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El Fuerte was a chief trading post for silver miners and gold seekers from the Urique and Batopilas mines in the nearby mountains of the Sierra Madre Occidental and its branches. [ citation needed ] In 1824, El Fuerte became the capital city of the newly created Mexican state of Sonora y Sinaloa (reaching up deep into modern-day Arizona).
El Fuerte de Samaipata, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bolivia; El Fuerte, Sinaloa, a city of Sinaloa, Mexico; El Fuerte, a character in the Street Fighter video game series; Fuerte may also refer to: "bolívar fuerte", the official name of the Venezuelan bolívar; Fuerte River, a river in Sinaloa, Mexico; Fuerte, a variety of avocado
The book opens with a prologue which introduces the characters of the Count and Patronio. The titles in the following list are those given in Keller and Keating's 1977 translation into English. [4] James York's 1868 translation into English gives a significantly different ordering of the stories and omits the fifty-first. [5]
El Fuerte – a former fortress made into a hotel in the 1950s – offers direct access to the beach and is a five-minute walk from Marbella’s charming Old Town, which is a hotspot for ...
Estado de Occidente (English: Western State; also known as Sonora y Sinaloa) was a Mexican state established in 1824. The constitution was drafted in that year and the government was initially established with its capital at El Fuerte, Sinaloa. The first governor was Juan Miguel Riesgo.
Sancho VII (Basque: Antso VII.a; c. 1157 – 7 April 1234) [1] called the Strong (Basque: Azkarra, Spanish: el Fuerte) was King of Navarre from 1194 until his death in 1234. He was the son and heir of Sancho VI, whom he followed as the second king to hold the title of King of Navarre.
Mazatlán Lighthouse (El Faro) Mazatlán lighthouse seen up close. The Mazatlán lighthouse, called El Faro Lighthouse, [30] is located at the peak of Cerro del Crestón, at the southern end of the peninsular city of Mazatlán. The lighthouse has the distinction of being settled in what was formerly an island, and has a length of 641 meters by ...
The Happy Return (Beat to Quarters in the US) is the first of the Horatio Hornblower novels by C. S. Forester.It was published in 1937. The American title is derived from the expression "beat to quarters", which was the signal to prepare for combat.