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Vicent Andrés I Estellés
Vicent is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname *Francesc Vicent (1450 – c. 1512), Spanish chess player *Francesc Vicent Garcia (1582–1623), Catalan poet *Josep Vicent (born 1970), Spanish music director and conductor *Tania Vicent (born 1976), Canadian speed skater Given name *Vicent Partal (born 1960), Spanish journalist and writer *Vicent Peris (1478–1522), Spanish rebel See also *78071 Vicent, main-belt asteroid *Casa Vicent Casa Vicent is a historic building in the civil parish of Santo Ildefonso, in the Portuguese city of Porto. Located in the historic lower town (), the shop is notable for the Art Nouveau and Rococo elements and undulating forms of its iron facade; ..., historic house in Porto, Portugal * Cala de Sant Vicent, holiday resort on Ibiza {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesc Vicent
Francesc Vicent (1450 in Segorbe – c. 1512) was a Valencian author who wrote the first treatise about chess using the present-day moves for the queen (chess), queen and the bishop (chess), bishop. ''Libre dels jochs partits dels schacs en nombre de 100'' was printed in Valencia, Spain, Valencia on May 15, 1495, by Lope de Roca Alemany and Pere Trincher. No copy of this work has survived, though it is likely that some of its contents survive in translation (from Catalan language, Catalan to Spanish language, Castilian) in the ''Repetición de amores y arte de acedrex'' of Luis Ramírez de Lucena. Vicent may also be the true author of the treatise ''Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi'' signed by Pedro Damiano.Cazaux and Knowlton, ''A World of Chess'', pp. 245–246, 375 It is assumed that the book contained 100 Chess endgame, endgames. The original Catalan work was still known to Alessandro Salvio in Naples in the early 17th century. It is believed that there was a copy in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesc Vicent Garcia
Francesc Vicent Garcia () i Ferrandis was an early modern Catalan poet known by the pseudonym of the ''Vallfogona Rector''. He was born in Zaragoza in 1579Although his father was born in Tortosa, in Catalonia. and died in Vallfogona de Riucorb (Conca de Barberà) in 1623. In 1605 he was ordained in Vic. Early life Vicent Garcia completed his religious studies in Barcelona. In Vic, where he was ordained, he was the secretary to Bishop Francis Robust. In 1607, Garcia was appointed to the Vallfogona Riucorb rectory, where he remained until 1621. This spell at Vallfogona was followed by appointment to the post of secretary of the Bishop of Girona, Peter Moncada. A year after taking up this post, Garcia obtained a doctorate in theology from the College of St. George and St. Matthias in Tortosa. Vallfogona Riucorb died on September 2, 1623. Barcelona was a central place in Garcia's life. It was a city he visited frequently. In Barcelona, Garcia moved in the literary circle that met Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josep Vicent
Josep Vicent is a Spanish conductor. Principal Conductor - Music Director with ADDA Simfònica of Spain. Artistic and General Director at ADDA Auditorium in Alicante, Valencian Community (Spain). Vicent was born in Altea a town located in the musical regional of the Valencian Community in Spain and studied at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Alicante and the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam. He conducts regularly orchestras like Rotterdam Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra among many others. He was artistic director at Xenakis Festival and The Amsterdam Percussion Group. He has been also chief conductor and artistic director with Balearic Symphony Orchestra. Currently, he is the artistic director and principal conductor at The World Orchestra and Principal Conductor & Music Director of ''ADDA Simfònica'' (the resident orchestra at ADDA Auditorium located in Alicante, Spain). He, with ADDA Simfònica, was nominated for the 2024 Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tania Vicent
Tania Vicent (born January 13, 1976, in Laval, Quebec) is a Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Canadian short track speed skating, short track speed skater, who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics. On February 22, along with Alanna Kraus, Anouk Leblanc-Boucher and Kalyna Roberge, Vicent won a silver medal for Canada in the 3000m relay. She won the bronze medal in Nagano and at Salt Lake City. She won her fourth consecutive Olympic 3,000 metre relay medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics, skating alongside Jessica Gregg, Kalyna Roberge and Marianne St-Gelais. References External links CBC.ca Bio 1976 births Living people Canadian female short-track speed skaters Short-track speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 2006 Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicent Partal
Vicent Partal (; born 1960 in Bétera, Province of Valencia, Valencia) is a Spanish journalist and director of VilaWeb. He has also worked in El Temps, Diari de Barcelona, Televisión Española, TVE, Catalunya Ràdio, El Punt, and La Vanguardia, among others. He is considered an List of Internet pioneers, Internet pioneer. In 1994, he created the self-styled "first news Internet system in Catalonia" named ''El Temps Online''. In 1995, founded ''Partal, Maresma & Associats'', a company devoted to Internet Information technology consulting, Consulting and access. From that initiative, ''La Infopista catalana'' appeared in 1996, which later became VilaWeb. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of the European Journalism Centre. Biography Vicent Partal studied Magisterium at the University of Valencia and worked at the Gavina School. However, he soon changed his profession and began to work as a journalist. Co-founder of the weekly magazine El Temps in 1983, he was a collaborato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicent Peris
(1478–1522) (in Catalan; ) was a weaver and leader of the weavers' guild () in Valencia. He came to prominence as the most influential leader of the Council of Thirteen after the death of Joan Llorenç in the Revolt of the Brotherhoods. Peris saw the revolution as a wider social revolution against the nobility, and aggressively attacked them. He also legitimized the anti-Muslim stance of many rebels into the ''Germanies'' government, and intensified their repression. Leadership in the Revolt Peris was born in Segorbe. He was a member of the Council of Thirteen which came to contest the royal government's rule of Valencia in 1519. In 1520, the situation worsened with the appointment of Castilian Viceroy Diego Hurtado de Mendoza. A riot broke out after Mendoza refused to recognize the election of officials who were sympathetic to the ''Germanies'', and in the chaos the popular "Sorolla" (Guillén Castleví) was killed. During the chaos, Peris led the city's mobs and mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
78071 Vicent
78 may refer to: * 78 (number) * one of the years 78 BC, AD 78, 1978, 2078 * 78 RPM phonograph (gramophone) record * The 78, a proposed urban development in Chicago, Illinois, US * 78 Diana, a main-belt asteroid See also * '78 (other) * * List of highways numbered 78 {{Numberdis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casa Vicent
Casa Vicent is a historic building in the civil parish of Santo Ildefonso, in the Portuguese city of Porto. Located in the historic lower town (), the shop is notable for the Art Nouveau and Rococo elements and undulating forms of its iron facade; it is similar to the facades of the ''Ourivesaria Cunha'' and ''Ourivesaria Reis'' along the same road, all constructed by the ''Companhia Aliança''. History At the beginning of the 20th century, Porto boasted several refined and well provided for cosmopolitan neighbourhoods, largely due to the development of the Port wine trade and the strong British influence upon the city. As in the main European cities of the day, it was at the dawn of the 20th century that Porto experienced the blossoming of the Art Nouveau movement. Its architects tried to harmonize decorative expression with plants and flowers, often choosing commercial buildings and cafés for their work. New materials such as iron and glass evoked the power of industry and adva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
