Alfonso Cuarón Orozco is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, and editor. His work has received critical acclaim and many accolades. He has been nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won four, including two Best Director awards for Gravity (2013) and Roma (2018). He is the first Latin American director to receive the award for Best Director. He has also received Academy Awards for Best Film Editing for Gravity and Best Cinematography for Roma. Cuarón's other notable films include the drama Y Tu Mamá También (2001), the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), and the dystopian thriller Children of Men (2006).
Abruzzo is a region of Southern Italy with an area of 10,763 square km and a population of 1.2 million. It is divided into four provinces: L'Aquila, Teramo, Pescara, and Chieti. Its western border lies 80 km (50 mi) east of Rome. Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east, and the Adriatic Sea to the east. Geographically, Abruzzo is divided into a mountainous area in the west, which includes the Gran Sasso d'Italia, and a coastal area in the east with beaches on the Adriatic Sea.
Villalfonsina is a comune and town in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Named after a feudal Lord, Alfonso d'Avalos, it is believed he founded the town and developed it into a successful agricultural center.
Eccellenza Abruzzo is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Abruzzo, Italy. It is competed amongst 18 teams and the winner is promoted to Serie D. The clubs that finishes between the second and the fifth place also have a chance to gain promotion. The winner of the regional play-off is entered into a national round which consists of two matches.
The 2009 L'Aquila earthquake occurred in the region of Abruzzo, in central Italy. The main shock occurred at 03:32 CEST on 6 April 2009, and was rated 5.8 or 5.9 on the Richter magnitude scale and 6.3 on the moment magnitude scale; its epicentre was near L'Aquila, the capital of Abruzzo, which together with surrounding villages suffered most damage. There have been several thousand foreshocks and aftershocks since December 2008, more than thirty of which had a Richter magnitude greater than 3.5.
De Cecco is an Italian company producing dried pasta, flour and other related food products.
A bocconotto is a pastry typical of the Italian regions of Apulia, Abruzzo, and Calabria. It is often eaten at Christmas.
Luciano Trani is an Australian former football (soccer) player who was most recently the manager of National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 side North Geelong Warriors FC.
Abruzzo (Abruzzi) is an Italian wine region located in the mountainous central Italian region of Abruzzo along the Adriatic Sea. It is bordered by the Molise wine region to the south, Marche to the north and Lazio to the west. Abruzzo's rugged terrain, 65% of which is mountainous, help to isolate the region from the winemaking influence of the ancient Romans and Etruscans in Tuscany but the area has had a long history of wine production.
Federico Serraiocco is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Carpi.
The traditional cuisine of Abruzzo is eclectic, drawing on pastoral, mountain and coastal cuisine. Staples of Abruzzo cuisine include bread, pasta, meat, cheese, and wine. The isolation which has characterized the region for decades has ensured the independence of its culinary tradition from those of nearby regions. Confesercenti, an Italian trade organization, conducted a 2013 study which called Abruzzo the best place to dine in Italy.
Luciano "Lucho" Acosta, nicknamed La joya, is an Argentine football attacking midfielder. He currently plays for D.C. United in Major League Soccer.
A round of regional elections in Italy took place during 2014 in 5 regions out of 20 including Sardinia, Piedmont and Abruzzo, Emilia-Romagna and Calabria.
Art.52, Norme organizzative interne della FIGC governs the status of phoenix clubs in football in Italy. The article was changed in 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2014.
Celia is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by Fox Telecolombia for RCN Televisión and Telemundo which is based on the life of Cuban singer Celia Cruz. The telenovela's theme "La Negra Tiene Tumbao" received an award for Television Theme Song of the Year, at the 2016 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Awards.
Iris marsica is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus of Iris. It is a rhizomatous perennial, from the Apennine Mountains, in Italy. It has glaucous, sickle-shaped or curved, light green leaves, slender stem with 2 branches, and 3 violet, light blue violet, dark violet, and dark purple flowers. It was only found and described since 1973, and is not yet in general cultivation. It was once thought to be a form of Iris germanica, but has different morphological characteristics and different chromosomal differences.
Rosetana Calcio S.r.l. was an Italian football club based in Roseto degli Abruzzi, in the Province of Teramo, Abruzzo region. The club was known as Polisportiva Rosetana Calcio in professional league from 2003 to 2005. However, in 2005 the club was not admitted to 2005–06 Serie C2, due to the failure in financial stress test.
Castello di Carsoli is a medieval castle in Carsoli, Province of L'Aquila (Abruzzo), central Italy.
Giovanni Chiodi is an Italian politician. He was the mayor of Teramo from 2004 to 2008. He has served as President of Abruzzo from 2009 to 2014.
