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Charles III (Spanish: Carlos Sebastián de Borbón y Farnesio; [a] 20 January 1716 – 14 December 1788) was King of Spain in the years 1759 to 1788. He was also Duke of Parma and Piacenza, as Charles I (1731–1735); King of Naples, as Charles VII; and King of Sicily, as Charles III (1735–1759).
Velasco's family was ennobled, and his son was created Marqués de Velasco del Morro, and Charles III decreed that there should be a ship named Velasco in the Spanish fleet after that. [50] The loss of Havana and Western Cuba was a severe blow to Spain. Not only were the financial losses considerable, the loss in prestige was even greater.
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Avenida Carlos III, was a promenade that Captain General (Spanish: Capitanía General de Cuba) Miguel Tacón y Rosique, put into operation in 1836. When first created, it was called the Paseo de Tacón. Years later, the name was changed to Carlos III in honor of the King of Spain, a statue of the king was erected. Avenida de Carlos III begins ...
Carlos III may refer to: Charles III of Spain, King of Spain from 1759 to 1788; Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Carlos III, a Spanish award;
Alfredo Hornedo y Suárez was a senator of the Liberal Party. Owner of the Mercado Único, the Mercado de Carlos III, the Casino Deportivo of Havana, and the news papers El Pais, Excelsior, El Sol, and El Crisol. He built the Teatro Blanquita, the Hotel Rosita Hornedo, and the Riomar Building. [a] He owned various radio stations. [2]
El Encanto was the largest department store in Cuba, with five retail storeys, originally built in 1888, and situated on the corner of Galiano and San Rafael in Old Havana. Before the Cuban Revolution , it had been privately owned, but in 1959 it was nationalized.
King Charles III in the robes of the order, the first design used until 1789. The Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III, originally Royal and Much Distinguished Order of Charles III (Spanish: Real y Distinguida Orden Española de Carlos III, originally Spanish: Real y Muy Distinguida Orden de Carlos III; Abbr.: OC3) is a knighthood and one of the three preeminent orders of merit ...