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Cuadra San Cristóbal
Cuadra is a Spanish surname of Asturian- Leonese origin. People with the name * Adrián Cuadra (born 1997), Chilean footballer * Fernanda Cuadra (born 1984), Nicaraguan Olympic swimmer * Francisco Javier Cuadra (born 1954), Chilean lawyer, academic, and politician * Jaime Cuadra (born 1970), Peruvian musician * Joaquín Cuadra, Nicaraguan general and politician * Jolico Cuadra (1939–2013), Filipino poet and artist * José de la Cuadra (1903–1941), Ecuadorian writer * José Vicente Cuadra (1812–1894), President of Nicaragua from 1871 to 1875 * Manuel Cuadra Serrano (born 1957), Nicaraguan footballer * Maria Cuadra (born 1936), Spanish actress * Pablo Antonio Cuadra (1912–2002), Nicaraguan poet and artist * Pablo Cuadra (born 1995), Argentine footballer * Pedro Lucio Cuadra (1842–1894), Chilean engineer and politician * Raul Cuadra Chamberlain (1924–1974), Nicaraguan musician and advertiser * Raúl Cuadra García (born 1953), Mexican politician * Rodrigo Cuadra (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asturias
Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory that was part of the larger Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages. Divided into eight Comarcas of Asturias, ''comarcas'' (counties), the autonomous community of Asturias is bordered by Cantabria to the east, by Province of León, León (Castile and León) to the south, by Province of Lugo, Lugo (Galicia (Spain), Galicia) to the west, and by the Cantabrian Sea, Cantabrian sea to the north. Asturias is situated in a mountainous setting with vast greenery and lush vegetation, making it part of Green Spain. The region has a oceanic climate, maritime climate. It receives plenty of annual rainfall and little sunshine by Spanish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Lucio Cuadra
Pedro Lucio Cuadra Luque (14 April 1842 – 24 April 1894) was a Chilean engineer and politician. He studied in the university of his native city, and when still very young was attached to the scientific commission that the government appointed to make a geographical study of the Chilean territory, his personal efforts assuring the success of the commission's work. In 1874, the owners of the newly discovered silver mines at Caracoles, Bolivia, gave Cuadra the general superintendence of the works, and in 1876 he was appointed president of the Bank of Valparaiso. During Aníbal Pinto's administration Cuadra was several times offered a portfolio in the cabinet, but declined it, and in 1882 he accepted that of finance under President Domingo Santa María, distinguishing himself by important reforms. Being a member of the cabinet that negotiated the treaty of peace with Spain, he used all his influence in favor of its negotiation, and King Alfonso XII Alfonso XII (Alfonso Francisc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joaquín Cuadras
Joaquín Cuadras (1843–1877) was a Cubans, Cuban painter. He attended the art school of Antonio Ciseri in Florence. In 1861, Cuadras met fellow artist Walter Goodman (artist), Walter Goodman whilst copying Old Master paintings at the Uffizi Palace in Florence, and the two became friends. They travelled to Barcelona in 1862 and arrived in London a year later. In 1864, he sat for Walter Goodman's mother, the portrait painter Julia Goodman. Later that year, he travelled to Cuba with Walter Goodman. After returning from Cuba in 1870, Cuadras moved to Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Selkirk, Scotland for three years, where he found work decorating mansions for the Scottish elite. One of his most important commissions was a series of eight-panel pictures illustrating Sir Walter Scott's ''The Lay of the Last Minstrel''. While in Scotland, Cuadras fathered a daughter with Elizabeth Christison in 1872. He named her Maria Josefita Cuadras, and she died in 1960 in Edinburgh. Many of his bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
