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Azara (name)
Azara is a surname. It is widely used in the north of Sardinia. In a linguistic study dated 2006 it was found to be the tenth most common surname in the island. Notable people with the surname are as follows: * Antonio Azara (1883–1967), Italian jurist and politician * Antonio María Cascajares y Azara (1834–1901), Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal * Bachir Sid Azara (born 1996), Algerian wrestler * Eusebio Bardají y Azara (1776–1842), Spanish politician and diplomat * Félix de Azara (1746–1821), a naturalist, brother of José * José Nicolás de Azara (1730–1804), a Spanish diplomat * Nancy Azara (born 1939), an American sculptor Others * Jo-El Azara, the pen name of Joseph Loeckx Joseph Franz Hedwig Loeckx (4 May 1937 – 7 February 2023) was a Belgian comic book artist. He worked under the pseudonym of Jo-El Azara. Important series he worked on include '' Clifton'' and ''Taka Takata'', both serialized in ''Tintin''. ... (born 1937), a Belgian comic writer a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; ; ) is the Mediterranean islands#By area, second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the Regions of Italy, twenty regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia and 16.45 km south of the French island of Corsica. It has over 1.5 million inhabitants as of 2025. It is one of the five Italian regions with some degree of Autonomous administrative division, domestic autonomy being granted by a Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, special statute. Its official name, Autonomous Region of Sardinia, is bilingual in Italian language, Italian and Sardinian language, Sardinian: / . It is divided into four provinces of Italy, provinces and a Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city. Its capital (and largest city) is Cagliari. Sardinia's indigenous language and Algherese dialect, Algherese Catalan language, Catalan are referred to by both the regional and national law as two of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Nuova Sardegna
is an Italian regional daily newspaper for the island of Sardinia. History and profile was founded in 1891 by Enrico Berlinguer, grandfather and namesake of Enrico Berlinguer, national secretary of the Italian Communist Party. The paper has its headquarters in Sassari Sassari ( ; ; ; ) is an Italian city and the second-largest of Sardinia in terms of population with 120,497 inhabitants as of 2025, and a functional urban area of about 260,000 inhabitants. One of the oldest cities on the island, it contains .... was acquired by in 1980. The 2008 circulation of was 59,819 copies. ''Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa''. The Espresso Group reported that the circulation of the paper was 42,300 copies in 2014. References< ...
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Antonio Azara
Antonio Azara (18 January 1883 – 20 February 1967) was an Italian jurist and politician who served as the minister of grace and justice from August 1953 to January 1954. Early life and education Azara was born in Tempio Pausania on 18 January 1883. He received a bachelor's degree in law specializing on family and agricultural law. Career In 1907 Azara became attorney general and first president of the Supreme Court. He was also the secretary of the code reform commission. In 1932 he joined the National Fascist Party. Before his formal party membership he had been supporting National Fascist movement, ideas and doctrines through his writings and activities. As of 1945 he was a member of the scientific committee of the magazine entitled ''Diritto razzista'' (Italian: ''Racist Law''). Following the end of the Fascist rule in Italy he justified his activities arguing that he had served not "a party", but his "country". In 1948 he was elected senator with the Christian Democracy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio María Cascajares Y Azara
Antonio María Cascajares y Azara (2 March 1834 – 27 July 1901) was a Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop of Valladolid and archbishop-elect of Zaragoza. Biography He was born in Calanda, Teruel Province, Aragon. He joined the military in 1846 and retired with the rank of captain in 1857, to follow his ecclesiastical studies leading to a licentiate in theology and canon law. He was ordained priest in 1861. He served in Zaragoza, Toledo and Burgos. He was elected titular bishop of DoraThe titular see of Dora had united the priorate of the four military orders of Santiago, Alcántara, Calatrava and Montesa in the city of Ciudad Real. The occupant had the authority of grand master of the orders and exercised spiritual jurisdiction in the territory of that civil province. and named prelate of Ciudad Real on 27 March 1882. He transferred to the see of Calahorra y La Calzada on 27 March 1884 and was promoted to the metropolitan see of Valladolid on 17 December 1891. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bachir Sid Azara
Bachir Sid Azara (born 3 March 1996) is an Algerian Greco-Roman wrestler. At the African Wrestling Championships he won a total of nine medals: six gold medals and three silver medals. He is also a gold medalist at the 2019 African Games, the 2022 Mediterranean Games and the 2023 African Games. Career He represented Algeria at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won the gold medal in the men's 87kg event. In 2015, he also competed at the African Games and he won the silver medal in the men's 80kg event at the time. In 2020, he competed in the men's 87 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia. He qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Algeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the 87kg event. He won his first match against Peng Fei of China and then lost against eventual gold medalist Zhan Beleniuk of Ukraine. In the repechage he was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eusebio Bardají Y Azara
Eusebio Bardají y Azara (19 December 1776 in Graus, Spain – 7 March 1842 in Huete, Spain) was a Spanish politician and diplomat who briefly served as the Prime Minister of Spain in 1837. He also held other offices such as Minister of State Minister of state is a designation for a government minister, with varying meanings in different jurisdictions. In a number of European countries, the title is given as an honorific conferring a higher rank, often bestowed upon senior minister .... In addition, he was a senator for Cuenca from 1837 to 1840. References External links , - , - 1776 births 1842 deaths People from Ribagorza Moderate Party (Spain) politicians Prime ministers of Spain Foreign ministers of Spain {{spain-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix De Azara
Félix de Azara y Perera (18 May 1742 – 20 October 1821) was a Spanish military officer, naturalist, and engineer. Life Félix de Azara y Perera was born on 18 May 1746 in Barbuñales, Aragon. He joined the army and attended a Spanish military academy. He was commissioned as an engineer, distinguishing himself on various expeditions. He spent the next thirteen years of his life in the military and rose to the rank of brigadier general in the Spanish Army. In 1777, Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of San Ildefonso. As dictated by the treaty, each nation would send a delegation to the Río de la Plata region to negotiate the border dispute between the Portuguese and Spanish colonies. Azara was selected as a member of this delegation, departing quickly for the New World. The Portuguese delegation, however, never arrived, and Azara ended up remaining in the region from 1781 to 1801. To pass the time, he decided to create an accurate map of the region. On these expedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Nicolás De Azara
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Azara
Annunziata Jean Azara (October 13, 1939 – June 27, 2024) was an American sculptor. Her work involved sculpture using carved, assembled and highly painted wood with gold and silver leaf and encaustic. The wood, the paint and the layers that make up the sculpture record a journey of memory, images and ideas. Azara's other art pieces involved collages, banners, prints where she continuously reshaped the elements and materials. Azara worked and carved in wood for many years because of the presence and symbolism inherent in trees and because the metaphor of the tree is a "stand-in" for herself. This statement and representation of tree as “self” and woman was timely in a world which is losing touch with its primal essence. Life and career Nancy J. Azara was born in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn, New York, and named after her mother, Annunciata (Como) Azara. Her father, Joseph Azara, owned an air conditioning business. She was a graduate of Finch College, NY; Empire State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Loeckx
Joseph Franz Hedwig Loeckx (4 May 1937 – 7 February 2023) was a Belgian comic book artist. He worked under the pseudonym of Jo-El Azara. Important series he worked on include '' Clifton'' and ''Taka Takata'', both serialized in ''Tintin''. Biography Loeckx was born in Drogenbos, Flemish Brabant, near Brussels, Belgium, on 4 May 1937. Loeckx is sometimes referred to as Joseph-R. Loeckx in error. During his working life, first he used the penname of Jo-El, subsequently Ernest, and thereafter worked as Jo-El Azara, under which name he has drawn most of his comics. A long career of working with the great names in Belgian and French comics, including Hergé, Macherot, and Uderzo, he was active in publishing his own ''Taka Takata'' albums under his Azéko label. Loeckx lived in the south of France, close to the Pyrenees. His lifelong partner, Josette Baujot, died on 13 August 2009. He died on 7 February 2023, at the age of 85. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of 24 Characters
The following is a list of characters in the American serial drama television series '' 24'', '' 24: Live Another Day'', and '' 24: Legacy'' by season and event. The list first names the actor, followed by the character. Some characters have their own pages; see the box below. The show consists of an ensemble cast. A total of 60 actors have been credited as a part of the starring cast, over the course of eight seasons, one television film, one miniseries, and one spin-off series, international remakes notwithstanding. These are Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Hope, Sarah Clarke, Elisha Cuthbert, Dennis Haysbert, Sarah Wynter, Xander Berkeley, Penny Johnson Jerald, Carlos Bernard, Reiko Aylesworth, James Badge Dale, Kim Raver, Alberta Watson, William Devane, Lana Parrilla, Roger Cross, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Gregory Itzin, James Morrison, Louis Lombardi, Jean Smart, D. B. Woodside, Peter MacNicol, Jayne Atkinson, Carlo Rota, Eric Balfour, Marisol Nichols, Regina King, Cherry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24 (TV Series)
''24'' is an American action drama television series created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran for Fox. The series features an ensemble cast, with Kiefer Sutherland starring as American counter-terrorist federal agent Jack Bauer. Each season covers 24 consecutive hours using the real time method of narration, which is emphasized by the display of split screens and a digital clock. Multiple ongoing plot lines of intersecting relevance are covered, with Bauer's plot line serving as the link throughout. The show premiered on November 6, 2001, and spanned 204 episodes over nine seasons, with the series finale broadcast on July 14, 2014. In addition, the television film '' 24: Redemption'' aired between seasons six and seven, on November 23, 2008. ''24'' is a joint production by Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox Television. At the start of the series, Bauer is already a highly proficient agent with an " ends justify the means" approach. This means that he will usu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
