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Diego Vergara Albano
Diego Vergara Albano (11 November 1803 – 8 August 1877) was a Chilean independence activist, deputy, senator, and landowner. Family He was the son of Ramón Martínez de Vergara y Rojas-Puebla and Francisca de Borja Albano Cruz – daughter of Juan Albano Pereira Márquez. He was a nephew of Vicente de la Cruz y Bahamonde, Juan Manuel de la Cruz y Bahamonde, Anselmo de la Cruz y Bahamonde, and Nicolas de la Cruz y Bahamonde. He was a first cousin of Pedro Nolasco Vergara Albano, Juan Albano Cruz, and Casimiro Albano Cruz. He married Jesús Antúnez Cruz in Talca and, in a second marriage, in Lontué on January 5, 1832, he married María Jesús Correa Albano, with whom he had ten children: Francisca de Borja, Jesús, Isabel, Diego, Bonifacio, José, María Mercedes, Teresa, José Luis, and María Gertrudis. Public activities His first public position was as a judge of supplies of the Talca council. He acted as part of the patriots in the independence of Chile, participati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talca
Talca () is a List of cities in Chile, city and Communes of Chile, commune in Chile located about south of Santiago, Chile, Santiago, and is the capital of both Talca Province and Maule Region (7th Region of Chile). As of the 2012 census, the city had a population of 201,142. The city is an important economic center, with agricultural (wheat) and manufacturing activities, as well as wine production. It is also the location of the Universidad de Talca and the Catholic University of Maule, among others. The Catholic Church of Talca has held a prominent role in the history of Chile. The inhabitants of Talca have a saying, ''Talca, Paris & London'', born from a hat shop which had placed a ribbon stating that it had branches in Paris and London. The shop was owned by a French immigrant named Jean-Pierre Lagarde. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute (Chile), National Statistics Institute, Talca spans an area of and had, in that year, 201,7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
