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One of Merida's twin mansions, known as the Cámara Houses or "Las Casas Gemelas" Cathedral of Mérida as it appeared in 2010. Mérida was founded in 1542 by the Spanish conquistadors, including Francisco de Montejo the Younger and Juan de la Cámara, and named after the town of Mérida in Extremadura, Spain.
The de la Cámara family gained prominence during the Colonial Period, becoming part of the Mexican nobility and major landowners in the Yucatán Peninsula. [6] During the 19th-century henequen fiber boom, they were part of an oligarchy controlling henequen production, trade, and regional politics, amassing substantial wealth and becoming among ...
Inmobiliaria Colonial is a Spanish multinational corporation, which includes companies in the domains of real estate. The company operates a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) and its activities are divided between property rental, as well as land and development. [3] Colonial Group recorded the closing of the third quarter of 2015 with a net ...
Mérida lies within a valley, with many colonial towns adjacent. The city is located in the center of the Venezuelan Andes, in a wide plain in the valley of the Chama River, between the Sierra Nevada de Mérida to the southeast and the Sierra La Culata to the northwest. The old quarter of the city is on the alluvial plain known as Tatuy.
One property sold for over $500,000 in Portage County for the week of Oct. 31. One property here in Aurora led the way selling with a price of $616,000.. 160 Beaumont Tl, Aurora, $616,000 ...
By 1940, almost all Zócalo buildings were either true colonial buildings or their evocations. [28] Federico Mariscal was the first architect to use colonial revival forms in new buildings near the city center. In 1917, he took the charge of designing the Sostres y Dosal building, a department store located on the corner of Correo Mayor, which ...
Bird flu has been on the rise in Washington state and one sanctuary was hit hard: 20 big cats – more than half of the facility’s population – died over the course of weeks.
The cast of “Friends” is well known for being besties, but that developed over time. During an appearance on Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast, “Friends” star Lisa Kudrow ...