Foot Ball Club Melgar, known simply as FBC Melgar or Melgar, is a Peruvian football club based in Arequipa, Peru. It is one of Peru's oldest football teams, founded on 25 March 1915 by a group of football enthusiasts from Arequipa.
The Estadio Melgar is a multi-use stadium in Arequipa, Peru. Its primary use is to host football games for Peruvian First Division team FBC Melgar and Peruvian Segunda Division team Sportivo Huracán and Copa Perú teams Senati FBC, FBC Aurora and FBC White Star. The stadium has a seating capacity of 15,000 and includes a running track for track and field events. It was named after Mariano Melgar, a Peruvian patriot and poet from Arequipa. It is also known as "Estadio de Cuarto Centenario" since it is in a neighborhood which was built in celebration of the fourth centennial of the Spanish foundation of Arequipa. The stadium was a venue for the 2001 South American Under 17 Football Championship in Peru.
Mariano Lorenzo Melgar Valdivieso was a Peruvian revolutionary, poet, artist, translator and patriot soldier during the Peruvian War of Independence from Spain. As a poet, Melgar became one of the most prominent romantic poets of Peru in the 19th century history, best known for his poetic love songs known as yaravíes. He is often considered to be the equivalent of the Ecuadorian José Joaquín Olmedo and the Cuban José Martí as patriots of their respective countries.
Mariano Emilio Bustamante y Mantilla was a Peruvian hero of the War of the Pacific between Chile and Peru, fighting in the battles of San Francisco, Tarapacá and Arica, in which he was killed while combating.
María Santos Corrales was the inspiration of Peru's famous poet and patriot soldier, Mariano Melgar; she is forever immortalized as "Silvia" in his poetry.
Mariano Melgar District is one of the twenty-nine districts of the Arequipa Province in Peru.
Melgar Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Ayaviri.
Santa Rosa District is one of nine districts of the province Melgar in Peru.
La Joya District is one of twenty-nine districts of the province Arequipa in Peru.
The 1986 Torneo Descentralizado, the top category of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 30 teams. The season started in 1986 but ended in early 1987. The national champion was first-time winner San Agustín.
The 1985 Torneo Descentralizado, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 30 teams. The national champion was Universitario.
Lieutenant Colonel Luis Francisco Pinto Parra Air Base is a Colombian military base assigned to the Colombian Air Force Combat Air Command No. 4. The base is located in Melgar, a municipality in the Department of Tolima in Colombia. It is named in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Luis Francisco Pinto Parra.
Edson Diego Aubert Cervantes is a Peruvian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Cusco FC in the Peruvian Primera División.
Maríano Moreno Airport is a joint public/military airport located south of José C. Paz, a western suburb in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan region of Argentina. The airport is named after Argentinian patriot Mariano Moreno.
Uyuni Airport, also known as Joya Andina Airport, is an airport at extremely high elevation just northwest of Uyuni, in the southwestern Potosí Department of Bolivia. It is close to the Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat. It was opened by the Bolivian president Evo Morales on July 11, 2011. Currently the airport is served by two airlines: Amaszonas and Boliviana de Aviacion which offer regular flights to and from Sucre, La Paz and Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
Intiraymi Airport is an extremely high elevation airport serving the Franklin Mining, Inc. silver and gold mining concession at La Joya in the Oruro Department of Bolivia.
Vitor Airport is an airport serving the Vitor District in the Arequipa Region of Peru. The joint military/public airport is just west of the agricultural town of La Joya.
The Copa Presidente de la República was played during the 1970 FIFA World Cup. The 16 clubs were divided into 4 groups and the top two teams advanced to the quarterfinals. The champions were Universitario.
