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Catalina Bárcena
Catalina Bárcena (10 December 1888 – 3 August 1978 was a leading Spain, Spanish theatre actress during the early decades of the twentieth century. With her partner, Gregorio Martínez Sierra, she worked on the creation of the pioneering :es:Teatro de arte (Gregorio Martínez Sierra), Teatro de arte company at Madrid's :es:Teatro Eslava, Teatro Eslava between 1916 and 1926. She subsequently starred with several other high-profile theatre companies and also, during the 1930s, built a Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood career as a film actress. In parallel with her acting career she became something of a fashion icon. Life Catalina Bárcena was born in Cienfuegos Province, Cienfuegos on Cuba, the child of small-scale farmers who had emigrated from Spain. In 1898, backed by the United States of America, Cuba Cuban War of Independence, ceased to be a Spanish colony. Around 1900 the family returned to their former home village of Cillorigo de Liébana, Santa María (Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cienfuegos Province
Cienfuegos () is one of the provinces of Cuba. The capital city of the province is also called Cienfuegos and was founded by French settlers in 1819. Overview Until 2011, Cienfuegos was the smallest province in Cuba (excluding the city of Havana and the Isla de la Juventud) with an economy almost entirely dedicated to the growing and processing of sugar. Sugar mills and sugarcane plantations dot the landscape. There are waterfalls in the sierra of the province. Scuba diving off Cienfuegos province is extremely popular both with tourists and locals. There are numerous underwater cave Caves or caverns are natural voids under the Earth's Planetary surface, surface. Caves often form by the weathering of rock and often extend deep underground. Exogene caves are smaller openings that extend a relatively short distance undergrou ...s, and well over 50 dive sites in the province. The provinces of Cienfuegos, Sancti Spíritus, and Villa Clara were once all part of the now de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |