Remedios Department
Remedios may refer to: Places * Remedios, Cuba, a municipality in the province of Villa Clara, Cuba * Remedios, Antioquia, a municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia * Remedios, Chiriquí, a corregimiento of Panama * Remedios District, district (distrito) of Chiriquí Province in Panama * Remédios, civil parish in the Azores, Portugal * Los Remedios, a district of Seville, Andalusia, Spain * Los Remedios National Park in Mexico People * Remedios Amaya (born 1962), Spanish singer * Remedios Varo (1908–1963), Spanish-Mexican para-surrealist painter and anarchist * Alberto Remedios Alberto Remedios (27 February 193511 June 2016) was a British operatic tenor, especially noted for his interpretations of Wagner's heldentenor roles. Biography Alberto Remedios was born in Liverpool and began his working life as a shipyard w ... (1935–2016), British operatic tenor * Jeffrey Remedios, Canadian businessman, president of Universal Music Canada {{disambig, geo, given nam ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Remedios, Cuba
Remedios (), also known as San Juan de los Remedios, is a city and municipality located from the northern coast of Cuba, in the center of the island. It is the oldest Spanish settlement in the former Las Villas province. It is now part of the province of Villa Clara. It was declared a City by Isabella II of Spain, when the island was still a colony. Remedios is known as the Cradle of the Parrandas, possibly the Caribbean's largest and oldest traditional festival. Its patrons are John the Baptist and the Virgin of the Buenviaje. Geography Remedios is located about 4 hours by bus from Havana, and around 50 minutes from Santa Clara. It is less than an hour from here to beach resorts in the Santa María – Las Brujas cays, both situated north of the province. The municipality is bordered on the north by Caibarien, to the south by Camajuani and Placetas, and to the east by Yaguajay (formerly known as Sancti Spiritus). Remedios has 10 Consejos Populares which include: Remedios I, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Remedios, Antioquia
Remedios is a town and municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ... in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Part of the subregion of Northeastern Antioquia. Municipalities of Antioquia Department Populated places established in 1560 {{Antioquia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Remedios, Chiriquí
Remedios is a corregimiento in Remedios District, Chiriquí Province, Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co .... It is the seat of Remedios District. It has a land area of and had a population of 908 as of 2010, giving it a population density of . Its population as of 1990 was 2,650; its population as of 2000 was 962. References Corregimientos of Chiriquí Province {{Chiriquí-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Remedios District
Remedios District () is a district (''distrito'') of Chiriquí Province in Panama. The population according to the 2000 census was 3,489. The district covers a total area of 168 km2. The capital lies at the city of Remedios. History Remedios District is one of the divisions that makes up the Province of Chiriqui, located in the Republic of Panama. Chiriqui was first discovered in 1519 by Gaspar de Espinosa. Considered the oldest populations of Chiriqui, was founded in 1589,(according to historians recognized Alberto Osorio, Ernesto Castillero and Ruben D. Carles) by Captain Martin Gutierrez, receiving the name of " Our Lady of Remedios". The location became an important commercial center for three reason: 1. Its proximity to the sea 2. For having the resources needed to manufacture timber vessels. 3. Joins Santiago from Veraguas and Alanje (Previously known as Chiriqui). Remedios was the focus of evangelism of the Guaymi Indians of the area. See also *Central America ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Remédios
Remédios is a civil parish situated in along the northern coast of the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 931, in an area of . History The parochial church was built in 1958 by order of D. Manuel Afonso de Carvalho, bishop of Angra.DRAC (2010), p.34 The parish was elevated to the status of civil parish two years later, in 1960, when it was de-annexed from the territory of Bretanha. Geography It is located in the northwestern part of the island of São Miguel, and includes the flanks of the Sete Cidades Massif, covered in ''laurisilva Laurel forest, also called laurisilva or laurissilva, is a type of Subtropics, subtropical forest found in areas with high humidity and relatively stable, mild temperatures. The forest is characterized by broadleaf tree species with evergreen, glo ...'' and endemic plant species to the coastal cliffs. References Notes Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Remedios Parishes of Ponta De ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Los Remedios
Los Remedios is a district of Seville, the regional capital of Andalusia, Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i .... It is located on the Isla de La Cartuja, south of the district of Triana, Seville, Triana, between two forks of the Guadalquivir river. It is linked by bridge to the city centre (Casco Antiguo) and the districts of Distrito Sur (Seville), Distrito Sur and Bellavista-La Palmera. From the western side of the island, it is linked by road bridge to the city of San Juan de Aznalfarache and shares a boundary in the Guadalquivir with the city of Gelves. The southern tip of La Cartuja is opposite the municipality of Dos Hermanas. Los Remedios takes its name from a Carmelite convent of the same name found in the district. Before urban development in the latter ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Los Remedios National Park
Los Remedios National Park is a national park in Mexico, located in the far west of the municipality of Naucalpan in Mexico State, just northwest of Mexico City. The park was established by federal decree in 1938 with an area of . Within its borders is the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Los Remedios, a colonial-era aqueduct and a pre-Hispanic archaeological zone with a Chichimeca temple. All of these are located in and around the mountain called Cerro Moctezuma. The site was an Aztec observatory and is also believed to be where Hernán Cortés and his men rested after fleeing Tenochtitlan. Overview The aqueduct is long and consists of fifty arches which measure high and extend into the ground. The first stage was built in 1616 under Viceroy of Mexico Diego Fernández de Córdoba with the objective of bringing water to the Sanctuary of Los Remedios from a spring at the village of San Francisco Chimalpa. This water was also used to irrigate fields in the villages of San Bartolomé, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Remedios Amaya
María Dolores Amaya Vega (born 1962 in Seville), better known by her stage name Remedios Amaya (), is a Spanish flamenco singer. She represented Spain at the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest. Remedios Amaya has been popular with international audiences since the debut of her first self-titled album in '78. Her first album, the self-titled ''Remedios Amaya'', was published in 1978. In 1983 she was internally selected by Televisión Española to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 in Munich. She scored nul points with the song " ¿Quién maneja mi barca?". Amaya's first works, ''Luna nueva'' (1983) and ''Seda en mi piel'' (1984), were an example of flamenco-rock. In 1997 she released the album ''Me voy contigo'' (1997), produced by Vicente Amigo Vicente Amigo Girol (born 25 March 1967) is a Spanish flamenco composer and guitarist, born in Guadalcanal near Seville. He has played as an accompanying guitarist on recordings by flamenco singers Camarón de la Isla, a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Remedios Varo
María de los Remedios Alicia Rodriga Varo y Uranga (16 December 1908 – 8 October 1963) was a Spanish-born Mexican surrealist artist working in Spain, France, and Mexico. Early life Remedios Varo Uranga was born in Anglès, is a small town in the province of Girona (Catalonia), in northeastern Spain, in 1908. Her mother named Varo in honor of the Virgen de los Remedios (the "Virgin of Remedies") after a recently deceased older sister. Varo's father, Rodrigo Varo y Zajalvo (Cejalvo), was a hydraulic engineer. Because of his work, the family moved to different locations across Spain and North Africa. Varo's father recognized her artistic talents early on and would have her copy the technical drawings of his work with their straight lines, radii, and perspectives, which she reproduced faithfully. He encouraged independent thought and supplemented her education with science and adventure books, notably the novels of Alexandre Dumas, Jules Verne, and Edgar Allan Poe. As she grew ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alberto Remedios
Alberto Remedios (27 February 193511 June 2016) was a British operatic tenor, especially noted for his interpretations of Wagner's heldentenor roles. Biography Alberto Remedios was born in Liverpool and began his working life as a shipyard welder. He left school at 15 to play football semi-professionally for New Brighton at Wallasey. He also studied singing with Edwin Francis, who also taught Rita Hunter. Following National Service, he was offered a place at the Royal College of Music with Clive Carey, where he won the Queen's Prize in 1957. He sang a wide variety of roles with the Sadler's Wells Opera—the forerunner of English National Opera—including Alfredo in '' La traviata'', the title role in Gounod's ''Faust'', Samson in Saint-Saëns' ''Samson and Delilah'', Bacchus in ''Ariadne auf Naxos'' and Max in ''Der Freischütz.'' Remedios went to Australia with the Sutherland- Williamson company in 1965. The company led by Richard Bonynge included Lauris Elms, John A ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |