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De Mora
De Mora is a surname. Notable persons with that name include: * Francisco de Mora ( 1553–1610), Spanish architect * Jaime de Mora y Aragón (1925–1995), Spanish aristocrat and actor * José de Mora (1642–1724), Spanish sculptor * Juan Gómez de Mora (1586–1648), Spanish architect * Miguel Gil Moreno de Mora (1967–2000), Spanish cameraman and war correspondent * Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón (1928–2014), Spanish nobility, former Queen of Belgium See also * Mora (other) * De la Mora {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco De Mora
Francisco de Mora (c.1553–1610) was a Spanish Renaissance architect. Life Mora was born in Cuenca, Spain, Cuenca, and baptized in the parish of Santa Cruz on August 15, 1552. He was an uncle of the humanist Baltasar Porreño. His father having died, Francisco was apprenticed at the age of thirteen to Pedro de Villadiego, a carpenter and carver. Villadiego was at that time engaged in carving an altarpiece for Monteagudo de las Salinas. In 1579 took service with architect Juan de Herrera, along with Herrera's nephew, Pedro Liermo. He worked with Herrera on the construction of the Alcázar of Segovia. In 1587, he completed the main garden and the School of Honor areas of the castle. Mora also worked with Herrera on the Monastery of San Lorenzo in El Escorial. His industriousness and great technical expertise in the royal works where he had collaborated was rewarded by Philip II of Spain, Philip II with the appointment May 11, 1587 to work on the church of the Monastery of Ucl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaime De Mora Y Aragón
Don (honorific), Don Jaime de Mora y Aragón (19 July 1925 – 26 July 1995) was a Spanish aristocrat and actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1961 to 1995. He was also a brother of Queen Fabiola of Belgium. Selected filmography References External links * 1925 births 1995 deaths Spanish male film actors 20th-century Spanish nobility {{Spain-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José De Mora
José de Mora (1642–1724) was a Spanish sculptor. José de Mora was born in Baza. He was the oldest son of the sculptor Bernardo de Mora and pupil of Alonso Cano in Granada and of Sebastián de Herrera in Madrid. In 1669, two years after the death of Cano, he moved to Madrid and worked with Sebastián de Herrera Barnuevo who also had been pupil of Cano. In 1672, he became a sculptor for the king Charles II and later left Madrid in 1680 and returned to Granada. He died in Granada in 1724 and was buried in the Convent of St. Anthony of the Discalced Franciscan Friars. His work can be usefully studied in the eight statues in the Chapel of Cardinal Salazar in the Mosque-Cathedral in Córdoba, and in the statues of Saint Bruno and Saint Joseph in the Charterhouse near Granada. However, his main masterpiece was the sculpture of the ''Christ of Salvation'' (currently, ''Christ of Mercy''), made for a funerary chapel in the Church of St. Gregory Baeticus in Granada. The or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Gómez De Mora
Juan Gómez de Mora (1586–1648) was a Spanish architect, active in the 17th century. He was a main figure of Spanish early-Baroque architecture in the city of Madrid. Spanish art historian Virginia Tovar MartÃn has published scholarly works on Gómez de Mora. Life Gómez de Mora was born and died in Madrid. His father, also , was a Spanish Renaissance court painter to Philip II of Spain Philip II (21 May 152713 September 1598), sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent (), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and List of Sicilian monarchs, Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598. He ... and was brother-in-law of the architect Francisco de Mora. Upon the death of his father in 1597, his uncle Francisco took charge of his education and training. Gómez de Mora would later oversee the construction of a number of buildings designed by his uncle. After the death of his uncle in 1610, and at the age of 24, he was appointed mast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Gil Moreno De Mora
Miguel Gil Moreno de Mora (June 21, 1967 – May 24, 2000) was a Spanish cameraman and war correspondent, working for Associated Press. After a successful career as a corporate lawyer in Barcelona, Spain, Moreno became a freelance war correspondent first in Sarajevo and later, an award winning cameraman for AP Television. Leaving behind his career as a corporate lawyer in Spain, Moreno became a freelance war correspondent in Sarajevo and later in Kosovo, where he was one of the few Western cameraman to stay in Pristina during the NATO air campaign. Next, Moreno went to Grozny (Chechnya). His pictures from Chechnya were a rare means for the world to see Grozny's fate. He also covered Congo, Liberia, Rwanda, Sudan and Sierra Leone. However, as he wrote himself, he experienced the most dangerous moments of his life in Chechnya. Miguel was awarded as cameraman of the year by the Royal Television Society in 2000, recognizing its outstanding job in conflict areas. Miguel Gil Moreno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doña Fabiola De Mora Y Aragón
The terms Don (in Spanish and Italian), Dom (in Portuguese), and Domn (in Romanian), are honorific prefixes derived from the Latin ''Dominus'', meaning "lord" or "owner". The honorific is commonly used in Spain, Portugal, and Italy, as well as in the Spanish-speaking world and Portuguese-speaking world, as well as some other places formerly colonized by Spain or Portugal. The feminine equivalents are (), (), (Romanian) and (). The term is derived from the Latin : a master of a household, a title with background from the Roman Republic in classical antiquity. With the abbreviated form having emerged as such in the Middle Ages, traditionally it is reserved for Catholic clergy and nobles, in addition to certain educational authorities and persons of high distinction. Spanish-speaking world In Spanish, although originally a title reserved for royalty, select nobles, and church hierarchs, it is now often used as a mark of esteem for an individual of personal, social or offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mora (other)
Mora may refer to: People * José Maria Mora (1847–1926), Cuban-American photographer, often credited as "Mora" * Mora (singer) (born 1996), a Puerto Rican singer * Mora (surname), a Spanish name (includes a list of people with the name) Places Sweden * Mora, Säter, Sweden * Mora, Sweden, the seat of Mora Municipality * Mora Municipality, Sweden United States * Mora, Louisiana, an unincorporated community * Mora, Minnesota, a city * Mora, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Mora County, New Mexico ** Mora, New Mexico, a census-designated place and the county seat ** Mora River, partially in Mora County Elsewhere * Mora, Cordillera, Bolivia * Mora, Cameroon, a town * Mora (canton), San José, Costa Rica * Mora, Cyprus, a village * Mõra, Estonia, a village * Mora, Maharashtra, India, a port serving the town of Uran * Mora, Portugal, a municipality * Mora, Spain, a town and municipality in the province of Toledo * Mora de Rubielos, a town in Aragón, Spain * Morea Eyalet ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
