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Llobet
Llobet () is a surname of Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ... origin and may refer to: * Joan Serra Llobet (1927–2015), Spanish water polo player * Miguel Llobet (1878–1938), Spanish classical guitarist * Toni Llobet, Catalan artist and illustrator of several bird and wildlife books * Xavier Llobet (born 1974), Spanish triathlete {{surname, Llobet Catalan-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Llobet
Miguel Llobet Solés (18 October 187822 February 1938) was a classical guitarist, born in Barcelona, Spain. Llobet was a renowned virtuoso who toured Europe and America extensively. He made well known arrangements of Catalan folk songs for the solo guitar, made famous arrangements for the guitar of the piano compositions of Isaac Albéniz, arrangements immortalized by Andrés Segovia, and was also the composer of original works. Biography Some details of Llobet's biography are confused and contradictory. The son of a gilder, he was baptized in the month of his birth in the church of ''Sant Just i Pastor'' on the ''Carrer de la Palma de Sant Just'', the street where he spent his boyhood, just a few streets from the ''Carrer Gignàs'', which (from 1884 through 1885) was the residence of his eventual teacher Francisco Tárrega. He was trained as an artist, revealing a talent for painting, and continued to paint throughout his life. His earliest musical training was on the violin a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xavier Llobet
Xavier Llobet Sallent (born May 16, 1974 in Manresa, Catalonia) is a Spanish triathlete. Llobet competed in the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), .... He did not finish the competition. His runs for Club Triatló Manresa References 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Manresa Athletes from Catalonia Spanish male triathletes Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic triathletes for Spain {{Spain-triathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Serra
Joan Serra Llobet (8 July 1927 – 24 January 2015) was a Spanish water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Sabadell, Catalonia. He was part of the Spanish team which finished eighth in the 1948 tournament. He played all seven matches as goalkeeper. In 1951 won the gold medal in the Mediterranean Games. He died in Sabadell on 24 January 2015, aged 87. mundodeportivo.com; accessed 26 January 2015. See also *Spain men's Olympic water polo team records and s ...
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Toni Llobet
Toni Llobet is a Catalan artist and illustrator of several bird and wildlife books, including the ''New Catalan Breeding Bird Atlas'', Handbook of the Birds of the World and the Handbook of the Mammals of the World ''Handbook of the Mammals of the World'' (''HMW'') is a book series from the publisher Lynx Edicions. The nine volumes were published from 2009 to 2019. Each mammal family is assessed in a full text introduction with photographs and each species h .... References Living people Artists from Catalonia Writers from Catalonia Catalan-language writers 21st-century Spanish writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Spain-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, to the south of the Pyrenees mountain range. Catalonia is administratively divided into four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. The capital and largest city, Barcelona is the second-most populated municipality in Spain and the fifth-most populous urban area in the European Union.Demographia: World Urban Areas – Demographia, April 2018 Current day Catalonia comprises most of the medieval and early modern Principality o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
