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José Gabriel García
José Gabriel García (January 13, 1834 - January 19, 1910) was a Dominican Republic, Dominican army officer, historian, politician, journalist and publisher. He is regarded as a cultural pioneer as well as the "Father of Dominican History". He was the author of "Compendium of History of Santo Domingo", published in four volumes in 1867, 1887, 1900 and 1906 respectively, and made numerous contributions in the fields of culture, literature and education. He was the founder of the first Dominican university, the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, Professional Institute (today Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, University of Santo Domingo), co-founder of the country's first private printing and publishing company, Jose Gabriel García#Printing and Publishing Company García Hermanos, Garcia Hermanos, and founder of the country's first cultural society, "Jose Gabriel García#Los Amantes de las Letras Society, Los Amantes de las Letras" ("Lovers of the Letters"), responsible fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Domingo
, total_type = Total , population_density_km2 = auto , timezone = AST (UTC −4) , area_code_type = Area codes , area_code = 809, 829, 849 , postal_code_type = Postal codes , postal_code = 10100–10699 (Distrito Nacional) , website Ayuntamiento del Distrito Nacional Santo Domingo ( meaning "Saint Dominic"), once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán and Ciudad Trujillo, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. As of 2022, the city and immediate surrounding area (the Distrito Nacional) had a population of 1,484,789, while the total population is 2,995,211 when including Greater Santo Domingo (the "metropolitan area"). The city is coterminous with the boundaries of the Distrito Nacional ("D.N.", "National District"), itself bordered on three sides by Santo Domingo Province. Founded by the Spanish in 1496, on the east bank of the Ozama River and then moved by Nicolás de Ovando in 1502 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Trinitaria (Dominican Republic)
La Trinitaria (, ''The Trinity'') was a secret society founded in Juan Pablo Duarte's home situated in what today is known as Arzobispo Nouel Street, across from the "Del Carmen's Church" in the then occupied Santo Domingo, the current capital of the Dominican Republic. The founder, Juan Pablo Duarte and a group of like minded young people, led the struggle to establish the Dominican Republic as a free, sovereign, and independent nation in the 19th century. Their goal was to protect their newly liberated country from any foreign invasion. They helped bring about the end of the Haitian occupation of Santo Domingo from 1822 to 1844. History La Trinitaria was established on July 16, 1838 by Juan Pablo Duarte in the house of Juan Isidro Pérez de la Paz. Some of its first members included Juan Isidro Pérez, Pedro Alejandro Pina, Jacinto de la Concha, Félix María Ruiz, José María Serra, Benito González, Felipe Alfau, and Juan Nepomuceno Ravelo. The society also conceptualiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Revista Quincenal Dominicana
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson * ''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 * The La's, an English rock band * L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer * Yung L.A., a rapper * Lady A, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 * "La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings * La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) * ''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper * La7, an Italian television channel * LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal Business, organizations, and government agencies * L.A. Screenings, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominican Republic Literature
Dominican Republic literature has a long and interesting history. Authors from the Dominican Republic * Aída Cartagena Portalatín * Alfonso Rodríguez * Alfredo Fernández Simó *Andrea Evangelina Rodríguez Perozo * Angela Hernández Núñez *Angie Cruz *Arambilet *Arturo Féliz-Camilo * Blas Jiménez *Camila Henríquez Ureña * Carmen Quidiello * César Nicolás Penson *Cristino Gómez *Domingo Moreno Jimenes *Fabio Fiallo * Fernando Cabrera *Francisco Gregorio Billini * Frank Báez *Irvin Alberti *Jael Uribe *Jaime Colson *Joaquín Balaguer * José Alcántara Almánzar *José Gabriel García * Juan Bosch *Juan Delancer *Juan Esteban Ariza Mendoza *Juan Isidro Moreno *Juan Pablo Duarte *Julia Alvarez *Julio Vega Batlle *Junot Díaz *León Félix Batista *Leopoldo Minaya *Manuel del Cabral *Marcio Veloz Maggiolo *María Isabel Soldevila *Maria Montez *Mateo Morrison *Miguel D. Mena * Norberto James Rawlings *Pedro Francisco Bonó *Pedro Mir * Rámon Marrero Aristy *Raquel Ceped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Rodríguez Objío
Brigadier General Manuel Nemesio Rodríguez Objío (Santo Domingo, 19 December 1838 – '' ibidem'', 18 April 1871) was a poet, newspaper founder, historian, army general, politician, martyr, and National Hero of the Dominican Republic. Early life and family Objío was born in Santo Domingo on 19 December 1838 into a middle-class white family of Spanish heritage. His parents were Bernardina Objío Noble (1814–1893) and Andrés Rodríguez Rodríguez ( 1810–1843). The eldest of his siblings, he had one brother (Brigadier General Mariano Rodríguez Objío 840–1913 a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic) and two sisters. Political and military life In January 1855 Objío made a business trip to New York City; after his return to the Dominican Republic he settled in Azua, where he met President Pedro Santana who was fighting his rival General Buenaventura Báez and became his secretary. Objío fought in the Cibao Revolution (1857–1858) that overt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amantes De Las Letras Society , an ancient tribe in modern southern Albania
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Amante or Amantes may refer to: People with the surname * Edelmiro Amante (1933–2013), Filipino politician *Ferdinand M. Amante, Jr. (born 1961), Filipino politician *Vicente Amante (born 1948), Filipino politician Books *''Los Amantes'', 1968 play with Amelia Bence *''Los Amantes'', poetry collection by Arturo Corcuera 1976 Film and TV * ''Amantes'' (film), 1991 Spanish film noir written and directed by Vicente Aranda * ''Amantes'' (TV series), telenovela Music *"El Amante", song by Nicky Jam *''El Amante'', 1981 album by Sunny & the Sunliners *Los Amantes (song), a 1988 song by Mecano Other *Amantes (tribe) The Amantes (alternatively attested in primary sources, as Amantieis or Amantini) ( grc, Άμαντες or Αμαντιείς; la, Amantinii) were an ancient tribe located in the inland area of the Bay of Vlora north of the Ceraunian Mountains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael María Baralt
Rafael María Baralt y Pérez (3 July 1810 - 4 January 1860) was a Venezuelan diplomat and one of the country's most famed writers, philologists, and historians. He was the first Latin American to occupy a chair at the Real Academia Española. Born in Maracaibo on 3 July 1810, he suffered an untimely death in Madrid due to the stresses and aggravations suffered during services rendered to his beloved country of birth. Baralt was the son of Miguel Antonio Baralt, who helped build the Baralt Theater in Maracaibo, and Ana Francisca Pérez, who was Dominican. He died on 4 January 1860, and is buried in the National Pantheon of Venezuela The National Pantheon of Venezuela (''Panteón Nacional de Venezuela'') is a final resting place for national heroes. The Pantheon (Latin ''Pantheon'', from Greek ''Pantheon,'' meaning " Temple of all the Gods") was created in the 1870s on th .... Books * ''Resumen de la Historia de Venezuela'' (1840) * ''Adiós a la Patria'' (1842). Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Arturo De Meriño
Fernando Arturo de Meriño y Ramírez (January 9, 1833 in Antonsí – August 20, 1906) was a Dominican priest and politician. He served as President of the Dominican Republic from September 1, 1880, until September 1, 1882. He served as the President of Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic in 1878 and 1883. He was later made an archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi .... References External links and additional sources * (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) , - 1833 births 1906 deaths 19th-century Dominican Republic politicians Presidents of the Dominican Republic Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic Roman Catholic archbishops of Santo Domingo People from Santo Domingo 20th- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universidad Santo Tomás De Aquino
St. Thomas Aquinas University ( es, Universidad de Santo Tomás de Aquino; today the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, , UASD), is arguably the first institution of higher education in the Americas. It was founded by papal bull in 1538 in Santo Domingo, in the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, present-day Dominican Republic, although it didn't have the official certification by the king of Spain until 1558. The headquarters of the university was the Church and Convent of los Dominicos. It was closed in 1801 and in 1823, being reopened as a new iteration in 1914. History Founded during the reign of Charles I of Spain, it was originally a seminary operated by Catholic monks of the Dominican Order. Later, the institution received a university charter by Pope Paul III's papal bull ''In Apostulatus Culmine'', dated October 28, 1538. However, it did not obtain the official Privilege by Charles V to be officially recognized as a university until 1558. Thus, there is a debate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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