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Argenta may refer to: People * Argenta (surname) Places * Argenta, British Columbia, Canada, a settlement * Argenta, Emilia–Romagna, Italy, a town and ''comune'' in the province of Ferrara * Argenta, Illinois, United States, a village * Argenta, Montana, United States, a census-designated place * Argenta Historic District, North Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places Other uses * HMS ''Argenta'', a prison ship of the British Armed Forces Royal Navy * Argenta (bank) Argenta is a bank based in Belgium that also operates in the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The Argenta headquarters are in Antwerp. History The Argenta Group has been active in Belgium since 1956 and in Luxemburg since 1987. It has been active on ..., a Belgian bank * Fiat Argenta, an Italian car {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argenta (surname)
Argenta is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ataúlfo Argenta (1913–1958), Spanish conductor and pianist *Nancy Argenta Nancy Argenta is a Canadian soprano singer, best known for performing music from the pre-classical era. She has won international acclaim, and is considered one of the leading Handel sopranos of her time. Life She was born in Nelson, British Col ... (born 1957), Canadian opera singer {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argenta, British Columbia
Argenta is a settlement in British Columbia. Located on the west side of the Purcell Mountains, on the northeast shore of Kootenay Lake, it was founded during a silver mining boom in the 1890s. Argenta was given its name by the Argenta Mining Company from the Latin word for silver, argentea. In 1952, Quakers settled in the town. Primarily from California, they first established the Delta Co-operative Association in 1954. They then went on to found and operate the Argenta Friends School, a boarding school, from 1959 to 1982. Students studied academic subjects, as well as gardening, how to milk cows, chop wood, pig sheering, and cook on a wood stove. In the 1960s, Argenta attracted anti-war protesters, as well as hippies, back-to-the-land residents, and members of the counter-culture. With a population of just 100, many residents have gone on to great things, including one who worked as an economist at the World Bank in Washington. Another former student of the Friends School is he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argenta, Emilia–Romagna
Argenta ( Argentano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna. It is located about southeast of Ferrara, and midway between Ferrara and Ravenna. Geography Argenta is situated in a flat agricultural region near the Valli di Comacchio lagoon wetlands. Much of the latter is today a wildlife sanctuary and Argenta is home of the Marsh Museum which offers many facilities for ornithology. History The town was founded by the Romans. In 1295 it was the seat of a convention of the main Ghibelline leaders of Romagna to decide the course of the war against the Papal forces. In 1923 a Fascist squad murdered a Catholic priest, don Giovanni Minzoni, an anti-fascist and the voice of the poor farmers in Romagna, as well as a friend of several socialist politicians like Natale Galba. During World War II the area was part of the German Gothic Line. In April 1945, in the Allied advance of Operation Roast, it was the location of the Battle of the Argenta Gap. Twin to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argenta, Illinois
Argenta is a village in Macon County, Illinois, United States, whose population was 913 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Decatur, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Argenta is located in northeastern Macon County at (39.983996, -88.821076). Illinois Route 48 passes through the southeast side of the village, leading southwest to Decatur, the county seat, and northeast to Cisco. Interstate 72 passes southeast of the village, with access from Exit 150 (Argenta Road). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Argenta has a total area of , all recorded as land. Friends Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Sangamon River, crosses the east end of the village. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 921 people, 372 households, and 273 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 385 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 99.24% White, 0.11% African American, 0.22% Native Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argenta, Montana
Argenta is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States. It is in southwestern Montana, northwest of Dillon, the Beaverhead county seat. Argenta is in the valley of Rattlesnake Creek, a southeast-flowing tributary of the Beaverhead River, part of the Jefferson River watershed leading to the Missouri and finally the Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it f .... Argenta was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. Demographics References Census-designated places in Beaverhead County, Montana Census-designated places in Montana {{BeaverheadCountyMT-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argenta Historic District
The Argenta Historic District encompasses significant historic elements of central North Little Rock, Arkansas. The area that is now central North Little Rock was known as Argenta when it was first settled, and remained unincorporated until it was annexed to Little Rock in 1890. William Faucette, a leading Argenta politician and businessman, orchestrated the incorporation of North Little Rock just beyond the annexed area in 1901, and then made a successful petition to separate Argenta from Little Rock into the new municipality in 1903. Subsequent attempts to rename North Little Rock to Argenta have failed. The district consists of two discontinuous areas, one commercial and the other residential. The commercial section consists of a three-block stretch of Main Street, between Broadway Street and 6th Street. Three blocks west of this area is the residential area, which is centered on a stretch of Willow Street from 4th to Melrose Circle, that also includes properties on adjoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Argenta
HMS ''Argenta'' (originally the American cargo ship SS ''Argenta'') was a prison ship of the British Royal Navy. Construction The two deck steamer was laid down in July 1917 by the National Shipbuilding Company of Orange, Texas as Hull No. 245. Shortages of materials meant that she was wooden-hulled, with a steel keelson, stem and stern posts of oak, and timbers largely of yellow pine. This was due to shortages of metals. SS ''Argenta'' was launched in May 1919. Cargo ship ''Argenta''s career as a cargo ship was short. As early as November 1919, there were some signs of leakage, and the ship was out of service from late 1921. Condemned and declared unseaworthy in May 1922, she was then sold for use as a prison ship (a prison hulk) by the British Royal Navy. Prison ship During the 1920s, the vessel was used by the British government as a military base and prison ship for holding Irish Republicans as part of Britain's internment strategy following the events of "Bloody Sunday" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argenta (bank)
Argenta is a bank based in Belgium that also operates in the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The Argenta headquarters are in Antwerp. History The Argenta Group has been active in Belgium since 1956 and in Luxemburg since 1987. It has been active on the Dutch mortgage market since 1997 and attracting savings in the Netherlands since 2004. All group activities exclusively consist of financial activities for families and individual clients relating to attracting savings, granting loans, distribution of collective investments and offering life and non-life insurance products. In 2021, Argenta reported to own and operate 348 ATMs. Structure Investeringsmaatschappij Argenta NV (abbreviated, Investar NV), a mixed financial holding of the Van Rompuy family, holds 86.81% of the shares in the Parent, with the remainder of the shares owned by Argenta Coöperatieve CVBA ("Argen-Co"),Investeringsmaatschappij Argenta, Annual report 2016, p. 21, https://cri.nbb.be/bc9/web/catalog which is a recogni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |