Monte Bello (other)
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Monte Bello, Italian for ''beautiful mountain'', can refer to: * Monte Bello Open Space Preserve in California, part of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District *A wine label of Ridge Vineyards * Monte Bello (Guayaquil), a neighborhood of Guayaquil, Ecuador *Monte Bello, a barangay in Kananga, Leyte, The Philippines *Monte Bellos, a homestead in Western Australia * Monte Bello seahorse (''Hippocampus montebelloensis'') * Monte Bello Ridge, an alternate name for Black Mountain in Santa Clara County, California See also *Montebello (other) Montebello may refer to: Places Australasia * Montebello Islands, Australia Europe * Montebello della Battaglia, Pavia, Italy * Montebello Vicentino, Vicenza, Italy * Montebello di Bertona, Abruzzo, Pescara, Italy * Montebello Ionico, Calabri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Monte Bello Open Space Preserve
Monte Bello Open Space Preserve is a open space reserve, open space preserve, located near Palo Alto, California, Palo Alto in the Santa Cruz Mountains, in San Mateo County, California, San Mateo and Santa Clara County, California, Santa Clara Counties, California, United States. The preserve encompasses the upper Stevens Creek (California), Stevens Creek watershed in the valley between Monte Bello Ridge and Skyline Ridge. "Monte Bello" means "beautiful mountain" in Italian, and refers to Black Mountain (near Los Altos, California), Black Mountain which is the highest part of Montebello Ridge. The straight valley of upper Stevens Creek is also the rift valley of the San Andreas Fault. History After extensive logging operations in the nineteenth century, Italian farmers and winemakers settled on the flanks of Montebello Ridge. Dairies in the Santa Cruz Mountains supplied much of the milk for San Francisco, California, San Francisco and the San Francisco Peninsula. There was a larg ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ridge Vineyards
Ridge Vineyards is a California winery specializing in Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, and Chardonnay wines. Ridge produces wine at two winery locations in northern California. The original winery facilities are located at an elevation of on Monte Bello Ridge in unincorporated Santa Clara County in the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA, south of Los Altos, California and west of Cupertino, California. The other Ridge winery facilities are at Lytton Springs in the Dry Creek Valley AVA of Sonoma County. Ridge Vineyard's 1971 Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon gained prominence for its fifth-place finish in the 1976 "Judgment of Paris" wine tasting. History Although Ridge Vineyards was founded in the early 1960s, wine production at the winery's Monte Bello location has a much longer history. Grapevines were first planted on Monte Bello Ridge by Osea Perrone, a doctor and prominent member of the northern California Italian immigrant community, in 1885. The first Monte Bello wine was produced ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Monte Bello (Guayaquil)
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Monte Bello, Italian for ''beautiful mountain'', can refer to: *Monte Bello Open Space Preserve in California, part of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District *A wine label of Ridge Vineyards * Monte Bello (Guayaquil), a neighborhood of Guayaquil, Ecuador *Monte Bello, a barangay in Kananga, Leyte, The Philippines *Monte Bellos, a homestead in Western Australia * Monte Bello seahorse (''Hippocampus montebelloensis'') * Monte Bello Ridge, an alternate name for Black Mountain in Santa Clara County, California See also *Montebello (other) Montebello may refer to: Places Australasia * Montebello Islands, Australia Europe * Montebello della Battaglia, Pavia, Italy * Montebello Vicentino, Vicenza, Italy * Montebello di Bertona, Abruzzo, Pescara, Italy * Montebello Ionico, Calabri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Guayaquil
Guayaquil (), officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest city in Ecuador and also the nation's economic capital and main port. The city is the capital (political), capital of Guayas Province and the seat of Guayaquil Canton. The city is located on the west bank of the Guayas River, which flows into the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Guayaquil. With a population of 2,746,403 inhabitants, it is the most populous city in the country, and the fifth largest in the Andean Community. However, its urban fabric extends beyond its official urban parishes, encompassing nearby cities and parishes; thus, the Guayaquil metropolitan area reaches a population of 3,618,450, making it the most populous urban agglomeration in the nation, and also the fifth in the Andean Community. As the largest city, it is one of the two main development poles of the country—alongside Quito, the national capital—hosting Ecuador’s main business, financial, cultural, and sports institutions. After seve ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kananga, Leyte
Kananga (IPA: ɐ'naŋga, officially the Municipality of Kananga (; , ), is a First Income Class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 59,696 people. Majority of Kananga's economic activity has historically been concentrated in agriculture. Some are engaged in commerce and trade. The town is geographically close to the city of Ormoc and coastal town of Palompon. The town's main crops are coconut ( niyog) and rice ( palay). Kananga, sometimes known as Asia's geothermal capital, is the richest municipality in Eastern Visayas. History Kananga was established on June 17, 1950 from the barrios of Lonoy, Kananga, Rizal, Tugbong, Montebello, Aguiting, Agayayan, Montealegre, Libungao, Naghalin, and Masarayao which all used to be part of Ormoc, by virtue of ''Republic Act No. 542''. Geography Barangays Kananga is politically subdivided into 23 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios. * Aguiti ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Monte Bello Seahorse
''Hippocampus montebelloensis'', or the Montebello seahorse is a synonym of '' Hippocampus zebra'', Whitley, 1964. It is known from Montebello Islands and Exmouth Gulf in Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust .... References montebelloensis Fish described in 2001 {{Syngnathiformes-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Monte Bello Ridge
Black Mountain is a summit on Monte Bello Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains of west Santa Clara County, California, south of Los Altos and Los Altos Hills, and west of Cupertino; it is within the Palo Alto city limits though not near the developed part of the city. It is located on the border between Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve and Monte Bello Open Space Preserve, with the summit located in the former. Early Spanish explorers commonly named tree- or chaparral-covered summits which look black in the distance Loma Prieta, from the Spanish (''loma''-hill, ''prieta''-dark). The Spanish also called the middle portion of the Santa Cruz Mountains the Sierra Morena meaning (''morena''-brunette, ''sierra''-mountain range), extending from Half Moon Bay Road (California State Route 92) south to a gap at Lexington Reservoir, and which includes a summit called Sierra Morena. There are over 100 " Black Mountains" in California. History After extensive logging operations in the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |