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Cartagena or Carthagena may refer to: Places Chile *Cartagena, Chile, a commune in Valparaíso Region Colombia *Cartagena, Colombia, a city in the Bolívar Department, the largest city with this name **Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cartagena, an archdiocese located in the city of Cartagena in Colombia **Cartagena Province, a historical province that was part of the Republic of Gran Colombia, of which the eponymous city was the capital **Cartagena Refinery, an oil refinery in Cartagena, Colombia. It is operated by Refineria de Cartagena S.A. (Reficar), a subsidiary of Ecopetrol *Cartagena del Chairá, a town and municipality in the department of Caquetá Spain *Cartagena, Spain, a city in the Region of Murcia **Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartagena, the diocese of the city of Cartagena in the Ecclesiastical province of Granada in Spain **Campo de Cartagena, a comarca in the Region of Murcia, southeastern Spain United States *Carthagena, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Mercer C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartagena, Chile
Cartagena is a Chilean Communes of Chile, commune located in the San Antonio Province, Valparaíso Region. The commune spans an area of . History In the seventeenth century the area surrounding the town became a major producer of wheat, which was shipped to Peru and Spain via the port of Cartagena. From 1870, Cartagena became a popular residence for the Chilean intellectual elite who built holiday houses and made it a fashionable seaside resort. Cartagena acquired its status as a commune in 1901. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute (Chile), National Statistics Institute, Cartagena had 16,875 inhabitants; of these, 15,302 (90.7%) lived in urban areas and 1,573 (9.3%) in rural areas. At that time, there were 8,396 men and 8,479 women. Cartagena accounts for 1.10% of the regional population. The demonym for a man from Cartagena is ''Cartagenino'' and ''Cartagenina'' for a woman. Administration As a commune, Cartagena is a third-level adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan José Cartagena
Juan José Cartagena (c. 1815 – c. 1895) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from April 1876 to 4 July 1879, and again from February 1881 to October 1881. First mayoral term (1876) During the first of his mayoral terms, Cartagena was mayor of Ponce from April 1876 to 4 July 1879. Others who worked during his administration included Dr. Rafael del Valle, Dr. Manuel Pasarell, the journalist Mario Braschi, and historian Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Cartagena is best remembered for overseeing the installation of the clock on the front facade of Casa Alcadia. The now famous clock was brought from London and its installation was performed under the care of Julio E. Steinacker. The clock cost 1,000 Spanish pesos ( $1,000 ($ in dollars)). It was installed on 13 August 1877, the same day that Ponce received the title of "City" by the Spanish Crown. The construction of the Hospital Tricoche also occurred under Cartagena's administration, and on 11 December 1878 Cartagena gave an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Cartagena (461)
The Battle of Cartagena occurred on May 13, 460Ian Hughes: ''Gaiseric - The Vandal Who Destroyed Rome'', pages 61, 95 and 151–165. Pen and Sword, Barnsley 2017Tony Jaques: ''Dictionary of Battles and Sieges'', Vol. 1 (A-E), page 205. Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport/London 2007Michael Kulikowski: ''Late Roman Spain and Its Cities'', page 191. JHU Press, Baltimore 2010Simon MacDowall: ''Conquerors of the Roman Empire - The Vandals'', pagX Pen and Sword, Barnsley 2016 Britannica.com: Majorian - Roman emperor'John Powell: ''Magill's Guide to Military History'', Vol. 3, page 936. Salem Press, Ipswich 2001Brill Online: Ilici' or 461Peter Heather: ''The Fall of the Roman Empire - A New History of Rome and the Barbarians'', pagX Oxford University Press, New York 2005 and was part of the wars of Majorian. Although many sources call it ''battle of Cartagena'', the battle did not take place at Cartagena but on the coast of Roman Carthaginensis province at ''Portus Ilicitanus'' (to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Cartagena (209 BC)
The battle of New Carthage took place in early 209BC when a Roman army under Publius Cornelius Scipio successfully assaulted New Carthage, the capital of Carthaginian Iberia, which was defended by a garrison under Mago. The battle was part of the Second Punic War. In 211 BC the Romans in Iberia (modern Spain and Portugal) were heavily defeated at the battle of the Upper Baetis. Reinforcements arrived in early 210BC and Scipio brought further reinforcements when he took command late in the year. Scipio felt unable to draw into battle and defeat any of the three strong Carthaginian armies in the peninsula and so decided to strike at the material centre of Carthaginian power in Iberia: its capital, New Carthage. He arrived outside the city early in 209BC and commenced his attack the next day. After defeating a Carthaginian force outside the walls, he pressed an attack on the east gate. Simultaneously men from the Roman ships attempted to escalade the wall to the south fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
, is a 1993 Japanese science fiction anime television series. It consists of 51 episodes, and was directed by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino. The series was first broadcast on TV Asahi (and its ANN stations). It is the fourth TV anime installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise, first series in the franchise released in Japan's Heisei period, and the final full series to be set in the Universal Century calendar until '' Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX''. Plot ''Victory Gundam'' is set in UC 0153, and succeeds the Federation Force and Crossbone Vanguard conflict of '' Mobile Suit Gundam F91''. The Earth, still loosely controlled by the greatly weakened Earth Federation, comes under attack by BESPA, the armed forces of the space colony–based Zanscare Empire. Only a ragtag resistance movement, the League Militaire, stands in BESPA's way as they swiftly conquer much of space and start their invasion of Earth, with the advanced mass-produced mobile suit, the Victory Gundam, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartagena Film Festival
The Cartagena Film Festival (), or FICCI, is a film festival held in Cartagena, Colombia, which focuses mainly on the promotion of Colombian television series, Latin American films and short films. The Cartagena Film Festival, which is held every March, is the oldest film festival in Latin America. The Cartagena Film Festival was founded 1959 by Victor Nieto. Nieto remained the director of the film festival for 48 years, his last being in 2008. Nieto died at the age of 92 in November 2008. Lina Paola Rodriguez was appointed manager by Nieto in 2007 and 2008, and will remain acting director following Nieto's death. Best Film winners See also * Latin American television awards References External links *Cartagena Film Festival official website at the |
Cartagena (novel)
''Cartagena'' is a 2015 Spanish-language novel by Uruguayan writer Claudia Amengual. Set in Montevideo and Cartagena de Indias, it tells the story of a journalist living his midlife crisis who takes wrong decisions with disastrous consequences. Thirty years later, he travels to Cartagena in search of a new opportunity. Notably, Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez appears as an important character in the last pages. This novel constitutes a posthumous tribute to the Colombian Nobel-Prize winner. Awards * Premio Herralde 2014: Finalist (Editorial Anagrama Anagrama is a Spanish publisher founded in 1969 by Jorge Herralde, later sold to the Italian publisher Feltrinelli. History Anagrama was founded in 1969 by Jorge Herralde. In 2010, it was sold to the Italian publisher Feltrinelli. A Catalan l ...). References 2015 novels Uruguayan novels Spanish-language novels Novels set in Uruguay Novels set in Colombia Novels about midlife crisis Cartagena, Colombia Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartagena (film)
''Cartagena'' () is a 2009 French drama film directed by Alain Monne and starring Sophie Marceau, Christopher Lambert, and Margarita Rosa de Francisco. Based on the novel ''L'Homme de chevet'' by Eric Holder, with a screenplay by Alain Monne and Nathalie Vailloud, the film is about a beautiful, free-spirited woman who becomes bedridden following a terrible accident. Against her better judgement, she hires a drunk middle-aged former boxer to cook and care for her. Although unqualified for the position, he is desperate to work, and slowly he wins the trust of the woman, who teaches him how to read by introducing him to the works of Charles Bukowski. Through his help, she is forced to consider the potential happiness that awaits her in the outside world. ''Cartagena'' was filmed on location in Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia. The actor Christopher Lambert spent six months in Cartagena training with coach Anibal Gonzalez during his preparation for the role. Cast * Sophie Marceau as Muri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartagena (board Game)
''Cartagena'' is a German-style board game released in 2000, that takes as its theme the 1672 pirate-led jailbreak from the dreaded fortress of Cartagena. With its very simple concept, this game of strategy gives each player a group of six pirates and the objective is to have all six escape through the tortuous underground passage that connects the fortress to the port, where a sloop is waiting for them. Gameplay The first player to move all of his or her pirates from the Cartagena prison to the sloop is the winner. Set-Up The game board and its pieces were designed by Leo Colovini and drawn by artists Christoph Clasen, Claus Stephan, Didier Guiserix, Martin Hoffmann, and Studio Tapiro. The board itself is made up of six double-sided sections, each of which has a different permutation of the same six pictures: daggers, pirate hats, pistols, bottles of rum, skulls, and skeleton keys. These six sections can be combined in any order, to make thousands of different games (alth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Cartagena
Victoria Cartagena is an American theater, film, and television actress. Cartagena is known for her role as Zoe Lopez in '' The Bedford Diaries'', and for portraying Renee Montoya as series regular in the first season of '' Gotham'' and the third season of ''Batwoman''. She is additionally known for her recurring role as Lourdes in the NBC-turned-Netflix drama ''Manifest''. Early life Cartagena was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Victor and Lucy Cartagena. She attended Penn State University. Cartagena has starred in numerous theater productions and participated in various plays and workshops for New York's Lark Theater. Career Cartagena appeared on the WB television series '' The Bedford Diaries'', NBC's '' Kidnapped'', and the 2008 season finale of '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''. She has appeared on several different TV shows throughout her career. Cartagena appeared as Renee Montoya in the FOX TV series '' Gotham''. In the first episode she was c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa De Cartagena
Teresa de Cartagena (fl. 1425 – 1478) was a writer, Mysticism, mystic and nun in late medieval Castile who is considered to be the first Spanish-language female writer and mystic. She became deaf between 1453 and 1459. Her experience of deafness influenced her two known works ''Arboleda de los enfermos'' (Grove of the Infirm) and ''Admiraçión operum Dey'' (Wonder at the Works of God). The latter work represents what many critics consider as the first feminist tract written by a Spanish woman. Few documents exist regarding Teresa's life. She was a (a Christian of Jewish lineage). Her grandfather, Rabbi Shlomo ha-Levi, converted to Christianity around 1390 and was baptized as Pablo de Santa María, becoming bishop of Burgos in 1412. She was the niece of Alfonso de Cartagena, Alonso de Cartagena. Cantera Burgos discovered that Teresa was the daughter of Pedro de Cartagena after finding her named in the will of a later bishop of Burgos, Alonso de Cartagena, Pedro's brother and Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raúl Gándara Cartagena
Raúl Gándara Cartagena (1910–1989) was fire chief in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and the first and longest-serving Commonwealth of Puerto Rico fire chief. He served from 1942 to 1972. Public service Gándara Cartagena was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on 26 March 1910. In 1930, he entered the Ponce Fire Department as Commander. In 1942, the Puerto Rico Legislature created the ''Servicio de Bomberos de Puerto Rico'' (Puerto Rico Fire Service), and the governor of the island at the time, Rexford Guy Towell, selected Raúl Gándara—who at the moment was Captain of the Ponce Fire Corps—to become Puerto Rico's first state fire chief. Gandara was Puerto Rico state chief for 30 years, making him the longest-serving state fire chief ever. Bomberos de Ponce The Ponce municipal fire corps (Spanish: ''Cuerpo de Bomberos Municipales de Ponce'') was founded in 1883. Starting in the 1940s, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico opened and operated a fire corps in Ponce functioning in parallel to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
