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Garí
Garí is a surname of Catalan and Balearic origin. People with the surname include: * , 10th century Benedictine abbot * (1844–1930), Mallorcan glosador * (1939–2009), Mallorcan politician * Jaume Garí i Poch (fl. 20th century), Catalan discoverer of the Cuevas de la Araña * (born 1965), Spanish writer and professor * , 9th-century legendary friar * (born 1954), Mallorcan philologist * (1812–1895), Mercedarian priest * (1855–1925), Catalan banker * (1886–1965), Catalan banker * (1882–1950), Mallorcan glosador * Lluís Bonet i Garí (1893–1993), Catalan architect * Mateo Nicolau Garí (1920–2005), Mexican footballer * (1872–1920), Catalan-American painter * (1910–1999), Argentina footballer * Roberto de Robert y Garí, since 2018 * Enrique Sacerio-Garí (born 1945), Cuban-American author and professor See also * * , 19th-century Catalan building * , 20th-century building in Tiana * , historical house in Argentona Argentona () is a munic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Sacerio-Garí
Enrique Sacerio-Garí (born 2 October 1945) is a Cuban-American author and was professor of Spanish at Bryn Mawr College from 1977 to 2022. He is most well-known for his poetry and his academic work on Jorge Luis Borges. Early life and education Sacerio-Garí was born in 1945 in Sagua La Grande in Cuba. He immigrated from Cuba to the United States in 1959. In Sagua, he studied at the Colegio Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, Academia Rivero and Academia José Martí. He received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.A in Spanish from the University of Connecticut, and he attained a PhD from Yale University with a thesis on the literature of Jorge Luis Borges. He was naturalized in 1977. Since 1979, he has travelled back to Cuba multiple times. He is married to Diana G. Sacerio, a professor of Spanish at The Baldwin School and former professor at Franklin & Marshall and Rosemont College. They have a daughter and a son. Career Sacerio-Garí is the Dorothy Nepper Marshall Profe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lluís Bonet I Garí
Lluis Bonet Garí () (5 August 1893 – 30 January 1993) was a Catalans, Catalan architect of the Noucentisme movement. Early life and education Bonet was the son of Miquel Bonet Amigó, Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Barcelona. His maternal uncle, Josep Garí, was a second cousin to Josep Puig i Cadafalch, a fellow architect whom Garí commissioned for the renovation of his summer home in Sant Miquel del Cros, Argentona in 1898. Bonet was inspired by the work as a child, and encouraged him to pursue a career in architecture. He studied at the and graduated in 1918. During his years he trained with his Puig, his 2nd cousin 1x removed, and attended the Galí Academy. From 1914 onwards, he worked in the studio of renowned Catalan Modernism, Catalan Modernist Antoni Gaudí, along with many other architecture students of his generation, such as , Cèsar Martinell i Brunet, Cèsar Martinell, and Isidre Puig Boada, Isidre Puig. Once he obtained a degree in archi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garin (surname)
Garin, or in Spanish-speaking countries Garín, is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Antoine Marie Garin (1810 –1889) French Roman Catholic priest, missionary and educationalist in New Zealand, particularly in Nelson. *André Garin (1822–1895), American Roman Catholic priest *Cristian Garín (born 1996), Chilean tennis player *Erast Garin (1902–1980), Russian actor *Eugene Garin (1922–1994), Ukrainian painter and artist * Geoff Garin (born 1953), American political consultant * Hermes Garín (born 1947), Uruguayan Roman Catholic bishop * Hernán Garín (born 1983), Argentine footballer *Janette Garin, Filipino politician * Manuela Garín (1914–2019), Spanish-born Mexican mathematician * Marie-Charlotte Garin (born 1995), French politician *Maurice Garin (1871–1957), French cyclist, winner of the first Tour de France 1903 *Nikolai Garin-Mikhailovsky (1852–1906), Russian writer * Oleg Garin (various people) * Vladimir Garin (1987–2003), Russian ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mateo Nicolau
Mateo Nicolau Garí (18 August 1920 – 29 October 2005) was an Argentinian footballer who played as a forward for San Lorenzo in Argentina, Club América in Mexico, and most notably for Barcelona in Catalonia from 1948 to 1952. Biography Born in the Argentine city of General Pico in La Pampa Province, on 18 August 1920, Nicolau began his career in his hometown club ''Central Silverino'' in 1935, aged only 15, and then played for a further two Argentinian clubs, Atlético Tucumán (1937–1940) and then three seasons at San Lorenzo, from 1940 to 1943, scoring 9 goals in 48 matches. He then moved to Mexico, where he played two seasons for Club América (1943–45) and three seasons with Atlante (1945–48), winning the 1946–47 Mexican league title with the latter. In 1948, the 28-year-old Nicolau was signed by FC Barcelona, where he played for four seasons, until 1952. Together with the likes of Mariano Gonzalvo, László Kubala, and César, he was a member of the great Barça ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuevas De La Araña
The Coves de l'Aranya (in original Catalan language, known in English as the Spider Caves and in Spanish Cuevas de la Araña) are a group of caves in the municipality of Bicorp in València, eastern Spain. The caves are in the valley of the river Escalona and were used by prehistoric people who left rock art. They are known for painted images of a bow and arrow goat hunt and for a scene depicting a human figure foraging honey, the earliest known depiction of bees and the oldest evidence of honey consumption by ''Homo sapiens''. The dating of such art is controversial, but the famous honey-gathering painting is believed to be epipaleolithic and is estimated to be around 8000 years old. The caves were discovered in the early twentieth century by a local teacher, Jaume Garí i Poch. They are included in the World Heritage Site Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin The group of over 700 sites of prehistoric Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin, also known as Levant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentona
Argentona () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Maresme in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the south-east side of the granite littoral zone, to the north-west of Mataró. The town is both a tourist centre and a notable horticultural centre. A local road links the municipality with Cabrera de Mar and with the main N-II road at Vilassar de Mar. The town centre has buildings in a wide range of styles. The late gothic church of Sant Julià was restored by Josep Puig i Cadafalch. The same architect designed ''Casa Gari'', a private residence adjoining the chapel of Sant Miquel del Cros, a work in the style of Antoni Gaudí by Lluís Bonet (1929). There are several buildings from the 16th to the 17th centuries, as well as the Roman chapel of ''La Mare de Déu del Viver'' and the benedictine priory of Sant Pere de Clarà. There is an interesting museum dedicated to water jugs, the Argentona Water Jug Museum, in which there are exhibited more than 700 pieces, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalan Language
Catalan () is a Western Romance languages, Western Romance language and is the official language of Andorra, and the official language of three autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous communities in eastern Spain: Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community, where it is called ''Valencian language, Valencian'' (). It has semi-official status in the Italy, Italian ''comune'' of Alghero, and it is spoken in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France and in two further areas in eastern Spain: the La Franja, eastern strip of Aragon and the Carche area in the Region of Murcia. The Catalan-speaking territories are often called the or "Països Catalans". The language evolved from Vulgar Latin in the Middle Ages around the eastern Pyrenees. It became the language of the Principality of Catalonia and the kingdoms of kingdom of Valencia, Valencia and Kingdom of Majorca, Mallorca, being present throughout the Mediterranean. Replaced by Spanish as a language of gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balearic Islands
The Balearic Islands are an archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The archipelago forms a Provinces of Spain, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain, with Palma de Mallorca being its capital and largest city. Formerly part of the Kingdom of Majorca, Kingdom of Mallorca, the islands were made a province in the 19th century provincial division, which in 1983 received a Statute of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands, Statute of Autonomy. In its later reform of 2007, the Statute designates the Balearic Islands as one of the ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationalities'' of Spain. The official Languages of Spain, languages of the Balearic Islands are Catalan language, Catalan and Spanish language, Spanish. The archipelago islands are further grouped in western Pityusic Islands, Pytiuses (the largest being Ibiza and Formentera), and eastern Gymnesian Islands, Gymnesians (the largest bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiana, Catalonia
Tiana () is a town situated in the east of the Province of Barcelona (Catalonia) in northeastern Spain, near the Mediterranean Sea. Its people are called ''tianencs'' in Catalan, and ''tianenses'' in Spanish. The population in 2014 was 8,314. Its total surface is 7.96 km2, with a total population density of 1024 habs/km2. Its coordinates are 41° 28' N, 2° 16' E. It is 136 m above sea level and 15 km from the capital of the province, Barcelona. It is mainly a suburb of Barcelona, with some wine and cava production and, also, an alternative music Alternative music may refer to the following types of music: *Independent music *Alternative rock *Alternative pop *Alternative R&B *Neo soul, sometimes known as alternative soul *Alternative reggaeton *Alternative hip hop *Alternative dance *Alter ... festival that took place in the town in 2007, known as Tiana Winter Fest, specially dedicated to Hardcore and Metal Music. References External links Government data pag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
