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Belmez, Córdoba municipality of Spain

Belmez is a village and municipality with 3162 (2012) inhabitants in Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain.

Bélmez de la Moraleda Place in Andalusia, Spain

Bélmez de la Moraleda, or simply Bélmez, is a city located in the province of Jaén, Andalusia, southern Spain. It has a population of 1833 inhabitants.

Belmez (horse)

Belmez was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1990 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

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Bélmez Faces

The Bélmez Faces or the Faces of Bélmez is an alleged paranormal phenomenon in a private house in Spain which started in 1971 when residents claimed images of faces appeared in the concrete floor of the house.

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Francisco Hurtado del Pino was a Spanish colonial officer who served as the first and only Intendant of Chiloé between 1784 and 1789. In 1786 Viceroy of Peru Teodoro de Croix sent Hurtado del Pino navy officer José de Moraleda y Montero to aid him making accurate maps of the archipelago. Eventually Moraleda would stay in Chiloé until 1896 long after the intendantship of hurtado del Pino. After Hurtado's term ended the Intendancy of Chiloé was abolished and lieutenant colonel Francisco Garos took charge of the affairs in Chiloé Archipelago.

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