The Prado Museum,officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado,is the main Spanish national art museum,located in central Madrid. It is widely considered to house one of the world's finest collections of European art,dating from the 12th century to the early 20th century,based on the former Spanish Royal Collection,and the single best collection of Spanish art. Founded as a museum of paintings and sculpture in 1819,it also contains important collections of other types of works. The Prado Museum is one of the most visited sites in the world,and is considered one of the greatest art museums in the world. The numerous works by Francisco Goya,the single most extensively represented artist,as well as by Hieronymus Bosch,El Greco,Peter Paul Rubens,Titian,and Diego Velázquez,are some of the highlights of the collection. Velázquez and his keen eye and sensibility were also responsible for bringing much of the museum's fine collection of Italian masters to Spain,now the largest outside Italy.
The Secretary of Exterior Relations is the foreign secretary of Mexico,responsible for implementing the country's foreign policy. The secretary is appointed by the President of Mexico to head the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs and is a member of the federal executive cabinet. The Secretary is commonly referred to as Canciller in Mexico.
Events in the year 1914 in Mexico.
Carmen Lyra was the pseudonym of the first prominent female Costa Rican writer,born María Isabel Carvajal Quesada. She was a teacher and founder of the country's first Montessori school. She was a co-founder of the Communist Party of Costa Rica,as well as one of the country's first female worker's unions. She was one of the earliest writers to criticize the dominance of the fruit companies. She won many prizes.
The University of Granada is a public university located in the city of Granada,Spain,and founded in 1531 by Emperor Charles V. With approximately 80,000 students,it is the fourth largest university in Spain. Apart from the city of Granada,UGR also has campuses in Ceuta and Melilla.
Luis de Carvajal was governor of the Spanish province of Nuevo León in present-day Mexico,slave trader,and the first Spanish subject known to have entered Texas from Mexico across the lower Rio Grande.
Carvajal is a surname and place name of Spanish origin. Notable people with the surname include:
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga is an archdiocese located in the city of Ayacucho in Peru.
Duke of Abrantes is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain,accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1642 by Philip IV to Alfonso de Láncaster,son of the 3rd Duke of Aveiro and a great-grandchild of John II of Portugal. It takes its name from the city of Abrantes in Portugal.
Diego Olivera,is an Argentinian actor.
Daniel "Dani" Carvajal Ramos is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right back for Real Madrid and the Spain national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best right-backs of his generation. Having risen through the Real Madrid youth ranks,he spent a season with Bayer Leverkusen before returning to Real Madrid. He broke into the first team in 2013,and has subsequently gone on to win 16 major trophies at Real Madrid including four Champions League trophies,two La Liga titles and a Copa del Rey.
Sabor a ti is a Venezuelan telenovela written by Ligia Lezama and Benilde Avila which was produced by Venevisión between 2004 and 2005. The series was distributed internationally by Venevisión International.
Events in the year 1952 in Mexico.
La Verdad is a Spanish language daily newspaper based in Murcia,Spain. It is the largest newspaper of the Murcia province as well as of the Albacete province. During 53 years it had presence in the Alicante province,being discontinued from the Land of Valencia in 2017.
Luis Arístides Fiallo Cabral was an astronomer,medical laboratory scientist,physician,lawyer,architect,writer,philosopher and politician from the Dominican Republic.
Federico Henríquez y Carvajal was a writer,journalist and teacher from the Dominican Republic.
Juan Bautista 'Gianni' Vicini Cabral was an Italian Dominican businessman,chairman of Grupo Vicini.
La Galería de las Mujeres de Costa Rica was founded in March 2002 to recognize the contributions of women to the cultural,political and socio-economic development of Costa Rica. The nominations are overseen and the gallery maintained by the Instituto Nacional de la Mujer (INAMU). Of particular focus is the goal of preserving and protecting the history of women who have broken gender stereotypes and advanced human rights principals.
Danny Gabriel Carvajal Rodríguez is a Costa Rican footballer who plays for Japanese club FC Ryukyu as a goalkeeper. He was a Costa Rica national player for many championships.
Agustín Viñuales Pardo was a Spanish lawyer,economist and politician who was briefly Minister of Finance in 1933.
