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Eiffel Bridge, Láchar
The Eiffel Bridge () is an iron bridge situated between the Spanish municipalities of Lachar and Pinos Puente. It was built in the 1897 by the studio of Gustave Eiffel. It's considered the last vestige of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a transitional period of the global economy toward more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes, succee ... in Vega de Granada. History The bridge was built in 1897, commissioned by '' Don'' Julio Quesada-Cañaveral to connect the station of Íllora by the Decauville railway at Láchar with two important factories that the nobleman had in Láchar, thus becoming the second railway of the province of Granada. Years later, the railroad disappeared and the bridge was used decades later by cars as a means of communication between Láchar, Daimuz Bajo, Valderrubio, Fuente Vaqueros and Escóznar. In 2006 it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genil
The Genil River is the main (left) tributary of the river Guadalquivir in Andalusia, Spain. Known as ''Singilis'' in Latin, it bears a modern name derives from the Moorish rendering of the Roman name: ''Sinyil, Sannil'', and ''Sinnil''. Route The source of the Genil is in the Sierra Nevada, north of its highest peak Mulhacén. The Genil flows through the towns Granada, Loja, Puente Genil and Écija. It flows into the Guadalquivir River near Palma del Río. Its main tributaries are the Darro in the Province of Granada and the Cabra River in the Province of Córdoba. Geological history The river today drains the Granada basin. In the latest Tortonian and the middle and late Turolian (9.0–5.3 Ma) this was an endorheic basin. Rivers flowed from the east and southwest into a central lake with no exit. During the Pliocene, the western part of the basin was drained by the paleo-Cacín river system, which flowed to the north and then left the basin to the west. The eastern p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Bridges
Iron is a chemical element; it has symbol Fe () and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most abundant element in the Earth's crust, being mainly deposited by meteorites in its metallic state. Extracting usable metal from iron ores requires kilns or furnaces capable of reaching , about 500 °C (900 °F) higher than that required to smelt copper. Humans started to master that process in Eurasia during the 2nd millennium BC and the use of iron tools and weapons began to displace copper alloys – in some regions, only around 1200 BC. That event is considered the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age. In the modern world, iron alloys, such as steel, stainless steel, cast iron and special steels, are by far the most common industrial metals, due to their mechanical proper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GNU Free Documentation License
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Fuente Vaqueros
Fuente Vaqueros () is a farming village in the province of Granada, Spain, lying 17 km west of the city of Granada. Its population was recorded in 2005 as 4,590. The principal crops are asparagus, olives and apples. Fuente Vaqueros is known as for being the birthplace of the 20th-century poet Federico García Lorca; his home now hosts a museum, the Museo Casa Natal Federico García Lorca. For the feast of Candlemas, the municipality distributes wine and hundreds of kilos of potatoes. See also * List of municipalities in Granada Province of Granada, Granada is a provinces of Spain, province in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, which is divided into 174 Municipalities of Spain, municipalities. Spanish census, Granada is the ... References External links Página web del Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Fuente VaquerosPágina web del Patronato Cultural Federico García LorcaHistoria, fiestas, lugares de interés y gastronomía de F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valderrubio
Valderrubio is a municipality in the province of Granada, Spain. As of 2012, it had a population of 2,133 inhabitants. The poet Federico García Lorca lived in the village as a young child, between 1905 and 1909. At that time it was known as Asquerosa (which means 'filthy' in Spanish), although it is suggested that the original name derived from the Latin 'Aqua Rosae' (Rose Water). It was renamed Valderrubio in 1943. See also * List of municipalities in Granada Province of Granada, Granada is a provinces of Spain, province in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, which is divided into 174 Municipalities of Spain, municipalities. Spanish census, Granada is the ... References External links Municipalities in the Province of Granada {{Granada-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decauville Railway At Láchar
The Decauville railway at Láchar was an long narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of from Íllora- Láchar railway station via the Eiffel Bridge to the sugar mill in Láchar. Route The long Decauville railway with rails weighing 9,5 kg/m (19 lbs/yard) ran over two metal bridges, of which one was designed Gustave Eiffel and erected by Fives-Lille.Carlos Peña und Pachi Calvo''El ferrocarril de la azucerera de Láchar.''10 May 2008. The track on the site of the sugar mill was long. It ended at a turntable at the western end of the site.Pedro Salmeron Escobar''Lachar. Fábrica del Conde de Benalúa.''In: ''Estudio del paisaje de la industria azucarera de la Vega de Granada.'' October 2016, p. 109–123. History Growing sugar beets and producing sugar from them caused a major structural change in the Vega de Granada at the end of the 19th century.Pedro Salmerón Escobar, Fermín Seño Asencio, Rosa María Pérez de la Torre und Diego Garzón OsunaDiego Garzón Osuna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don (honorific)
The terms Don (in Spanish language, Spanish and Italian language, Italian), Dom (in Portuguese language, Portuguese), and Domn (in Romanian language, Romanian), are honorific prefixes derived from the Latin language, Latin ''Dominus'', meaning "lord" or "owner". The honorific is commonly used in Spain, Portugal, and Italy, as well as in the Spanish-speaking world and Portuguese-speaking world, as well as some other places formerly colonized by Spain or Portugal. The feminine equivalents are (), (), (Romanian) and (). The term is derived from the Latin : a master of a household, a title with background from the Roman Republic in classical antiquity. With the abbreviated form having emerged as such in the Middle Ages, traditionally it is reserved for Catholic clergy and nobles, in addition to certain educational authorities and persons of high distinction. Spanish-speaking world In Spanish, although originally a title reserved for royalty, select nobles, and church hierarch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vega De Granada
The Vega de Granada is a ''comarca'' (county, but with no administrative role) in the province of Granada, in Andalusia, Spain. The name refers to the basin near the city of Granada. This comarca was established in 2003 by the Government of Andalusia. Geography The Vega de Granada ''comarca'' is located in the central part of the province, at the eastern area of the depression of Granada and the neighbouring mountain ranges of Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Huétor and Sierra de la Alfaguara. It shares borders with the comarcas of Los Montes to the north, Guadix to the east, Alpujarra Granadina to the southeast, Valle de Lecrín to the south, Alhama to the southwest and Loja to the west. Municipalities The ''comarca'' contains the following 41 municipalities: Gallery Granada_vega.JPG, View of Granada city from the southeast Granada_-_Cathedral_Front.jpg, Granada Cathedral Patio_de_los_Arrayanes_Alhambra_02_2014.jpg, Court of the Myrtles in the Alhambra %22Der_Blick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
