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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).
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. In 1961, it had about 930 employees.
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 ...
Built in 1589 in response to raids on the city, el Morro protected the entrance of the harbor with a chain strung out across the water, known as the boom defense to the fort at La Punta. The Morro fortress shares its name with Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca in Santiago de Cuba and the Castillo de San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico .
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;
Calles Águila y Dragones. Havana, Cuba. ca. 1920. The Little Priest, after whom the Parque El Curita is named, was born in Aguada de Pasajeros, in 1921, and for nine years prepared for the priesthood in the seminaries of San Basileo el Magno, in Santiago de Cuba, and San Carlos and San Ambrosio Seminary, in Havana.
Recently dismissed Cuban Economy Minister Alejandro Gil Fernández is being investigated by police and the Attorney General’s Office after making “serious mistakes,” President Miguel Díaz ...
Cuba y el Mundo en 1998- El Año del Tigre, (Cuba and the World in 1998 - The Year of the Tiger), in Análisis de Coyuntura, Año 2, No.2, (Ciudad de la Habana: Asociación por la Unidad de Nuestra América (AUNA), March 1998, pp. 8–20.