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Alberto Arnal
Albert Arnal ( Serra (Camp de Túria) 31 January 1913 - Quart de Poblet (Horta Oest) 1 May 1966), known as Quart (or Xiquet de Quart) was the Valencian pilota ruling ''dauer'' player during the 1930s. His mastery caused him to be rewarded by having a picture on the ''Honor Gallery'' of the Pelayo trinquet. On 1991 the Valencian Pilota Federation awarded him with the Golden medal. He began playing at the Manises trinquet and got to be the main player at the Pelayo ''trinquet'' during the 1930s and 1940s. He was announced with a not too-gifted ''punter'' against the most powerful trios (such as Llíria I, Mora de Montcada and Micalet de Paterna). Due to disagreements with the Pelayo managers, he turned to play at the Grau ''Llevant trinquet''. On 1948, almost at the end of his career, his returning to Pelayo against Juliet d'Alginet resulted in a large audience. ''Quart'' was a strong and tall player, powerful enough that he could throw the vaqueta ball easily to the ''galleries'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serra, Valencia
Serra () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Camp de Túria in the Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid with ..., Spain. References Municipalities in Camp de Túria Populated places in Camp de Túria {{valencia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paterna
Paterna is a city and a municipality in the province of Valencia in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is located northeast of the comarca of '' L'Horta de Valencia'', northwest of the inland suburbs of Valencia, and on the left bank of the river Turia. Its population in 2014 was 67,156 inhabitants, being the eleventh city by population in the Valencian Community. Geography The town is characterized by a dry Mediterranean climate, with an average annual rainfall around and temperatures ranging from minimum in January to maximum in August, reaching every summer peaks above . History The first signs of human settlement in Paterna back to the Neolithic and Bronze Age, and relics have been found in settlements of The Vallesa and Despeñaperros, in an area of small hills near the river Turia, which allowed the water supply. The Iberians also left their imprint in The Vallesa and Despeñaperros, where there have been found remains of a defensive wall and the walls of small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Camp De Túria
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** Georgia House of Representatives, The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. ** A Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, primarily to discuss Rhodesia. * January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communism, Communist aggression there is e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Births
Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 13 – Edward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 23 – 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Ismail Enver comes to power. * January – Stalin (whose first article using this name is published this month) travels to Vienna to carry out research. Until he leaves on February 16 the city is home simultaneously to him, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito alongside Berg, Freud and Jung and Ludwig and Paul Wittgenstein. February * February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Terminal, having been rebuilt, reopens as the world's largest railroad station. * February 3 – The 16th Amendment to the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaqueta Ball
The vaqueta ball ( ca-valencia, pilota de vaqueta, , ) is the kind of ball used to play some Valencian pilota variants, including Escala i corda, Galotxa and Raspall. Its name derives from the fact that it is made of bull's skin. It has a black colour that tends to become brown as it is used, and is designed to contrast with the white colour of the trinquets' walls. Traits The ''vaqueta'' ball has a diameter of (giving it a circumference of ), and its weight is around , depending on the variant. In Escala i corda lighter balls are preferred, while in Raspall heavier balls are used. The actual weight of the balls has changed over time. In the 1930s, pilotaris such as Quart played with balls around . The lighter the ball the slower it goes and the less it ''flies'' (its direction). This change of weight has been favoured by ''rest'' players, who tend to be stronger and have to send the ball longer, but it is an extra handicap for ''mitger'' and ''punter'' players, who have to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio Palau Lozano
Julio Palau Lozano (Alginet, 1925-2015) was a professional Valencian pilota Escala i corda variant player known as Juliet d'Alginet. He is one of only five players in the Pelayo trinquet The Pelayo trinquet ( ca-valencia, trinquet de Pelayo) is one of the most renowned trinquets courts of the Valencian pilota sport in Valencia. The most important Escala i corda competitions, such as the Circuit Bancaixa, have their final matche ...'s ''Honor gallery''. He retired in 1968 and died on 7 November 2015. Levante (Portuguese) References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grau De València
The Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (), commonly referred to by its transliterated Russian acronym GRAU (), is a department of the Russian Ministry of Defense. It is subordinate to the Chief of Armament and Munition of the Russian Armed Forces, a vice-minister of defense. The organization dates back to 1862 when it was established under the name Главное артиллерийское управление (ГАУ – GAU). The "R" from "rockets" was added to the title in 1960. In particular, the GRAU is responsible for assigning GRAU indices to Russian army munitions and equipment. Arsenals of the GRAU, according to Kommersant-Vlast in 2005, include the 60th at Kaluga, the 55th at Rzhev, the 75th at Serpukhov south of Moscow, (all three in the Moscow Military District) and the 80th at Gagarskiy, the 116th at Krasno-Oktyabrskiy and the 5th, all in the Volga–Urals Military District.Kommersant-Vlast, Vys Rossikaya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moncada, Valencia
Moncada is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Horta Nord in the Valencian Community, Spain. Place names On the official writings in Latin ''Monscatanus'' was used, from ''mons'' ('mountain') and Celtic ''catanus'' ('juniper'?), making ''Montcada'' the correct original spelling and Moncada a vulgarization of the name. However, officially the town's name is written ''Moncada'',Moncada i CIVIS: Municipal Information System of the Generalitat Valenciana but also in accept dual ''Montcada/Moncada'' denomination, as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp De Túria
Camp de Túria ( es, Campo de Turia) is a ''comarca'' in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. Geography It comprises the lower reaches of the river Turia and its adjacent territories. Borders with the region of Camp de Morvedre and the counties of Horta de Valencia. The south by the counties of Hoya de Buñol, west to the region of the Serranos, and north by the region of Alto Palencia. Loriguilla is an exclave and lies between the ''comarcas'' of Los Serranos and Requena-Utiel. Whereas most of the ''comarca'' belong to the Valencian-speaking part of the Valencian community, the exclave lies in the Spanish-speaking west. Municipalities *Benaguasil *Benissanó *Bétera *Casinos *L'Eliana * Gátova *Llíria * Loriguilla *Marines *Náquera * Olocau de Carraixet *La Pobla de Vallbona *Riba-roja de Túria *San Antonio de Benagéber * Serra de Portaceli *Vilamarxant Vilamarxant ( es, Villamarchante) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Camp de Túria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valencian Trinquet
Valencian trinquet, or simply trinquet (), is the court used in the Valencian Community for two different modalities of Valencian pilota: the Escala i corda and the Raspall. Court Trinquets are closed rooms of variable size: from 8.5–11 m wide and 45–60 m long. The short walls are called "frontons", and the long are the "muralles", 4–6 m high. The ball may bounce at them as many times as desired. On the ''frontons'' there are usually seats for the spectators, these are called the "galleries". And sometimes on the ''muralles'', too. There are also stairs (''escales'' in Valencian) built on one of the ''muralles''. Spectators may seat on them as well at their own risk. The ball is played many times on them since the stairs (and bodies of the people) may cause fast and unexpected bounces. The court is divided in two midfields, the "dau" and the "rest". On the corner of the "dau" ''frontó'' and the stairs there is a square draw on the ground, it's the dau (''dice'' in Val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manises
Manises (, ) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Horta Oest in the Valencian Community, Spain. Located in the province of Valencia, it had 30,693 inhabitants in 2018 (NSI) and is famous for its pottery and being the location of Valencia Airport. Physical Geography The town is situated at the western end of the ''Horta de València'' ( es, link=no, Huerta de Valencia), on the right bank of the river Turia. Climate The climate is typically Mediterranean but with some variations, due to its inland location, Manises has warmer summers and cooler winters than the coast. History Manises extends to the right bank of the river Turia (the northern boundary of the term) and is uneven in the western sector for the first mountains that dominate the alluvial plain of Turia. Agriculture is predominantly carob trees, olive trees and small areas of vineyards and almond trees. The irrigation uses water from the river Turia through the ditch of Manises. The main economic activity i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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