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Buñola
Bunyola () is a municipality of the island of Mallorca, Spain, located in the spurs of the Serra de Tramuntana, at a distance of from Palma de Mallorca, Palma. The municipality has an area of and a population of 6,636 inhabitantINE Instituto Nacional Estadísticaand the Ferrocarril de Sóller passes through it on the way to Palma. (Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain), INE 2018). The municipality of Bunyola is located in the Comarca of Serra de Tramuntana, the Tramuntana Range was awarded World Heritage Status by UNESCO as an area of great physical and cultural significance. Bunyola borders with other municipalities of Palma de Mallorca, Marratxi, Marratxí, Santa_Maria_del_Cami, Santa Maria del Camí, Alaro, Alaró, Escorca, Soller, Sóller, Deià and Valldemossa. Palmayola, Sa Font Seca y Orient are located within the municipality boundaries. Celebration day of the patron saint, San Mateo, is on the 21st of September. The Raixa Estate is located in Bunyola. It is a lar ...
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Municipalities Of Spain
The municipality (, , , , , )In other languages of Spain: *Catalan language, Catalan/Valencian (), grammatical number, sing. . *Galician language, Galician () or (), grammatical number, sing. /. *Basque language, Basque (), grammatical number, sing. . *Asturian language, Asturian (), grammatical number, sing. . is one of the two fundamental territorial divisions in Spain, the other being the Provinces of Spain, provinces. Organisation Although provinces of Spain, provinces are groupings of municipality, municipalities, there is no implied hierarchy or primacy of one over the other. Instead the two entities are defined according to the authority or jurisdiction of each (). Some autonomous communities also group municipalities into entities known as ''comarcas of Spain, comarcas'' (districts) or ''mancomunidades'' (commonwealths). The governing body in most municipalities is called ''Ayuntamiento (Spain), ayuntamiento'' (municipal council or municipal corporation, corpora ...
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and International security, security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It has 194 Member states of UNESCO, member states and 12 associate members, as well as partners in the Non-governmental organization, non-governmental, Intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental and private sector. Headquartered in Paris, France, UNESCO has 53 regional field offices and 199 National Commissions for UNESCO, national commissions. UNESCO was founded in 1945 as the successor to the League of Nations' International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation.English summary). UNESCO's founding mission, which was shaped by the events of World War II, is to advance peace, sustainable development and human rights by facilitating collaboratio ...
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Jil Sander
Heidemarie Jiline "Jil" Sander (; born 27 November 1943) is a German minimalist fashion designer and the founder of the Jil Sander (brand), Jil Sander fashion house. Early life and education Heidemarie Jiline Sander was born in Wesselburen on 27 November 1943. Sander studied at Krefeld School of Textiles (class of 1963) and was a foreign exchange student at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1963 to 1964. After her stint in UCLA, she moved on to New York as a magazine fashion writer. At age 21, she came back to Hamburg, Germany to join her younger and older siblings after their father died unexpectedly at the age of 52.Suzy Menkes"Jil Sander Bathes in the Glow of Uniqlo" ''Nytimes.com'', 7 June 2010 (accessed 11 October 2016) Career Jil Sander fashion house Sander founded her own fashion house Jil Sander (brand), Jil Sander in Rotherbaum, Hamburg, Germany in 1968 with her mother's sewing machine. Her first collection was for Hoechst AG, Hoechst, a chemical compan ...
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Evil Under The Sun
''Evil Under the Sun'' is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in June 1941Chris Peers, Ralph Spurrier and Jamie Sturgeon. ''Collins Crime Club – A checklist of First Editions''. Dragonby Press (Second Edition) March 1999 (p. 15) and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in October of the same year. The novel features Christie's detective, Hercule Poirot, who takes a holiday in Devon. During his stay, he notices a young woman who is flirtatious and attractive, but not well liked by a number of guests. When she is murdered during his stay, he finds himself drawn into investigating the circumstances surrounding the murder. Plot summary Hercule Poirot takes a quiet holiday at a secluded hotel in Devon, and notices attractive former actress Arlena Marshall flirting with Patrick Redfern, despite the fact both of them are married to other people. One morning, Arlena heads out for a private rendezvous at ...
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Pietro Lazzarini
Pietro Lazzarini (5 January 1842 – 1918) was an Italian sculptor. Biography He descended from a family of sculptors who ran a marble workshop in Carrara from 1670 until 1942. The sculptor Giuseppe Lazzarini was his brother. He submitted a bas relief of ''Evander retrieves the body of Pallas'' for a competition, and was awarded a stipend by the government to study at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence. He returned to work to Carrara. Among his first mature works are the ''Martyrdom of four saints'', found in the main altar of the Lombard church of Carrara. This he followed it with ''Leda'' and ''Bacchus'' donated to the Academy of Carrara. Then he sculpted ''After the Bath'', a nude female statua exhibited at the Accademia Fiorentina, where it was awarded a gold medal. He sculpted a bas-relief medallion of princess della Cisterna. For the Soldiers' National Monument in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA he helped design the five larger than life statues of ''History'', ''War ...
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Valldemossa
Valldemossa () is a village and municipality on the island of Mallorca, part of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. It is famous for one landmark: the Royal Charterhouse of Valldemossa, built at the beginning of the 14th century, when the mystic and philosopher Ramon Llull lived in this area of Mallorca. Since the 19th century Valldemossa has been promoted internationally as a place of outstanding beauty, largely as a result of the affection of distinguished traveller and cultural writer, the Austrian Archduke Ludwig Salvator. Valldemossa is the birthplace of Catalina Thomas, Mallorca's patron saint. History In the year 1399, the king of Aragon, Martin the Humane, donated his summer residence, the Royal Palace of Valdemossa, to the Carthusian Order. This order had been founded by Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and its monasteries were known as charterhouses according to its motherhouse, Chatreuse, which is why the building is called today the Valldemossa ...
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Deià
Deià () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality and small coastal village in the Serra de Tramuntana, which forms the northern ridge of the Spain, Spanish island of Mallorca. It is located about north of Valldemossa, and it is known for its literary and musical residents. Its idyllic landscape, orange and olive groves on cliffs overlooking the Mediterranean, served as a draw for German, English, and American expatriates after the World War I, First World War. The English poet, novelist, and scholar Robert Graves was one of the first foreigners to settle in the village, where he collaborated with Laura Riding in setting up the Seizin Press. Graves returned after the war and remained in Deià until his death. He used the town as the setting for many of his stories, including the historical novel ''Hercules my Shipmate''. His house is now a museum. Anaïs Nin visited the village in the 1920s, and she wrote a short story set on the village's beach. The Spanish writer, Carme ...
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Escorca
Escorca () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in northwest Mallorca, one of the Balearic Islands, Spain. Hills * Puig Major (1445 m) * Puig de Massanella (1364 m) * Puig Tomir (1102 m) * Puig Roig (1003 m) References

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Santa Maria Del Cami
Santa Claus (also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle or Santa) is a legendary figure originating in Western Christianity, Western Christian culture who is said to Christmas gift-bringer, bring gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Christmas Eve. Christmas elf, Christmas elves are said to make the gifts in Santa's Santa's workshop, workshop, while Santa Claus's reindeer, flying reindeer pull his sleigh through the air. The popular conception of Santa Claus originates from Saint Nicholas (European folklore), folklore traditions surrounding the 4th-century Christian bishop Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of children. Saint Nicholas became renowned for his reported generosity and secret gift-giving. The image of Santa Claus shares similarities with the English figure of Father Christmas, and they are both now popularly regarded as the same person. Santa is generally depicted as a portly, jolly, white-bearded man, often with spectac ...
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