managed by Barcelona Sagrera Alta Velocitat (BSAV), a public partnership made up of the Spanish Ministry of Public Works and Transport, the Government of Catalonia and the Barcelona City Council. The idea of a new central station
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Diego Pérez de la Torre


general outbreak was deferred. Don Diego Pérez de la Torre was born in Almendralejo, Spain in 1482. His family were most likely hidalgos. His grandmother Juana de la Torre had served the Catholic Monarchs as the governess for their child who would become the Emperor Charles V. Diego Pérez de la Torre was married to doña Catalina Mejía. They had at least four known children: the priest, fray Diego de la Torre, Melchor Pérez, Catalina de la Torre and María Álvarez de la Torre who was married to Captain Hernán Flores
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Avinguda Meridiana


Corts Catalanes and Avinguda Diagonal. It absorbs the traffic coming from the AP-7 motorway, which makes it a densely transited area. The avenue goes through the following neighbourhoods of Barcelona: El Clot, Navas, La Sagrera, Sant Andreu de Palomar, El Congrés i els Indians, Vilapicina, Porta, La Prosperitat, La Trinitat Nova, Trinitat Vella and Vallbona, largely working-class areas of the city. Architecturally, the area is blunt and lacking in aesthetic pretension, but includes a few significant apartment blocks such as the
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Salvador Torres


the architect of the dream" for his role in inspiring and launching the project. Torres was one of the founders of the Centro Cultural de la Raza, also in San Diego. He helped form Los Toltecas en Aztlán, a Chicano artists group that was instrumental in converting a former water tank in Balboa Park into a museum and cultural center with the specific mission of promoting, preserving and creating Chicano, native Mexicano, Latin American and Indian art and culture. He became the center's first director. He produced murals for
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Sep Ruf


Sep Ruf (full name Franz Joseph Ruf; 9 March 1908, in Munich – 29 July 1982, in Munich) was a German architect and designer, belonging to the Bauhaus group. He was one of the representatives of modern architecture in Germany after World War II. His elegant buildings received high credits in Germany and Europe and his German pavilion of the Expo 58 in Brussels, built together with Egon Eiermann, achieved worldwide recognition. He attended the Interbau 1957 in Berlin-Hansaviertel and was one of the three architects who
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Titanium La Portada


Titanium La Portada is an office building in Santiago, Chile. Located in the capital's high-end financial district of El Golf, it is the second tallest skyscraper in the country. Construction began in January 2007, and was completed in January 2010. It was surpassed in height by the then unfinished Gran Torre Santiago in November 2010. It was officially inaugurated on May 3, 2010. The architects are Abraham Senerman and Andrés Weil. Titanium La Portada has a height of at the roof and 52 above ground floors,
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Néstor Martín-Fernández de la Torre


Tenerife" in Santa Cruz and the "Teatro Pérez Galdós" in Las Palmas and initiated a campaign to promote tourism, which he called "Tipismo" (picturesqueness). He died suddenly, from complications related to pneumonia, leaving several major projects unfinished. In 1956, the "Museo Néstor" was inaugurated in the city centre of Las Palmas. It is located in the "Pueblo Canario", a cultural complex designed by his brother, , an architect. The complex includes decorations by Néstor and contains the majority of
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Ángel de la Torre


Playing in international events, he made the acquaintance of Ernest Jones, who had a major impact on the principles used in de la Torre's teaching. Having taught himself French and English, de la Torre was able to teach in three languages. Born in Priego de Cordoba, Spain, his uncle, Pedro de la Torre, was the greenskeeper at Club de las Cuarenta Fanegas, which was the first golf course in Spain. His father, Ricardo de la Torre y Torres, worked on the grounds. At the age
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Andrea La Torre


Andrea La Torre (born June 14, 1997) is an Italian professional basketball player, who currently plays for Pallacanestro Cantù of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). On July 6, 2015, La Torre signed with Olimpia Milano. On July 17, 2015, La Torre was sent on loan to Angelico Biella. On November 8, 2018, La Torre signed a three-year deal with Pallacanestro Cantù. La Torre was a member of the Under-16, Under-18, and Under-19 Italian national junior basketball teams.
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Robert A.M. Stern Architects


to projects across the globe with the Torre del Ángel, Reforma 350, Mexico City, Mexico in 2000; Diagonal Mar Entertainment and Retail Center and Residential Development, Barcelona, Spain in 2001; Torre Almirante, Avenida Barroso, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2004; and Castelo Building, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2008. The firm's most recent work for Hines includes Tour Carpe Diem, La Défense, Paris, France completed in 2013 and One Horizon Center, Gurgaon, Haryana, India completed in 2014. An
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La Llotja de Lleida


provides a beautiful view for people living in the neighbourhood and serves an extra place for conference guests to sojourn. The original plan of Lleida's city council was hiring renowned architect Rafael Moneo, who finally declined the offer, and a total of 7 different architect studios presented their proposals in 2004: Mecanoo, Foreign Office Architects headed by Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Josep Llinás, Elías Torres & Martínez Lapeña, Carlos Ferrater, Ramon Artigues, Ramon Sanabria, Ramon Maria Puig and Juan Navarro Baldeweg. Its construction was first proposed by
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José De La Torre


traded De La Torre to the Boston Red Sox for Brent Lillibridge during the 2012 season. The Red Sox invited De La Torre to spring training as a non-roster invitee in 2013. De La Torre was named to the Puerto Rico national baseball team for the 2013 World Baseball Classic. De La Torre's contract was purchased from Triple-A Pawtucket on May 9, 2013, to help with a battered bullpen after Joel Hanrahan was placed on the 60-day disabled list. It was De La Torre's first call-up
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Urrieles Massif


Tirso, with its 2,641 meters of altitude. Also are the Sin Nombre tower (2,638 meters and currently in stages of being baptized as Schulze tower, en honor of this pioneering figure of the Picos de Eruopa), the Casiano de Prado tower (2,622 m), la torre de la Llastrias (2,621 m), la torre Blanca (2,617 m), la torre de la Palanca (2,614 m), la torre Penalara (2,607m) and la torre del Hoyo Grande (2,602 m). To the
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Susana Torre


Susana Torre (born 1944) is an Argentine-born American architect, critic and educator, based in New York City (1968–2008) and in Carboneras, Almeria, Spain (since 2009). Torre has developed a career that combined “theoretical concerns with the actual practice of building” and architectural and urban design with teaching and writing. Torre was the first woman invited to design a building in Columbus, IN, “a town internationally known for its collection of buildings designed by prominent architects.” In 1977 Torre organized
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Lola de la Torre


Dolores de la Torre Champsaur, better known as Lola de la Torre, (born 1902, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) was a Canarian musician and pioneer of musicology in the Canary Islands. Lola de la Torre was born on September 25, 1902 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. She was the daughter of the baritone Néstor de la Torre Comminges and Dolores Champsaur Millares. She attended school on the island of Tenerife where her parents lived until 1918, and at the age of ten began studying the piano under Antonio Bonnin
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Education in Mexico


When President Cárdenas chose Manuel Avila Camacho as his successor, he chose a moderate, particularly on church-state issues where education was contentious. In office, Avila Camacho ended socialist education. Initially, the Ministry of Education continued various policies from the Cárdenas era, but with Avila Camacho's appointment of Jaime Torres Bodet as head of the SEP, government policy sought to raise educational standards and invest in teacher training. Torres Bodet founded the National Institute of Teacher Training. He sought to create a curriculum that was nationalist and democratic
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Castel Nuovo


center of royal power. King Alfonso V entrusted the restructuring of the Angevin fortress-palace to the Majorcan architect Guillem Sagrera, who rebuilt it in Catalan-Majorcan-Gothic style. The five round towers, four of which incorporated the previous Anjevin construction with a square plan, suitable to support the blows of the guns of the time, reiterated the defensive role of the castle. The importance of the palace as a center of royal power was instead emphasized by rebuilding the Main Gate in a Triumphal Arc shape, a masterpiece
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La Unión y el Fénix Español building


The La Unión y el Fénix Español building, destined to be the headquarters of the former insurance company "La Unión y el Fénix Español", was one of the first skyscrapers in Madrid. Since 2006 it has housed the "Petit Palace Alcalá Torre" hotel, which belongs to a hi-tech company. It is located on the corner of Alcalá street and Virgen de los Peligros street. It was built between 1928 and 1931, based on the project of the Spanish architect Modesto López Otero, with the collaboration of
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Las Torres metro station


Las Torres is a freeway-median metro station on the Line 4 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. It is built into the median of Vespucio Sur expressway. The station is located immediately north of the cloverleaf interchange of Américo Vespucio Avenue and Las Torres Avenue, which is named so because it features high tension towers along its median (Las Torres is Spanish for The Towers). Las Torres Avenue gives its name to the station. The station features a sinusoidal roof, with a much larger wave covering the
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Todd La Torre


with La Torre on vocals, "Condition Hüman". As of 2017, they are working on their third album, which La Torre has stated will include more uptempo songs. In 2009, La Torre and Matt LaPorte co-wrote the song "The Welcome Experience", which has so far only been released in demo form, and has not been revisited due to time constraints and LaPorte's death in 2011. Besides suggesting him to Crimson Glory, LaPorte also introduced La Torre to Jon Oliva (Savatage, Trans-
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La Sagrera-Meridiana station


from La Pau opens. A number of interurban bus services stop near the station. The Rodalies de Catalunya railway station was opened on 16 February 2011 and entered in service on 20 February. It is located under Avinguda Meridiana, between Hondures and Martí Molins streets. It has one access at each side of the station, one of them used by TMB too. The upper level has a hall equipped with ticket vending machines and a left-luggage office. On the lower level there are two platforms where the trains run.
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Pio La Torre


after Dalla Chiesa was murdered as well on September 3, 1982, on the orders of Mafia boss Salvatore Riina of the Corleonesi. That compelled Parliament to adopt the law La Torre initiated in a rush together with other emergency measures against the Mafia. The so-called Rognoni-La Torre Law (named after the backers of two proposals that were later unified, the Christian Democrat Minister Virginio Rognoni and Pio La Torre) or "Antimafia law", includes two fundamental innovations: The Rognoni-La Torre Law granted the judiciary
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Jacobus de la Torre


Jacobus de la Torre (1608 – 16 September 1661) served as apostolic vicar of the Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia (1651-1661) and titular archbishop of Ephesus (1647-1661). The merchant family De la Torre was originally from Spain and had settled in Bruges in the fifteenth century, where two members would hold the office of consul of the Spanish Empire. Descendant Philip de la Torre moved to The Hague in the early seventeenth century. Jacobus was born there as the second son of this Philip de la Torre
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Vanessa de la Torre


Gloria Vanessa de la Torre Sanclemente (born 10 January 1978) is a Colombian journalist. She is currently the week midday co-anchor of "Noticias Caracol" and is the presenter of the research program "El rastro". De La Torre was born on 10 January 1978 in Cali. She is the daughter of Alejandro de la Torre and Gloria Sanclemente. De La Torre studied social communication with emphasis in journalism at the Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogotá with expertise in Latin American Studies at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. She began
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Todd La Torre


Siberian Orchestra), who invited La Torre to sing backing vocals and play the hammered dulcimer on the 2010 Jon Oliva's Pain album "Festival". In 2010, La Torre participated on the Rockstar Superstar Project music project. A musical endeavour created by legally named twins Rock Star and Super Star. La Torre contributed to the track "Do It For You", which also features Mark Slaughter on backing vocals and Bruce Kulick on guitar. In 2012 and 2013, La Torre was also writing material for his first solo album
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Todd La Torre


, which reportedly includes guest appearances from other artists. La Torre is endorsed by Mérida Guitars. In 2014, La Torre collaborated with former Megadeth guitarist Glen Drover on a single called "Discordia". In 2016, La Torre reunited with his former Crimson Glory bandmate Jeff Lords on the latter's current project Dark Matter, singing guest vocals on their sophomore release, "Encipher". In 2017, La Torre announced that he was working on his long-awaited solo album, with his friend Craig Blackwell as co-songwriter
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" and builds up to a climax. Queensrÿche drummer Rockenfield calls La Torre a "fantastic drummer", and says that several drum parts La Torre suggested "were so good that I kept them and translated them into what I would do". La Torre is currently focused on being the band's singer and frontman, but he and Rockenfield have already discussed the possibility to also incorporate his drumming in live performances alongside Rockenfield, and interjecting their drumming. Queensrÿche guitarist Parker Lundgren sees La Torre as the reason the band has become
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Cádiz


architect was Adolfo Morales de los Rios, and the overseer of construction was Juan Cabrera de la Torre. The outside was covered in red bricks and is of a neo-Mudéjar or Moorish revival style. Following renovations in the 1920s, the theater was renamed the "Gran Teatro Falla", in honor of composer Manuel de Falla, who is buried in the crypt of the cathedral. After a period of disrepair in the 1980s, the theater has since undergone extensive renovation. Puente De La Constitución De 1812 (Constitution Of
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Castillo de la Emperatriz Eugenia de Montijo


The decision to build the new castle, or chateau, was in response to a decree in 1856 by the assembly of Basque country that the Prince Imperial was a Viscayan. They said that the newly-born prince was descended from the lords of Arteaga and Montijo, and he was thus "Señor de las Torres de Arteaga". At the request of the empress, the emperor sent his architects to the town to draw up plans for the new building and undertake construction. Louis-Auguste Couvrechef was assigned the project,
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Antonio La Torre


and businesses (both legitimate and illegitimate). La Torre ran eight Italian restaurants in Scotland and a currently owns two real estate agencies based in London. La Torre was born in 1956 to Tiberio La Torre, also a mafia boss and his wife Paolina. He has a brother Augusto La Torre. He is said to have laundered million’s of pounds from Italy through his own legitimate businesses (including his own restaurants) through the method of setting up fake companies, taking out loans to order goods from Italy, then bankrupting
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Mike De La Torre


to "No Contest" after Ortega tested positive for drostanolone during a post fight screening. De La Torre was briefly linked to a fight with Mark Eddiva on November 8, 2014 at UFC Fight Night 55. However, the fight was scrapped as both fighters were subsequently injured during training. De La Torre faced Tiago Trator on February 22, 2015 at UFC Fight Night 61. De La Torre won the fight via TKO in the first round. De La Torre faced Maximo Blanco on July 12, 2015 at . He lost
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Transport in Barcelona


Media distancia Renfe (in Catalan or Spanish (also called Catalunya Exprés: "Ca" lines) there are 9 lines (Ca1-Ca2-Ca3-Ca4-Ca5-Ca6-Ca7-R43-L7). Those lines go all around of the four Catalan provinces and some of them go to Zaragoza (Aragón) and Castelló de la Plana and València in País Valencià. Lines are operated by: There are currently 27 open railway stations in Barcelona (228 in the metropolitan area). The city's current main terminal station is Barcelona Sants. The construction of Estació de la Sagrera, presently
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Rafael Cepeda Torres


Rafael Cepeda Torres (28 October 1925 - 9 September 2009) was a Colombian architect. He is best known for creating works of modern architecture in Cartagena and in the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Cepeda Torres studied architecture at the Pontifical Bolivarian University in Medellin. An accomplished musician, he paid for his education by playing the violin at various events around the city. He belonged to such musical bodies as the Sinfónica de Antioquia and the Filarmónica de Cartagena. As a professional architect, Cepeda Torres designed several landmarks in Cartagena: the
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Gran Torre Santiago


The Costanera Center Torre 2, better known as Gran Torre Santiago (Great Santiago Tower), and previously known as Torre Gran Costanera, is a 64-story tall skyscraper in Santiago, Chile, the tallest in Latin America. It is the second-tallest building in the Southern hemisphere by highest architectural feature (behind Q1 in Australia) and by highest occupied floor (after Australia's Eureka Tower). It was designed by Argentine architect César Pelli, Chilean architects Alemparte Barreda & Asociados, and by the Canadian company Watt International.
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Maspalomas


Villa del Conde and the Lopesan Costa Meloneras Hotels have both been designed in a Canarian Spanish Colonial Revival style, partly derived from de la Torre's (1890) in Las Palmas. For the Costa Meloneras Hotel, opened in 2005, the architect created a replica of the nearby town of Agüimes (the home town of , founder of the Lopesan Hotel Group), including a distinctive replica of the large, domed , which serves as the hotel reception. Maspalomas serves as the base for Gran Canaria's only English language newspaper
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Josefina de la Torre


Spanish-speaking countries, her poems were not translated into English until 2000 when a bilingual edition of "Poemas de la Isla" was published with translations of two volumes of her poetry by Carlos Reyes. Born in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Josefina de la Torre Millares was the youngest of six children, the daughter of Las Palmas businessman Bernardo de la Torre y Comminges and Francisca Millares Cubas, the daughter of the historian, novelist and musician Agustín Millares Torres. It is therefore not surprising that her artistic
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Puerto de la Torre


Puerto de la Torre, also known as District 10, is one of the 11 districts of the city of Málaga, Spain. It comprises the wards ("barrios") of Arroyo España, Cañada de los Cardos, Cañaveral, El Atabal, El Chaparral, El Cortijuelo-Junta de los Caminos, El Limonero, El Tejar, El Tomillar, Hacienda Cabello, Hacienda Roldán, Huerta Nueva-Puerto de la Torre, Las Morillas 2, Las Morillas-Puerto de la Torre, Los Almendros, Los Asperones 1
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Asesinato en el Senado de la Nación


tells the story of the real-life assassination attempt on politician Lisandro de la Torre by Ramón Valdez Cora. In 1935, de la Torre initiated an investigation on the meat trade, which had been previously attempted without success by his fellow party member Julio Noble. In the midst of the investigation, de la Torre's disciple and friend, senator elect Enzo Bordabehere, was murdered, and the province of Santa Fe was intervened. The film chronicles de la Torre's and Bordavere's investigation, as well as the grooming of
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Augusta La Torre


Augusta Deyanira La Torre Carrasco (29 August 1946 – 14 November 1988), also known as Comrade Norah, was a Peruvian Maoist noted as the number two in command of the Shining Path guerrillas. La Torre's influence on her husband, Shining Path founder Abimael Guzmán, is credited with establishing equality for women with regard to participation within the revolutionary organization, and during its militant actions. Augusta La Torre was born in Huanta in 1946 into a family with a prominent political lineage. The daughter of Communist party leader Carlos La
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La Torre d'en Doménec


La Torre d'en Doménec or La Torre dels Domenges () is a small municipality in the province of Castelló, Valencian Community, Spain. The town is located inland close to the mountain range known as Serra d'en Galceran that protects the town from the strong northern and eastern wind from the ocean. La Torre d'en Doménec is located about 40 km north of the town of Castelló de la Plana, on the north of the Valencian Community. Historically it used to depend from Les Coves de Vinromà and from the year 1319 onwards it
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Todd La Torre


Queensrÿche's older albums. Wilton said of the rehearsals with La Torre: "we blasted through 18 to 20 songs and everybody was amazed from the professionality, the musicianship and tone of Todd’s voice." As La Torre was not very familiar with the songs on "Promised Land" and they had only limited time to prepare for the shows, the band focused on the material from the "Queensrÿche" EP to "Empire", which are generally considered the band's heaviest releases, and according to La Torre:
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Manuel de la Torre (golfer)


in 1975. In 1999 he was inducted into the Northwestern University Athletic Hall of Fame. De la Torre was born in his parents' apartment above the golf shop at the Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro in Madrid, Spain, where his father Ángel de la Torre was the head golf professional. Angel was five-time Spanish National Golf Champion. Manuel's father's instruction and that of his father's friend and colleague Ernest Jones, served as the basis for de la Torre's instruction. His concepts for golf
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Luis Barragán


Architects' Guild. In 1945 he started planning the residential development of Jardines del Pedregal, Mexico City. In 1947 he built his own house and studio in Tacubaya and in 1955 he rebuilt the "Convento de las Capuchinas Sacramentarias" in Tlalpan, Mexico City, and the plan for Jardines del Bosque in Guadalajara. In 1957 he planned Torres de Satélite (an urban sculpture created in collaboration with sculptor Mathias Goeritz) and an exclusive residential area, Las Arboledas, a few kilometers away from Ciudad Satélite. In 1964 he designed
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Church of La Soledad, Mexico City


was under the tenure of the Augustinians from 1633 to 1750, with the most important feature being the Virgen de la Soledad. After the Augustinians left this site, the church was rebuilt by Father Gregorio Pérez Cancio with the help of architects Cayetano de Sigüenza, Ildefonso Iniesta Bejarano, Francisco Antonio de Guerrero y Torres and Ignacio Castera. It was finished in 1787 and consecrated in 1792. Over time, the church lost most of its luster. Its annex became a home for indians in the 1930s, and a school, leaving
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Palacio de los Capitanes Generales


Ondeano, marqués de la Torre. He proposed that the Parroquial Mayor church be demolished, the square be redesigned in keeping with the grandeur of the developing city and the Palacio de los Capitanes Generales constructed on the eastern side of the square in imitation of Royal Post Office (which would later become the Palacio del Segundo Cabo, the residence of the vice-governors) which had been constructed on the northern side of the square alongside the Castillo de la Real Fuerza. Construction from the designs of the Cuban engineer and architect,
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Queensrÿche (album)


wrote the melody to "Fallout" and co-wrote the melody to "In This Light" with La Torre, and Wilton wrote the melody to "Redemption". Lundgren had written the music and draft lyrics for "Where Dreams Go to Die". He worked on the song with La Torre via Skype. They among others replaced Lundgren's poppier and more punk-sounding vocal melody by a different one proposed by La Torre, and lowered some chords to fit a melody line over it. Lundgren allowed La Torre
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Todd La Torre


, while simultaneously recording his third album with Queensrÿche. In 2017, La Torre collaborated with Metal Church on a new version of their song "Fake Healer" (originally from Blessing in Disguise). The song (studio version) was released on Metal Church's live album "Classic Live" (2017). La Torre also participated in the video that was made. La Torre's singing voice and style has been compared to that of Geoff Tate's in the 80s and early 90s. Commenting on his position in Queensrÿche
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2014 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting


noticed a thing wrong. You could build a wing with the admitted and suspected drug cheats they won with: A-Rod, Roger Clemens (Torre), Jason Giambi, Jose Canseco (Torre and La Russa), Mark McGwire (La Russa), Melky Cabrera (Torre and Cox), David Justice (Torre and Cox), Andy Pettitte (Torre), Manny Ramirez (Torre with the Dodgers) and [Gary] Sheffield (Torre and Cox). If we get really lucky, maybe disgraced HGH
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Castell de ferro


the architectural elements Castell de Ferro has because of its history, its Moorish castle stands out. It has Nazari origins and its currently unfinished. Other elements of the period are three watchtowers that were lookouts and defenses against the Barbary pirates who came to their shores,and la Torre de Cambriles, la Torre de la Estancia and la Torre del Zambullón. With Roman origins according to scholars of heritage, we can find the Torre de la Rijana, located a few kilometers from Castell de Ferro, who heads a small side creek
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Facundo de la Torre


Facundo de la Torre ("also Fernando de la Torre") (1570 – September 25, 1640) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1631–1640). Facundo de la Torre was born in Sahagún, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict. On July 17, 1631, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Urban VIII on January 2, 1632, as Archbishop of Santo Domingo. In September 1632, he was consecrated bishop by Fernando
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Sylvia La Torre


Sylvia La Torre (born June 4, 1933 in Manila, Philippines), known as "The Queen of Kundiman", is a Filipina singer, actress, and radio star. La Torre is the daughter of Filipino artist Leonora Reyes and director Olive La Torre. Her granddaughter is Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, for whom she was an early singing coach. A coloratura soprano, she graduated from the University of Santo Tomas' Conservatory of Music with a degree in Music major in Voice and minor in Piano. She began
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Queensrÿche (album)


to use whatever he wanted of the lyrics, but La Torre ultimately used them all while adding some lyrics of his own. Lundgren and La Torre wanted to present a demo to the band that had already matured more into a song, which is why La Torre created a scratch drum part. He was uncertain how Rockenfield would respond to it, but outside of having no problem with it, by the time the drums were recorded, La Torre was surprised to find that Rockenfield had only made some changes in the verses and
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La Fuensanta


La Fuensanta is a portrait painting by Spanish artist Julio Romero de Torres depicting Maria Teresa López González, one of Torres' models. Gonzalez is depicted with her arms resting on a copper cauldron. The painting was made in the autumn of 1929, when Torres completed another two artworks, "La Chiquita Piconera" and "Bodegas Cruz Conde". Born in Argentina, González moved with her family to Torres' native town of Córdoba after World War I. Since she first sat for Torres at the age of fourteen, González became
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Pezuela de las Torres


Pezuela de las Torres has got an important tourist attraction, it is about Jesus' Birth Theatre. It realised on the streets of the town, this attraction is very important for the town's economy. Also Pezuela de las Torres has other important attractions: its sources, journeys and pathways, etc. This town has a special political situation. Pezuela de las Torres has the next composition in its council: - CdP (Ciudadanos de Pezuela-Citizens of Pezuela) 1 councilor - PP (Partido Popular-People's Party
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Jacobus de la Torre


, lord of Valkenisse and Maurik and of Henriette van Cuylenburg(h) (also: Hendrika van Culemborg), daughter of Zweder van Culemborg (1541-1597), descendant of a bastard branch from nobleman Hubert van Culemborg (1420-1481). The possession of the lordship of Valkenisse inherited on the brother of Jacobus, François de la Torre, married to Maria van Poelgeest, descendant of the noble Van Poelgeest family. Jacobus de la Torre also descended from the De Cock van Opijnen family. Jacobus de la Torre studied in
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Miguel A. De La Torre


Miguel A. De La Torre (born 6 October 1958) is a professor of Social Ethics and Latinx Studies at Iliff School of Theology, a scholar-activist, author, and an ordained Southern Baptist minister. Born in Cuba months before the Castro Revolution, De La Torre and his family migrated to the United States as refugees when he was an infant. For a while the U.S. government considered him and his family as "illegal aliens". On 6 June 1960, De La Torre received an order from Immigration and Naturalization
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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. De la Torre served as the University of Puerto Rico's ninth president from February 1, 2010, until his resignation on February 11, 2011. De la Torre received his baccalaureate and master's degrees from the Department of Hispanic Studies of University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras (UPRRP), and his Ph.D. in Philosophy and
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Anthony De La Torre


Anthony De La Torre (born 1993) is an American actor, singer, songwriter and guitarist, known for his roles as young Jack Sparrow in "" (2017) and Jan Axel Blomberg in "Lords of Chaos" (2018). De La Torre was born in Bowling Green, Ohio, to Cuban parents. His mother, Esther Garcia, is a Spanish teacher at Bowling Green High School, and also owns a cleaning business. His parents divorced shortly after De La Torre's birth. He has one older
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History of Argentina


charges. During the exposition of the investigation in the National Congress, Duhau started a fight among the senators, during which his bodyguard, Ramón Valdez-Cora, tried to kill De La Torre but accidentally ended up shooting De La Torre's friend and political partner Enzo Bordabehere. The meat investigation was dropped soon afterward, but not before De La Torre managed to achieve the incarceration of the head of the "Anglo" meat company for corruption charges. De la Torre would later commit suicide in 1939. The collapse of international
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Lisandro de la Torre


was injured, but reconciliation never came. De la Torre was a member of the Senate until 1937. Overwhelmed by his economic problems, Lisandro de la Torre committed suicide on 5 January 1939, in Buenos Aires. His ashes are now in an urn, buried in the El Salvador Cemetery of Rosario. The Dr. Julio Marc Provincial Historical Museum, also in Rosario, displays a reproduction of de la Torre's residence in 22 Esmeralda St. of Buenos Aires, with the original furniture. A meatpacking plant in Buenos Aires, famously
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Todd La Torre


it just happened". His first official appearance with Crimson Glory was on October 30, 2010 at the Pathfinder Metal Fest in Marietta, Georgia. In November 2011, it was announced the band was working on a new album with La Torre. In February 2013, however, La Torre announced he had parted ways with Crimson Glory due to the band's inactivity. La Torre explained: "We had wonderful momentum and we were working within an important window of time within which the new record should have been recorded and released
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Todd La Torre


has to change, and that's why I quit." La Torre and Queensrÿche guitarist Michael Wilton met at the buffet of a Seymour Duncan private dinner party during the NAMM Show in January 2012, where La Torre first mistook Wilton for Eric Peterson from the band Testament, complimenting him for a show that Peterson had played the night before at the Grove. After Wilton gave him a puzzled look, La Torre realized whom he was talking to, being a long-time fan of Queensrÿche. They ended up talking for a
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Luisa Gómez de la Torre Paez


María Luisa Gómez de la Torre Páez (28 May 1887 – 1976) was an Ecuadorian feminist, educator, and activist. She was a pioneer in the struggle for the rights of the indigenous peoples and peasants in Ecuador. She was the first woman to serve as a teacher for boys in Quito. Luisa Gómez de la Torre Paez was born on 28 May 1887 to parents Joaquín Gómez de la Torre Álvarez and Francisca Páez Rodríguez. In 1944, she participated in the creation of the first indigenous peoples' rights organization,
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AVE


Rail traffic is planned to start in 2012, initially without stops at the La Sagrera station, which is expected to be completed in 2016. In March 2012, railway equipment was installed, with a special elastic isolation of the rails in order to dampen vibrations at the sections passing close to Gaudí's architectural works, using the Edilon system. This is an under construction section, part of the Madrid–Levante network of high-speed railways connecting the capital with the Mediterranean coast. Consisting of of railways with an estimated cost
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La Sagrera


and by 1877 only some 48 houses could be found in the settlement's core. From the last third of the 19th century, the area became an industrial neighborhood, dominated by metallurgy and textile sectors. The name was retained only for the core zone of pre-existing housing. In 1877, a steam tramway was built connecting the neighbourhood with . By 1885 the connection linked with Barcelona, strengthened by the 1901 electrification of the line. The industrialisation of the district saw the opening of the factory in 1911 (renamed ENASA
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Lillian de la Torre


Lillian de la Torre (1902–1993) was an American novelist and a prolific writer of historical mysteries. Her full name was Lillian de la Torre Bueno McCue. Born in Manhattan in 1902, de la Torre received master's degrees from Columbia University and Harvard. Her first novel was "Elizabeth Is Missing, or Truth Triumphant", published by Knopf in 1945. Her most popular works were the "Dr. Sam: Johnson, Detector" series of 33 detective stories that cast 18th century literary figures Samuel Johnson and James Boswell into
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Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre


of industry. Haya de la Torre advocated the overthrow of the land-owning oligarchies that had ruled Peru since colonial days, replacing them with an idealistic socialist elite. The lack of love interests in Haya de la Torre's life was sometimes remarked upon. Haya de la Torre once stated to APRA members: "El APRA es mi mujer y ustedes son mis hijos" ("The Apra is my wife and you [the members] are my children"). However, rumours of homosexuality were scattered around the country
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