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Lieutenant Colonel Don José de Herrera y Sotomayor (1762) [1] The Fortress of the Immaculate Conception , ( Spanish : El Castillo de la Inmaculada Concepción ) is a fortification located on the southern bank of the San Juan River ( Río San Juan ), in the village of El Castillo in southern Nicaragua .
The Community offers 24 hours of AM Radio programming. Radio Shalom 690 AM from Fortaleza interacts with the internet public in Brazil and worldwide in its programming. It can be accessed from the Community Portal. [citation needed] On July 24, 2019, Shalom FM 91.7, the community's first FM station, was inaugurated.
Castillo San Cristóbal was built on a hill originally known as the Cerro de la Horca ("gallows Hill") or the Cerro del Quemadero ("burner’s hill"), changed to Cerro de San Cristóbal in honor of Saint Christopher, the patron of travelers. The fortress is considered the largest fortification built by Spain in the New World. When it was ...
In 1498, Rui de Sousa's son, João de Sousa, inherited the lordship of Sagres upon his father's death, later passing it on to his descendants, the Counts of Prado and the Marquises of Minas. [ 4 ] The fortress of Sagres was probably built in the 15th century to defend the Algarve coast, mainly the west coast, and the sea routes between the ...
The Fortaleza is located at the end of Las Damas Street. Its name is due to its location near the Ozama River. The statue in front of the building depicts Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés , governor of the fortress from 1533 to 1557, and author of Historia General y Natural de las Indias .
Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña (Fort of Saint Charles), colloquially known as La Cabaña, is an 18th-century fortress complex, the third-largest in the Americas, located on the elevated eastern side of the harbor entrance in Havana, Cuba. The fort rises above the 60-meter (200 ft) hilltop, along with Morro Castle.
Iguatemi Fortaleza shopping center in business. 1989 - Cocó Park established. 1990 - Juraci Vieira de Magalhães becomes mayor. 1991 Cearah Periferia (housing organization) established. [8] Population: 1,765,794. [3] 1992 - Central de Artesanato do Ceará (craft center) built. 1993 Hospital São Mateus established.
The Genoese navigator Christopher Columbus landed on August 14, 1502 on his fourth voyage and called the place Punta de Caxinas. Later, Don Hernán Cortés, when he visited the Honduran coasts, ordered the foundation of a base on that site to defend it, entrusting the task to Captain Cristóbal de Olid, who, apart from creating the barracks, renamed the place "Villa del triunfo de la cruz".