Oriente was the easternmost province of Cuba until 1976. The term "Oriente" is still used to refer to the eastern part of the country, which currently is divided into five different provinces.
The Mexican state of Nuevo León has been governed by more than a hundred individuals in its history, who have had various titles and degrees of responsibility depending on the prevailing political regime of the time.
The Titular Patriarchate of the West Indies is a Latin Church titular patriarchate of the Catholic Church. It has been vacant since the death of its last holder in 1963.
Costumbrismo is the literary or pictorial interpretation of local everyday life, mannerisms, and customs, primarily in the Hispanic scene, and particularly in the 19th century. Costumbrismo is related both to artistic realism and to Romanticism, sharing the Romantic interest in expression as against simple representation and the romantic and realist focus on precise representation of particular times and places, rather than of humanity in the abstract. It is often satiric and even moralizing, but unlike mainstream realism does not usually offer or even imply any particular analysis of the society it depicts. When not satiric, its approach to quaint folkloric detail often has a romanticizing aspect.
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Quito is the Catholic archdiocese in the capital city of Ecuador, Quito. It was established as the Diocese of Quito on 8 January 1545, before being elevated to archdiocese level on January 13, 1848 by Pope Pius IX.
The Diocese of Teruel and Albarracín is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Teruel, part of the autonomous community of Aragón. The diocese forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Zaragoza, and is thus suffragan to the Archdiocese of Zaragoza.
The Diocese of Córdoba is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Córdoba in the Ecclesiastical province of Sevilla in Spain. Bishop Demetrio Fernández González is the current bishop of Cordoba.
The National Exhibition of Fine Arts was a regular event that took place in Spain from 1856 to 1968; usually in Madrid. These exhibitions were in the form of a competition, established by a Royal Decree from Queen Isabella II in 1853. It was the largest official exhibition of Spanish art.
Francisco de Paula Mellado was a Spanish geographer, journalist, writer and editor who published the Enciclopedia moderna between 1851 and 1855.
Colonel Tomás Luís Osório was a Portuguese military figure. He is best known for leading troops against Pedro de Cevallos in the southern Brazil/Uruguay region in the 1760s. On October 6, 1762, he began to rebuild the Fortaleza de Santa Teresa. On April 19, 1763, Pedro de Cevallos captured the fortress, taking Osório prisoner along with 25 officers. After the war, Osório was submitted to a council of war in Portugal and accused of having favored the Spanish conquest, and was subsequently hanged in Lisbon. His widow then presented evidence that showed the error of the indictment.
The Museum of Romanticism is a State-owned art museum located in Madrid, Spain. It was inaugurated in 1924 as Museo Romántico.
The Mayordomo mayor was the Officer of the Royal Household and Heritage of the Crown of Spain in charge of the person and rooms of the King of Spain. The Office of “Mayordomo mayor” was suppressed after the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic in 1931 and never re-created after the restoration of the Monarchy in 1975, but it can be said that it is the historical precedent of the modern Head of the Royal Household of Spain.
The Institución Libre de Enseñanza was a pedagogical experience developed in Spain for more than half a century (1876-1939). It was inspired by the Krausist philosophy introduced at the Central University of Madrid by Julián Sanz del Río, and had an important impact on Spanish intellectual life, as it carried out a fundamental work of renewal in Restoration Spain.
The office of Captain General of Catalonia was created in 1713 by the Nueva Planta decrees of King Philip V of Spain to replace that of Viceroy of Catalonia.
The Mustard Grain is a 1962 Spanish comedy film directed and written by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia. It stars Manolo Gómez Bur, Rafael Alonso, Amparo Soler Leal, Gracita Morales and José Bódalo.
The Ministry of Economy and Finance is a ministry of the government of Venezuela with similar portfolios dating back to 1810 with the creation of a tax office. When Gran Colombia was dissolved and Venezuela assumed its independence, the Ministry of Finance was created in 1830 when General José Antonio Páez commissioned the establishment of the public business office to three Secretariats of State: Interior, Justice and Police, War and Navy, Finance, and Foreign Relations. The current minister has been Delcy Rodríguez since September 2020.
La Igualdad was a newspaper published in the Spanish city of Madrid between 1868 and 1874, during the Sexenio Democrático, although it also saw a second period of publication in 1880.
