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Santa Catalina (Panama)
Santa Catalina may refer to: *Catalina Thomás (1533–1574), Spanish saint and patron saint of Mallorca Places Argentina * Santa Catalina Department, a department of Argentina ** Santa Catalina, Jujuy, capital of the department *Santa Catalina, Córdoba, a settlement in Río Cuarto Department Colombia * Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina **Providencia and Santa Catalina Islands, a municipality ** Santa Catalina Island (Colombia) *Santa Catalina, Bolívar Dominican Republic * Catalina Island (Dominican Republic), south of La Romana Guatemala * Santa Catalina la Tinta, Alta Verapaz Mexico *Isla Santa Catalina, Gulf of California, Baja California Sur *Santa Catalina Quieri, Oaxaca Panama * Santa Catalina, Panama, Pacific coast of Veraguas Peru *Santa Catalina de Mossa District, Morropon Province, Piura * Santa Catalina District, Luya Province, Amazonas *, a neighborhood in La Victoria District, Lima *Santa Catalina, a traditional neighbourhood of Barrio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalina Thomás
Catherine of Palma (1531–1574, born Catalina Thomás) was a Spanish nun canonised in 1930. She was born 1 May 1531 at Valldemossa, Mallorca, Spain, in a peasant family. She worked as a servant in a household in Palma where she learned to read and embroider, before joining the Canonesses of St Augustine at the convent of St Mary Magdalene in Palma. According to legend, she was visited by devils and angels, and went into ecstasy for the last years of her life. She died 5 April 1574 at Palma, Mallorca, of natural causes. her hat, thimble, and other relics were kept, and her body preserved in a marble sarcophagus, in the convent of St Mary Magdalene, Palma. After her death she was celebrated locally as a saint for half a century until a decree of Pope Urban VII forbade the worship of unrecognised saints. Local people appealed to Rome and eventually she was beatified on 12 August 1792 by Pope Pius VI and canonised on 22 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI. The house in Valldemossa where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrios Altos
Lima is a district of Lima Province in Peru. Lima district is the oldest in Lima Province and as such, vestiges of the city's colonial era remain today in the historic centre of Lima, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988 and contains the foundational area known as Cercado de Lima ( Spanish: "Walled Lima"). Geography The district has a total land area of 21.98 km². Its administrative center is located at 154 meters above sea level. Boundaries * North: The Rímac River marks the district's border with the San Martín de Porres and Rímac districts. * East: El Agustino and San Juan de Lurigancho. * South: La Victoria, Lince, Jesús María, Breña and Pueblo Libre. * West: San Miguel District; and the Callao Region districts of Bellavista, Callao and Carmen de la Legua Reynoso. Demographics According to a 2005 estimate by the INEI, the district has 278,804 inhabitants and a population density of 15,736.9 persons/km². In 1999, there were 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf Of Santa Catalina
The Gulf of Santa Catalina, also the Gulf of Catalina, is a gulf in the Pacific Ocean on the west coast of North America. The eastern coast of the gulf belongs to the states of California, United States, and Baja California, Mexico. The biggest town on the shore of the gulf is San Diego. The islands in the gulf include Santa Catalina Island. The gulf is over 100 square miles big and borders the east coast of Catalina and the beaches of Orange County, Los Angeles County, and San Diego county. The gulf is located in a seismically active area. History The gulf was first navigated by European discoverers in 1542, when Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo ( pt, João Rodrigues Cabrilho; c. 1499 – January 3, 1543) was an Iberian maritime explorer best known for investigations of the West Coast of North America, undertaken on behalf of the Spanish Empire. He was the firs ... sailed there from Navidad on the ''San Salvador'' and two other ships.Kelsey, Harr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Santa Catalina
The Pontifical and Royal University of St. Catherine or University of Osma (Spanish ''Pontificia y Real Universidad de Santa Catalina'' or ''Universidad de Osma'') was founded in 1550 by the Portuguese bishop Pedro Alvarez de Acosta in El Burgo de Osma in Spain. It was closed in 1841. The building that housed the university is now a hotel. History 1st stage: Greatness (1541 - 1751) The university was founded in 1541 by the Bishop of Osma, Pedro Alvarez de Acosta (1539-1563), with faculties of arts, canon law, medicine and theology; it was authorised on 5 August 1550 by a canonical bull of Pope Julius III, and dedicated to St. Catherine of Alexandria. Philip II of Spain took it under his protection by a royal decree of 31 January 1562. Thus it obtained the double title of a pontifical and a royal university. 2nd stage: Decay (1751 - 1807) Political and educational changes, as well as the lack of economic resources it fell into decline from 1751. Examinations were suspended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Catalina, Valencia
Santa Catalina is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located in the city of Valencia, Spain at the southern end of Plaza de la Reina. History Iglesia de Santa Catarina was built in the early 13th century at the site of a prior mosque. Most of the interior was rebuilt after a fire in 1548 acquiring the baroque style. It has a 16th-century portal of classicist style. The imposing bell tower, with a hexagonal base and five levels, once the site of a minaret, was rebuilt in a Baroque fashion between 1688 and 1705 using the designs of Juan Bautista Viñes. Today still presents the 13th-century gothic exterior. The church was restored in 1785. entry on church. The bells were melted in |
Botanical Garden Of Santa Catalina
The Santa Catalina Botanical Garden ( eu, Santa Katalinako lorategi botanikoa, es, Jardín botánico de Santa Catalina) is located in the municiaplity of Iruña de Oca, province of Álava, Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, Spain. The garden is centered around the ruins of the Santa Catalina convent, located between the Zadorra river and the Badaia Range, close to Trespuentes. History The origins of the botanical garden The Iruña family, probably the most powerful family of Iruña de Oca, were the ones that built the tower house in the thirteenth century, a century of feudal revolts. A century and a half later when there was peace in the area, the Iruña decided to change their place of residence and built a new building in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Vitoria (now Doña Otxanda tower), and gave their former residence to the order of Hieronymites. A few years later it was passed to the Augustinians, Augustinian monks, who built the monastery of Santa Catalina, and kep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isla De Santa Catalina
Santa Catalina is a small island off the north coast of the Península de Almina in Ceuta, 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 .... Santa Catalina Landforms of Ceuta {{Ceuta-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castillo De Santa Catalina (La Palma)
The Castillo de Santa Catalina is a castle in Santa Cruz de La Palma on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands. The original castle was constructed in 1554–1560 after the city was attacked by French pirates in 1553. The current castle was constructed between 1685 and 1692 and was recorded as a historical monument in 1951. It has been privately owned since 1949 and is open to the public. First castle French pirates attacked Santa Cruz de La Palma on 21 July 1553, after which the town constructed a series of fortifications. Construction of the first Santa Catalina castle was started in 1554, and became operational in September 1560. It consisted of an ellipse, elliptical platform and circular tower. The layout was redesigned by Leonardo Torriani in 1585. The castle was decaying by the mid-1660s due to the sea and storms causing the nearby Barranco de Las Nieves to overflow (such as one on 14 January 1671). It was in ruins between around 1666–1681, after which it was demol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Of Santa Catalina (Jaén)
Saint Catherine's Castle (Castillo de Santa Catalina) is a castle that sits on the Cerro de Santa Catalina overlooking the Spanish city of Jaén. It is now the site of a parador. History The castle began as a Moorish fortress in the 8th century, later improved by the Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada, Abdallah ibn al-Ahmar (who also built the Alhambra). Earlier, where the parador now stands, there was a tower known as Hannibal's Tower, of which some traces remain. After King Ferdinand III of Castile captured the city in 1246 after the Siege of Jaén, he commenced a transformation of the castle, including construction of what became known as the New Castle on the eastern extreme of the hill. The bulk of the work, however, took place under the reigns of Alfonso X and Ferdinand IV. There are five towers and a donjon, with one of the towers holding the Chapel of Saint Catherine. One of the last structures built during this period was the donjon, which was the work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Of Santa Catalina (Cádiz)
The Castle of Santa Catalina ( Spanish: ''Baluarte de Santa catalina y Castillo'') is a castle located in Cádiz, Spain. It was declared '' Bien de Interés Cultural'' in 1993. References Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Cádiz Castles in Andalusia {{Spain-castle-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Pablo, Laguna
San Pablo, officially the City of San Pablo ( fil, Lungsod ng San Pablo), is a 1st class component city A city ( fil, lungsod/siyudad) is one of the units of local government in the Philippines. All Philippine cities are chartered cities ( fil, nakakartang lungsod), whose existence as corporate and administrative entities is governed by their own ... in the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Laguna (province), Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 285,348 people. It is located in the southern portion of Laguna (province), Laguna Provinces of the Philippines, province, it is one of the oldest cities in the Philippines. By land area, it is the largest in the province of Laguna. Its population ranks sixth within the province after the cities of Calamba, Laguna, Calamba, Santa Rosa, Laguna, Santa Rosa, Biñan, San Pedro, Laguna, San Pedro, and Cabuyao. The city is also known as the "City of Seven Lakes" ( fil, Lungsod ng Pitong Lawa), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental
Santa Catalina, officially the Municipality of Santa Catalina ( ceb, Lungsod sa Santa Catalina; tl, Bayan ng Santa Catalina), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 77,501 people. The town is home to the ''Minagahat language'', the indigenous language of Southern Negros as listed by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino. The language is vital to the culture and arts of the people. Santa Catalina is from Dumaguete City. Etymology The town of Santa Catalina got its name after the supposedly miraculous image of the patron saint, Santa Catalina de Alejandria, installed in the community chapel. History ;Spanish Regime: The town of Santa Catalina was formerly named Tolong. In about 1572, Captain Miguel de Laorca, a member of Legaspi's expedition, sent the first Spanish mission led by Adrien Lajot, a Belgian mercenary (from Provence Liège) in order to take possession of Negros Island. During that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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