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Paradores de Turismo de España S.M.E. S.A., branded as Paradores, is a Spanish state-owned chain of luxury hotels that are usually located in historic buildings or in nature areas with a special appeal. Its first parador was inaugurated on 9 October 1928 in Navarredonda de Gredos . As of 2023, it operates ninety-seven paradores in Spain and ...
The patio of a parador (1887) by Elena Brockmann. San Telmo Museoa. A parador (Spanish pronunciation: [paɾaˈðoɾ]), in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries was an establishment where travelers could seek lodging, and usually, food and drink, similar to an inn.
The Spanish Missions of "La Florida". Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida. pp. 1– 34. ISBN 0-8130-1232-5. Worth, John E. (1998). Timucua Chiefdoms of Spanish Florida. Volume 2: Resistance and Destruction. University Press of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-1575-8. Worth, John E. (2007). The Struggle for the Georgia Coast. The University of ...
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Pages in category "Spanish missions in Florida" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
A plaque showing the locations of a third of the missions between 1565 and 1763. Beginning in the second half of the 16th century, the Kingdom of Spain established missions in Spanish Florida (La Florida) in order to convert the indigenous tribes to Roman Catholicism, to facilitate control of the area, and to obstruct regional colonization by Protestants, particularly, those from England and ...
The French and Spanish began two centuries of colonial rivalry in North America here. 5: Fort Matanzas National Monument: October 15, 1924: south of St.Augustine: St. Johns: Built to protect Spanish settlers. Two hundred and forty-five Frenchmen who challenged Spanish dominion were killed by Spaniards here in 1565. The name Matanzas means ...
St. Augustine, Florida; San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park; San Pedro de Mocama; Santa Elena (Spanish Florida) Saturiwa; Robert Searle; Seminole Wars; Siege of St. Augustine (1740) Spanish Coquina Quarries; Spanish Main; List of missions in Spanish Florida; Missions in Spanish Florida; Spanish missions in Georgia; Spanish West Florida ...