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Tizona (also Tizón) is the name of one of the swords carried by Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid, according to the Cantar de Mio Cid. The name of the second sword of El Cid is Colada. A sword identified as Tizona was given by Ferdinand II of Aragon to Pedro de Peralta, count of Santisteban de Lerín in c. 1470.
Duce (/ ˈ d uː tʃ eɪ / DOO-chay, Italian:) is an Italian title, derived from the Latin word dux, 'leader', and a cognate of duke. National Fascist Party leader Benito Mussolini was identified by Fascists as Il Duce ('The Leader') of the movement since the birth of the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento in 1919.
However, the expression on his face traditionally suggests that he is there by his own accord, and the card is meant to represent self-sacrifice more so than it does corporal punishment or criminality. [1] In other interpretations, The Hanged Man is a depiction of the Norse god Odin, who suspended himself from a tree in order to gain knowledge.
El Dorado (Spanish: [el doˈɾaðo], English: / ˌ ɛ l d ə ˈ r ɑː d oʊ /) is a mythical city of gold supposedly located somewhere in South America. The king of this city was said to be so rich that he would cover himself from head to foot in gold dust – either daily or on certain ceremonial occasions – before diving into a sacred lake ...
The grito is sometimes used as part of the official remembrance of the Shout of Dolores, during the celebration of Mexican Independence Day. [1]The grito mexicano has patriotic connotations.
Puente Colgado of Aranjuez in 1834 by Pharamond Blanchard. The Puente Colgado (Hanged Bridge) or Puente Colgante was a bridge on the Tagus river located in the town of Aranjuez, in the Community of Madrid, Spain. This replaced the Puente de Barcas, an ancient bridge that never became the main access to Aranjuez. It was built in the 1820s by ...
El casco de somo apart gelo echaua. Las moncluras del yelmo todas gelas cortaua. Alla leuo el almofar, fata la cofia legaua. La cofia e el almofar todo gelo leuaua. Raxol los de la cabeça, bien a la carne legaua. Lo vno cayo en el campo e lo al suso fincaua. Quando este colpe a ferido Colada la preçiada. Vio Diego Gonçalez que no escaparie ...
"El Choclo" (South American Spanish: meaning "The Corn Cob") is a popular song written by Ángel Villoldo, an Argentine musician. Allegedly written in honour of and taking its title from the nickname of the proprietor of a nightclub, who was known as "El Choclo". It is one of the most popular tangos in Argentina.