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Porta Der Damasco (NYPL B14896507-1535152)
Porta can refer to: People * Porta (rapper) (born 1988), stagename of Christian Jiménez Bundo, a Spanish rap singer * Bernardo Porta (1758–1829), Italian composer active in France * Bianca Della Porta (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey and rugby player * Carlo Porta (1775–1821), Italian poet in the Milanese dialect * Costanzo Porta (1528–1601), Italian composer of the Renaissance * Giacomo della Porta (1532–1602), Italian sculptor and architect * Giambattista della Porta (1535–1615), Neapolitan physician and playwright * Giovanni Porta (1675–1755), Italian composer * Hugo Porta (born 1951), Argentine rugby union footballer * Livio Dante Porta (1923–2003), Argentine engineer * Luigi Porta (1800–1875), Italian surgeon * Miquel Porta (born 1957), Spanish epidemiologist and scholar * Richard Porta (born 1983), Uruguayan Australian footballer Places * La Porta, a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica * Porta (Barcelona) a neigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porta (rapper)
Christian Jiménez Bundo (born 2 July 1988 in Barcelona), known professionally as Porta, is a Spanish rapper. He achieved his initial popularity primarily over the Internet, distributing his music directly to fans on social media networks rather than relying on traditional record labels. His 2006 demo ''No es Cuestión de Edades'' ''("It's not a matter of age")'' followed by ''No Hay Truco'' ''("There is no Trick [to it]")'' in 2007 quickly became underground hits with record-breaking downloads. Porta rose to mainstream popularity with his first studio album ''En Boca de Tantos'' ''("Talked About by So Many")'', released in 2008 by Universal Music Group. ''Trastorno Bipolar (álbum), Trastorno Bipolar'' ''("Bipolar Disorder")'' was released in 2009 but failed to match the success of ''En Boca de Tantos''. Porta separated himself from UMG in August 2011 after mounting disagreements. He released ''Reset'' on 7 May 2012 after signing with PIAS Spain. The album was a widespread succes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porta Gia Ton Ourano
"Porta Gia Ton Ourano" ( el, Πόρτα Για Τον Ουρανό; en, Door to the Sky) is a song recorded by Greek pop singer Helena Paparizou and the first single from ''Vrisko To Logo Na Zo''. ''MAD TV'', May 11, 2008. Retrieved on April 19, 2008 The song was released as a single on April 8, 2008 to radio stations all over Greece and Cyprus. Song information The single officially debuted on April 8, 2008 when it was played for the first time on Kosmoradio of Thessaloniki. In Athens the song aired for the very first time on Sfera Radio. The music is by Per Lidén, Niclas Olausson and Toni Mavridis, with lyrics by Eleana Vrahali. The photography used on the cover is by Elena's director Alexandros Grammatopoulos. Music video The music video was directed by Alexandros Grammatopoulos and was filmed on April 8, 2008. In it, Paparizou appeared with her new style for the first time. The shooting took place in Athens and lasted 48 hours. On April 14, 2008, MAD TV revealed the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porta Susa
Torino Porta Susa is a railway station in Turin, northern Italy; it is the second busiest mainline station in the city, after Torino Porta Nuova. It is located in ''Corso Inghilterra''. History The station was built in 1868 during the expansion of the city towards the west. Trains between Torino Porta Nuova and Milan stop at the station, including TGV services between Paris and Milan and other services using the Turin–Milan high-speed line. Reconstruction In April 2006, reconstruction of the station began in conjunction with the Turin Passante regional railway. This involved quadrupling of the number of tracks that run through central Turin. At Porta Susa station, the line was widened to six tracks with new platforms being built beneath the thoroughfare ''Corso Inghilterra''. A 300-metre long, 19-metre high glass and steel structure has been built above the tracks to create a new station, which is intended to become Turin's main hub of urban, regional and international rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verona Porta Nuova Railway Station
Verona Porta Nuova is the main railway station of Verona, Italy. It is one of the two stations serving central Verona; the other station, Verona Porta Vescovo, is located at the east of the city. It is situated at ''Piazzale XXV Aprile'' ("25 April") at the south of the city centre. The station is a 20-minute walk (approximately 1,5 km) or 10-minute bus ride from Arena di Verona. The station was opened in 1852 by the Austrian Empire's Südbahn and, after its transfer to Italy, has substantially been rebuilt between 1910 and 1922. Following the destruction by allied bombings during the Second World War, the present building was reconstructed between 1946 and 1949. Verona Porta Nuova is a major cross-junction station in Italy: the north–south Brenner Railway connecting Austria and Bologna meets the east–west Milan-Venice railway. The north–south route has been classified by the European Union as Trans-European Network (TEN) Axis No. 1 Berlin-Palermo. The station hand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porta Nuova, Turin
Torino Porta Nuova railway station is the main railway station of Turin, northern Italy. It is the third busiest station in Italy for passenger flow after Rome Termini and Milan Central, with about 192,000 journeys per day and 70 million travellers a year and a total of about 350 trains per day. Porta Nuova is a terminal station, with trains arriving perpendicularly to the facade. The station is located in Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, right in front of Piazza Carlo Felice (in the South side of the city centre). Trains between Turin and Milan start or finish at the station, including services using the Turin–Milan high-speed line. A metro station, which is part of Turin Metro (''Metropolitana di Torino'') ''line 1'', has been recently built under the station building. History Construction of the station began in 1861 under the direction of Alessandro Mazzucchetti. The original structure included a clear distinction between the departure area (near Via Nizza) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porta Alpina
(from Romansh: Alpine Gate) was a proposed railway station to be located in the middle of the Gotthard Base Tunnel, serving the Alpine village of Sedrun in Switzerland. It was intended to promote tourism and the economy in the region of Graubünden. The project was put on hold as uneconomical in 2007, and then indefinitely shelved in 2012. The current multifunction station is only used for emergency stops and maintenance. The portal lies above the tunnel. Design Porta Alpina would have been by far the deepest underground train station in the world at underground, ten times as deep as the Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon railway station (the world's deepest heavy rail station, at ), and even outclassing Kyiv's Arsenalna Metro station at . It would also have connected the high-Alpine village of Sedrun and the Surselva to a major high-speed line from northern to southern Europe. The current station, along with Faido, is one of the two multi-function stations of the tunnel. The m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porta Coeli (Puerto Rico)
Porta Coeli ('Gateway to Heaven') Convent church, or El Convento de Santo Domingo de Porta Coeli in Spanish, is one of the oldest church structures in the western hemisphere, located in San Germán, Puerto Rico. History In 1609, the Dominican Order built the Convento de Porta Coeli at the crest of a hill in what is now San Germán Historic District. During the 18th century the Convento was reconstructed and a church built next to it. The single nave church was constructed of rubble masonry with stucco surfaced walls and a wood truss roof. In 1949 Ubaldino Ramírez de Arellano, Monseñor Mac Manus, Bishop of Ponce, Senator Santiago R. Palmer and others arranged for the church of Porta Coeli in San German to be sold to the Government of Puerto Rico for a dollar so that it would be responsible for its safekeeping and preservation. After restoration by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, the church now houses the Museo de Arte Religioso. This is a museum of religious paintings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porta Coeli (Moravia)
Porta coeli ("Heaven's Gate" in Latin) is a 13th-century convent (women monastery) located in Předklášteří, near Tišnov, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic, after which the asteroid 3276 Porta Coeli is named. Situated in the valley of the Svratka River, this Cistercian convent was founded in 1233 by Constance of Hungary (who was also buried here), widow of Czech King Otakar I. The church was consecrated in 1239 by Bernhard, Bishop of Prague with approval and at presence of Robert the Englishman, Bishop of Olomouc. It has three aisles, a transept and a rather long sanctuary ending in a five-sided apse. Despite the austerity of the Cistercian rules, the western façade has a portal reminiscent of French cathedrals. It is unique in the Czech Republic. The interior contains valuable Baroque furnishings from after 1764; on the high altar there is a painting by F. A. Maulbertsch, sculpture by Andreas Schweigl, and other paintings by the Jesuit artist Ignác Raab. The cloi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porta Nigra
The Porta Nigra (Latin for ''black gate'') is a large Roman city gate in Trier, Germany. It is today the largest Roman city gate north of the Alps. It was designated as part of the Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986, because of its testimony to the influence of Trier in the Roman Empire and its unique architecture as both a city gate and a double church. The name ''Porta Nigra'' originated in the Middle Ages due to the darkened colour of its stone; the original Roman name has not been preserved. Locals commonly refer to the Porta Nigra simply as ''Porta''. History Roman The Porta Nigra was built in grey sandstone after 170 AD. The original gate consisted of two four-storeyed towers, projecting as near semicircles on the outer side. A narrow courtyard separated the two gate openings on either side. For unknown reasons, however, the construction of the gate remained unfinished. For example, the stones at the nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porta Westfalica
Porta Westfalica () is a town in the district of Minden-Lübbecke, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The name "''Porta Westfalica''" is Latin and means "gate to Westphalia". Coming from the north, the gorge is the entry to the region of Westphalia. The name was coined by scholars of the 19th century. History The town Porta Westfalica was established in 1973 by merging fifteen villages surrounding the gorge. The centre of the modern town is the former village of Hausberge, which was first mentioned in 1096. The Emperor William Monument was erected near the town by the then Prussian Province of Westphalia between 1892 and 1896Information board with the titl''Emperor William Monument''at the northern approach to the monument at commons.wikimedia.org The monument, which is around 88 metres high, is classified as one of Germany's national monuments. From 18 March 1944 until 1 April 1945 a concentration camp was established in the Barkhausen quarter. From 1 February 1945 u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porta Littoria
La Thuile ( Valdôtain: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley of northwest Italy. Geography La Thuile is located in the Alps at the extreme north-west of the country, close to the French alpine town of La Rosière. The town is crossed by the road going from Pré-Saint-Didier in the north-west up to the Little St Bernard Pass in the south-east linking Italy to Bourg-Saint-Maurice and the Isère Valley in France. Economy Coal mining (anthracite) was important in the area before World War II, many diggings and old mining structures can be seen around the village. Nowadays, La Thuile depends on tourism, in winter as one of the main Italian Alpine ski resorts linked with La Rosière, as well as in summer (hiking). Events La Thuile has been the venue for several major annual international winter conferences: "Les Rencontres de Physique de la Vallée d'Aoste" organized by Italy's Institute of Nuclear Physics, and "Rencontres de Moriond" organized by the French National i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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