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The establishment of SPHAN was led by Education Minister Gustavo Capanema and a team which included the poet Mário de Andrade. The team, together with the lawyer Rodrigo Melo Franco, undertook a project to research and catalog a large number of historic sites across Brazil. Rodrigo Melo Franco would lead the institute from [2] [3]
In 2016, the municipality put the palace up for public auction, for a base price of 1.55 million euros, for purposes "exclusively of a cultural, artistic or similar nature". [2] It was sold for the sum of 1.643 million euros to a company owned by the former footballer António Oliveira as well as António Moutinho Cardoso, an art collector who ...
Site No. 1, the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America, had its boundaries extended in 2001 and 2003, and was included on the danger list from 2007 to 2010. A site may be added to the List of World Heritage in Danger if conditions threaten the characteristics for which the landmark or area was inscribed on the ...
The Penman equation describes evaporation (E) from an open water surface, and was developed by Howard Penman in 1948. Penman's equation requires daily mean temperature, wind speed, air pressure, and solar radiation to predict E. Simpler Hydrometeorological equations continue to be used where obtaining such data is impractical, to give comparable results within specific contexts, e.g. humid vs ...
The Plaza Mayor (English: Town square), also known as the Plaza de Armas, [1] is the main public square of the historic centre of the city of Lima, Peru.It dates back to the foundation of the city by Francisco Pizarro on January 18, 1535.
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In 2023, de Meo's strategy was bringing about results as Renault's operating margin increased to 5.6% for the past year, compared to only 2.8% in 2021. [52] When he first joined Renault Group, the company was losing €8 billion. [53] [54] Two and a half years after, Luca de Meo managed to make the Group witness a financial recovery. [53]
Ricardo Londoño was born on 8 August 1949 in the Colombian city of Medellín.His racing career began in the Colombian Stock Car and Motorcycle Speed Championships. [2] The extent of Londoño activities in this era of Colombia is rather obscure but several periodicals of that time indicate that he won many races in the country, allowing him to become the national champion in various categories ...