|
María Clara (other)
María Clara is a fictional character in José Rizal's novel ''Noli Me Tángere''. Maria Clara may also refer to: * Maria Clara gown * Maria Clara Awards, film and television awards in the Philippines * María Clara doctrine, a Philippine legal doctrine * María Clara Parish Church, former national cathedral of the Philippine Independent Church, see Philippine Independent Church#María Clara Parish Church * Maria Clara L. Lobregat Highway * ''Maria Clara at Ibarra'', a 2022 Philippine television series * La Bulaqueña, a painting by John Luna sometimes called ''María Clara'' People * María Clara Pancha Alonso, an actress known as Clara Alonso (actress) * Maria Clara of the Child Jesus, a Portuguese Roman Catholic professed religious who established the Franciscan Hospitaller Sisters of the Immaculate Conception in Lisbon * Maria Clara Correia Alves, Portuguese feminist and writer * Maria Clara Eimmart, a German astronomer, engraver and designer * María Claudia Falcone, who was k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Clara
María Clara de Tolitol is a fictional character in Jose Rizal's novel '' Noli Me Tángere'' (1887). The beautiful María Clara is the childhood sweetheart and fiancée of the protagonist, Crisóstomo Ibarra, who returns to his Filipino hometown of San Diego to marry her. After Ibarra is implicated in a fake revolution and is thought to be dead, María Clara opts to become a nun rather than marry another man. She remains unhappy for the rest of her life and her death is later mentioned in the sequel, '' El filibusterismo'' (1891). Description In the novel, María Clara is regarded as the most beautiful and celebrated lady in the town of San Diego. A devout Roman Catholic, she became the epitome of virtue; "demure and self-effacing" and endowed with beauty, grace and charm, she was promoted by Rizal as the "ideal image" of a Filipino woman who deserves to be placed on the "pedestal of male honour". In Chapter 5, María Clara and her traits were further described by Rizal as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Clara Giai Pron
Maria Clara Giai Pron (born 31 July 1992) is an Italian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2007. Giai Pron is an athlete of the Gruppo Sportivo della Marina Militare, Biography She competed in the K1 event at the 2012 Summer Olympics where she qualified for the semifinal after an impressive 3rd place in the heats. However, she failed to qualify for the final after missing a gate in the semifinal, finishing 15th overall in the competition. She is the younger sister of five-time Olympian and world championship medalist Cristina Giai Pron Maria Cristina Giai Pron (born 21 August 1974 in Turin) is an Italian slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1989 to 2010. She won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2002 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bourg St .... References Italian female canoeists 1992 births Living people Olympic canoeists for Italy Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists of Marina Milita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clara María Ochoa
Clara María Ochoa is a Colombian film producer. She manages CMO Producciones, , ''Qué!'' 26 March 2010 which promotes important Colombian films like ''Rosario Tijeras (film), Rosario Tijeras'', ''A Ton of Luck, Soñar no cuesta nada'', ''Como el gato y el ratón'' (''Like Cat and Mouse''), ''Bolívar Soy Yo'' and ''Of Love and Other Demons (film), Del amor y otros demonios'' (''Of Love and Other Demons''). References External links * Living people Colombian film producers Colombian women film producers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Film-producer-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Head, Clara And Maria
Head, Clara and Maria, officially the United Townships of Head, Clara and Maria, is a municipality and incorporated township in Renfrew County in eastern Ontario, Canada, It is on the Ottawa River and on the northern edge of Algonquin Park. Virtually all the communities (Deux-Rivières, Bissett Creek, Stonecliffe and Mackey) and activities are along Highway 17; the rest of the township is largely crown land, which is mostly wilderness. Property taxes are the lowest in Renfrew County. History The township of Head was named in honour of Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet who served as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick 1847-1854 and Governor-General of Canada 1854-1861. The township of Maria was named in honour of his wife, Lady Anna Maria Head (Nee Yorke) (1808-1890). File:Lady Anna Maria Head.jpg, Lady Anna Maria Head (née Yorke) File:Edmund Walker Head.jpg, Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet Geography Head, Clara and Maria is bordered on the north by the Ottawa Riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Claire
Marie-Claire is a given name. It is a combination of the names Marie and Claire, which are both of French origin. It may refer to: *Marie-Claire Alain (1926–2013), organist and organ teacher * Marie-Claire Baldenweg (born 1954), contemporary artist * Marie-Claire Bancquart (1932–2019), French poet, novelist and literary critic * Marie Claire Barikukiye, Burundian politician * Marie Claire de Bauffremont, French courtier *Marie-Claire Blais (1939–2021), author and playwright * Marie-Claire Caron-Harant, French footballer * Marie-Claire Chevalier (1955–2022), French abortion activist * Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, British lawyer and politician * Marie-Claire Daveluy (1880–1968), Canadian librarian, historian and writer *Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo, singer * Marie-Claire Faray, women’s activist * Marie-Claire Foblets, Belgian lawyer and anthropologist *Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité (1758–1858), Empress of Haiti * Marie-Claire Houart, Belgian civil servant *Marie-Claire J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Clara Trujillo
Maria Clara Trujillo (Macala) (born 27 November 1948) is an artist and sculptor from Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city, capital and largest city ..., Colombia. She is a daughter of the painter Sergio Trujillo Magnenat and the ceramist Sara Dávila. She grew up in an environment that cultivated her passion for artistic expression. After studying architecture, art and education, she started painting professionally in 1986 and made her first exhibition in Kingston (Jamaica) in 1990, followed by several exhibitions in art galleries and museums in Colombia, France and the U.S. Her art comprises several techniques and styles, from the colorful Colombian landscapes in watercolors, acrylics and oils to expressive human figures in pastels, monotypes and sculptures in clay, bronze and latex. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Clara Rohner
María Clara Rohner (born 1 April 1985) is an Argentine rower. She competed in the women's lightweight double sculls event at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... References External links * 1985 births Living people Argentine female rowers Olympic rowers for Argentina Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers from Rosario, Santa Fe Pan American Games gold medalists in rowing Pan American Games bronze medalists in rowing Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina Rowers at the 2011 Pan American Games Rowers at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games 21st-century Argentine sportswomen {{Arge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Clara Pacheco
Maria Clara Pacheco (born 16 July 2003) is a Brazilian taekwondo practitioner. She was a bronze medalist at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships. Early life She was born in São Vicente, in São Paulo, but moved to São Caetano do Sul in 2021. Career She won a bronze medal at the World Taekwondo Cadet Championships in Sharm-el-Sheikh in 2017. 2023 was her first season competing in senior taekwondo. She made her Grand Priz series debut that year in Paris where she reached the quarterfinals. She won the bronze medal in the Women's featherweight at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in Baku, losing to eventual winner Luana Márton in the semi-final. In doing so, she became only Brazilian to have won medals in Taekwondo World Championships in both the senior and cadet levels. In October 2023, she was a silver medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games. She also won a bronze in the team event at the games. In April 2024, competing at the regional Olympic qualifying event in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Clara Machado
Maria Clara Machado (3 April 1921, in Belo Horizonte — 30 April 2001, in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian playwright, who specialized on plays for children. Daughter of writer Aníbal Machado, she studied theater in Paris. On her return to Brazil, she founded the acting school ''O Tablado'', in Rio de Janeiro. ''O Tablado'' was where many Brazilian actors learnt the trade and was the venue where she directed her own plays. Among those, ''Pluft o Fantasminha'' (Pluft the Little Ghost) (1955), ''A Bruxinha que Era Boa'' (The Little Witch who was Good), ''Maroquinhas Fru-Fru'', ''O Rapto das Cebolinhas'' (The Kidnapping of the Onions), ''A Menina e o Vento'' (The Girl and the Wind), ''O Cavalinho Azul'' (The Little Blue Horse), Tribobó City, and many others. Machado received a number of awards including the Prêmio Machado de Assis from the Brazilian Academy of Letters The Academia Brasileira de Letras (ABL; English: ''Brazilian Academy of Letters'') is a Brazilian literary n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Clara Lobo
Maria Clara Lobo (born 3 September 1998) is a Brazilian synchronised swimmer. She competed in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i .... References External links * 1998 births Living people Brazilian synchronized swimmers Olympic synchronized swimmers for Brazil Synchronized swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Synchronized swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Brazil 21st-century Brazilian women {{Brazil-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Clara Lobregat
María Clara Lorenzo de Lobregat (April 26, 1921 – January 2, 2004) was a Filipino politician who served as the 18th mayor of Zamboanga City from 1998 until her death in 2004, becoming the city's first female mayor. Prior to her mayoralty, she represented Zamboanga City's at-large district in the House of Representatives from 1987 to 1998. Early life Lobregat or "" was born April 26, 1921, in the then-municipality of Zamboanga, the second of five children of Pablo Lorenzo, who was the mayor of Zamboanga City from 1939 until 1940, a representative to the first Philippine Assembly, and a delegate to the Philippine Constitutional Convention, and Luisa Rafols of Cebu City. Lobregat grew up in the cities of Zamboanga, Cebu, and Manila. She spoke Zamboangueño Chavacano, Cebuano, English, Tagalog, and Spanish. Education Lobregat was educated at the Pilar College in Zamboanga City, Maryknoll and St. Scholastica's College in Manila and was the recipient of an "honoris cau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Claudia Falcone
The Night of the Pencils (in ), was a series of kidnappings and forced disappearances, followed by the torture, rape, and murder of 10 high-school students that began on the evening of 16 September 1976 and continued into the next day, during Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship. The event is one of the most infamous acts of repression committed by the last Argentine military dictatorship, as most of the victims were under 18 years of age. Four of the victims survived; the remains of the others have never been found. Context In March 1976 the Argentine military seized power following a ''coup d'état''. The military junta then implemented what was called the National Reorganization Process which was a set of policies used by the regime to destroy left-wing guerrilla forces and oppress resistance to its rule. The process included kidnappings, torture and murder. Meanwhile, the Montoneros, a leftist guerilla group, responded violently to the junta and its actions as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |