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Alzira, Valencia Municipality in Valencian Community, Spain

Alzira is a town and municipality of 45,000 inhabitants in Valencia, eastern Spain. It is the capital of the comarca of Ribera Alta in the province of Valencia.

<i>Alzira</i> (opera) opera by Giuseppe Verdi

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Salvadore Cammarano Italian librettist and playwright

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<i>La zingara</i> opera

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Ramón Vargas Mexican opera singer

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UD Alzira association football club

Unión Deportiva Alzira is a Spanish football team based in Alzira, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1946 it plays in Tercera División – Group 6, holding home games at Estadio Luis Suñer Picó, with a capacity of 8,000 seats.

1988–89 Segunda División sports season

The 1988–89 Segunda División season saw 20 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. CD Castellón, Rayo Vallecano, CD Tenerife and RCD Mallorca were promoted to Primera División. Barcelona Atlètic, UD Alzira, UE Lleida and CFJ Mollerussa were relegated to Segunda División B.

Ibn Amira or Ahmad ibn Abd Allah Ibn Amira al-Makhzumi was a historian, poet, and scholar of law from al-Andalus during the reign of the Almohad Caliphate. Ibn Amira was Qadi of Mallorca and worked for the Almohad sultan in Valencia and Seville. He moved to Morocco in 1239/40 and continued to work for the sultan there.

'Ibn Khafajah or Abu Ishaq Ibn Ibrahim Ibn Abu Al-Fath Ibn Khafajah (1058-1138/9) of Alzira was one of the most famous poets of Al-Andalus during the reign of the Almoravids. He was born in 1058 in Alzira near Valencia where he spent most of his life.

University College Opera

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Elinor Ross singer

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Adelaide Malanotte Italian opera singer

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Route of the Monasteries of Valencia Route of the Monasteries of Valencia (Spain). GR-236.

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CB Alzira

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Anjo Mau is a remake of original 1976 Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo between September 8, 1997 and March 27, 1998. It was produced in 173 chapters.

The 2013 Tercera División play-offs to Segunda División B from Tercera División were the final playoffs for the promotion from 2012–13 Tercera División to 2013–14 Segunda División B. The first four teams in each group took part in the play-off.

The 2014 Tercera División play-offs to Segunda División B from Tercera División were the final playoffs for the promotion from 2013–14 Tercera División to 2014–15 Segunda División B. The first four teams in each group took part in the play-off.

In the 1983–84 season, the Tercera División – the fourth tier of professional football in Spain – was organised in fourteen regional groups. The best performing teams in each group went into a two-round promotion playoff, from which six teams were promoted to the Segunda División B.

Josep Martínez Riera is a Spanish footballer who plays for UD Las Palmas as a goalkeeper.