Las Casas commonly referred to as
Bartolomé de las Casas
Bartolomé de las Casas, OP ( ; ; 11 November 1484 – 18 July 1566) was a 16th-century Spanish landowner, friar, priest, and bishop, famed as a historian and social reformer. He arrived in Hispaniola as a layman then became a Dominican friar ...
(1484–1566), Spanish historian, social reformer and Dominican friar.
Las Casas may also refer to:
People
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Alberto de las Casas (died 1544), Catholic church figure
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Arán de las Casas (born 1989), Venezuelan actor and singer
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Dianne de Las Casas (1970–2017), Philippine-born American author and storyteller
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Francisco de las Casas Francisco de las Casas y Saavedra (1461–1536) was a Spanish Conquistador in Mexico and Honduras.
Francisco de las Casas was born in Trujillo, Spain. By 1513 las Casas was married to Maria de Aguilar, daughter of Geronimo de Aguilar, and th ...
(1461–1536), 16th-century Spanish conquistador
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José de Urrutia y de las Casas
José Ramón de Urrutia y de las Casas (19 November 1739 – 1 March 1803) was a Spanish captain general and military engineer.
Biography
He participated in the Great Siege of Gibraltar (1779 – 1783), the Russo-Turkish War, for which Catherine ...
(1739–1803), Spanish captain general and military engineer
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Juan Bautista de las Casas
Juan Bautista de las Casas led a revolt against the governor of Spanish Texas in 1811 and served as head of the province for 39 days until he was deposed.
Revolt
The Mexican War of Independence was launched on September 16, 1810, by Father ...
(d. 1811), 18th-century Tejano revolutionary
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Julio Jesús de las Casas (born 1945), Venezuelan sports shooter
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Luis de Las Casas (1745–1800), Spanish Governor of Cuba
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Luis Felipe de Las Casas Grieve (1916–1988), Peruvian politician and engineer
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Mario de las Casas
Mario de las Casas Ramírez (born 31 January 1905 – death 10 October 2002) was a Peruvian football defender who played for Peru
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(1905–2002), Peruvian footballer
Fictional characters
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Yunior de Las Casas, the subject of two short story collections by author Junot Diaz
Places
;Chile
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Padre Las Casas, Chile, a city and commune located in Cautín Province
;Dominican Republic
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Padre Las Casas, Dominican Republic, a municipality of the Azua province
;Guatemala
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Fray Bartolomé de las Casas
Fray Bartolomé de las Casas () is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz. It is situated at 170m above sea level. It contains 31,611 people. It covers a terrain of 1229km2. The annual festival is April 30-May 4. It is named a ...
, a municipality in the department of Alta Verapaz
;Mexico
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San Cristóbal de las Casas
San Cristóbal de las Casas (), also known by its native Tzotzil name, Jovel (), is a town and municipality located in the Central Highlands region of the Mexican state of Chiapas. It was the capital of the state until 1892, and is still cons ...
, a town and municipality located in the state of Chiapas
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San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport
;Philippines
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Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar
Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar (Spanish for "Acuzar's Philippine Houses") is a beach resort, hotel, convention center and heritage destination in Bagac, Bataan, Philippines.
History
Jose Acuzar, the owner of New San Jose Builders, Inc., started ...
, a beach resort and heritage destination in Bagac, Bataan
;Puerto Rico
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Las Casas (Santurce)
Las Casas is one of the forty subbarrios of Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Demographics
In 2000, Las Casas had a population of 6,775.
In 2010, Las Casas had a population of 6,399 and a population density of 20,641.9 persons per square mile.
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, a sector of Santurce, San Juan
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Camp Las Casas
Camp Las Casas was a United States military installation established in Santurce, Puerto Rico in 1904. The camp was the main training base of the "Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry," On January 15, 1899, the military government changed the name of ...
, a military installation established in Santurce in 1904
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Residencial Las Casas
Residencial Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas, more commonly known as Residencial Las Casas, Caserio Las Casas or Las Casas, is a public housing complex located in San Juan, Puerto Rico consisting of 417 housing units. It is under the management of the ...
, a public housing project in San Juan
;Spain
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Las Casas del Conde, a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca
;United States
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Lascassas, Tennessee Lascassas (also Las Casas or Las Cassas) is an unincorporated community in Rutherford County, Tennessee, near the city of Murfreesboro. Its geographic coordinates are 35°55'49"N, 86°17'28"W. The ZIP Code for Lascassas is 37085.
The community's ...
, an unincorporated community in Rutherford County
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Las Casas Occupational High School, a high school in Chicago, Illinois
See also
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Casas (disambiguation)
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