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Elisenda may refer to: People * Elisenda Fábregas (b. 1955), Spanish/American composer * Elisenda Grigsby, American mathematician * Elisenda of Montcada (c. 1292 – 1364), queen consort of Aragon * Elisenda Paluzie (b. 1969), Spanish economist, politician, and professor * Elisenda Pérez (b. 1975), Spanish swimmer * Elisenda de Sant Climent (1220–1275), Catalan slave * Elisenda Vives Balmaña, Andorran diplomat Other * Reina Elisenda (Barcelona–Vallès Line), subway station in Barcelona, Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisenda Fábregas
Elisenda Fábregas (born 1955 in Terrassa, Province of Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish/American composer. Biography Fábregas studied piano at the Conservatory of Barcelona until 1977. She came to the USA and studied for her bachelor's and master's degree (1983) in piano performance at Juilliard School of Music with Beveridge Webster and Joseff Raieff and Samuel Sanders. She made her debut in the Carnegie Recital Hall in 1983. She received doctorates from Columbia University Teachers College in education (1992) and Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in music composition (2011). As a pianist she performed besides in Spain, in various countries, England, Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, and the United States. From 2010 through 2021 she lived in Seoul, South Korea, and was working as invited professor of music and cultural studies at Kyung Hee University. At present she lives and composes full time in Catalunya, Spain. During the 2023-24 season she was thresident com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisenda Grigsby
Julia Elisenda (Eli) Grigsby is an American mathematician who works as a professor at Boston College. Her research began with the study of low-dimensional topology, including knot theory and category-theoretic knot invariants. She is currently working in the field of machine learning. Education and career Grigsby earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University in 1999, after earlier forays into biochemistry and physics. After a year working as an operations researcher in Silicon Valley, she returned to graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley, and completed her doctorate in 2005 under the joint supervision of Robion Kirby and Peter Ozsváth. She was a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University and the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, and joined the Boston College faculty in 2009. Service Grigsby belongs to the advisory board of Girls' Angle, a non-profit organization for encouraging girls to participate in mathematics, and is respo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisenda Of Montcada
Elisenda de Montcada (c. 1292 – 19 June 1364) was queen consort of Aragon as the fourth and last spouse of James II of Aragon. She served as Regent or "Queen-Lieutenant" of Aragon during the absence of her spouse from 1324 until 1327. She and James II founded the Monastery of Pedralbes, a Franciscan convent of the Poor Clares. After James II's death in 1327, Elisenda lived adjacent to the monastery for the remaining 37 years of her life. Early life Elisenda de Montcada was believed to have been born in Aitona, the daughter of Pere II Ramon Montcada i d’Abarca, Baron of Aitona, and Elisenda de Pinos. She belonged to the lineage of Montcada, one of the most noble families of Catalonia, close with the monarchy. Elisenda had three brothers: Ot, heir to Aitona and a godfather of the future Peter IV of Aragon; Gastó, bishop of Huesca and later of Bishop of Girona, Girona; and Guillem Ramón. Elisenda's great-grandmother was Constance, Lady of Aitona, an illegitimate daughte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisenda Paluzie
Elisenda Paluzie i Hernández (born 13 October 1969) is a Catalan economist, politician, and professor from Spain. Since 24 March 2018 she is president of the Assemblea Nacional Catalana, a Catalan independence organization. She has served as Professor of Economics at the University of Barcelona since 2001, is the director of the Centro de Análisis Económico y de las Políticas Sociales ("Center for Economic Analysis and Social Policy") there, which is integrated into the Research Institute of the Barcelona Economic Analysis Team. In 2022, she was elected as a vice president of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization. Early years and education Elisenda Paluzie was born in Barcelona on 13 October 1969. She is the daughter of Lluís Paluzie Mir, who comes from a family of Catalan intellectuals.''Inventari de documentació de la família Paluzíe'', archived September 23, 2015 in the Wayback Machine, at the Biblioteca de Catalunya, at Bnc.cat. She received a bachelor' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisenda Pérez
Elisenda Pérez (born 28 January 1975) is a Spanish former medley swimmer who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 .... References External links * 1975 births Living people Spanish female medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for Spain Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1991 Mediterranean Games {{Spain-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisenda De Sant Climent
Elisenda de Sant Climent (c. 1220–1275), was a Catalan woman who was captured as a slave. She was born to Guillem Ramon de Sant Climent and married a Catalan farmer on Mallorca; they belonged to the Catalan colonists on Mallorca after the island was conquered by Aragon in 1229. They had a daughter, Guillemona. In 1238, during the conquest of Valencia, Elisenda and her family was captured by Islamic slave traders on a raid on Mallorca. She and her daughter were taken to a harem of the emir of the Hafsid dynasty in Tunis, Muhammad I al-Mustansir. Her daughter was made Muslim and took the name Rocaia, and became the influential favorite of the son of the emir, Miromomeli, which gave also her mother privileges. Elisenda made contact with the Catalan merchant Arnau Solsona who lived in Tunis, and eventually married him. She acquired items sent to her by her daughter, from the palace of the emir. Among them was a relic, sent to Elisenda by her daughter for the purpose of transferrin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisenda Vives Balmaña
Elisenda Vives Balmaña is an Andorran diplomat who has served as the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since November 2015. She is also Andorra's ambassador to the United States, Canada and Mexico, and former ambassador to Morocco and Italy. Early life and education Vives was born in Barcelona, Spain. Vives has a degree in philosophy and letters from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, a master's degrees in gender studies from the University of Barcelona, a master's degree in Eastern Asian studies and a postgraduate degree in comparative politics from the Open University of Catalonia, a postgraduate degree in Andorran law from the Universitat d'Andorra and a doctorate in history from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Career Vives was a professor of geography and history before working for the principality's Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1992 until 2001. She was ambassador of Andorra to Italy and Morocco from 2000 until 2001. Vives was Head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reina Elisenda (Barcelona–Vallès Line)
Reina Elisenda is a railway station on the Barcelona–Vallès Line, in Sarrià, in the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district of Barcelona. It is the northern terminus and only station of a branch line coming from Sarrià station. Since 2016, a single-track shuttle service, designated ''L12'', links the two stations at four-minute intervals during rush hours due to the modification of Sarrià station Sarrià is a railway station located under the ''Via Augusta'' at '' Carrer de l'Hort de la Vila'' in the Sarrià neighbourhood of the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district of Barcelona, Spain. It is served by lines L6 and L12 of the Barcelona Metro, a ... to enhance access for persons with reduced mobility; before that, it was served as a branch line of ''L6''. The station was opened on a provisional basis on 5 October 1974, and on a permanent basis since 2 October 1976, and is situated under Passeig de la Reina Elisenda de Montcada. It can be accessed either from Avinguda de J.V. Foix or C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona Metro
The Barcelona Metro (Catalan language, Catalan and Spanish language, Spanish: ) is a rapid transit network that runs mostly underground in central Barcelona and into the city's suburbs. It is part of the larger public transport system of Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, Spain, with unified fares under the (ATM) scheme. As of 2024, the network is operated by two separate companies: (TMB) and (FGC). It is made up of 12 lines, combining the lines owned by the two companies. Two lines, Barcelona Metro line 9, L9 and Barcelona Metro line 10, L10, are being built at present, with both lines having different sections of each opened between 2009 and 2021. They are due to be fully completed in 2030. Three lines on the network have opened as automatic train operation/vehicular automation, driverless vehicle systems since 2009: Line 11 being converted to driverless first, and then Lines 9 and 10, opening up driverless. It is one of only two metros worldwide to operate on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the province of Barcelona and is home to around 5.3 million people, making it the fifth most populous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
