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Hacienda Lealtad is a working coffee hacienda which used slave labor in the 19th century, located in Lares, Puerto Rico. [1]A hacienda (UK: / ˌ h æ s i ˈ ɛ n d ə / HASS-ee-EN-də or US: / ˌ h ɑː s i ˈ ɛ n d ə / HAH-see-EN-də; Spanish: or ) is an estate (or finca), similar to a Roman latifundium, in Spain and the former Spanish Empire.
A hacienda is a large homestead in a ranch or estate usually in places where Colonial Spanish culture has had architectural influence. Even though the cedilla is not used in Spanish , the spelling "Haçienda" was decided on for the club because the cedilla makes the "çi" resemble "51", the club's catalogue number.
Entrance sign at Hacienda Buena Vista on Puerto Rico Highway 123 in Barrio Magueyes, Ponce, Puerto Rico. The Hacienda is significant for various reasons. First, it contains the only remaining example of the Barker hydraulic turbine, which was the first reaction type turbine ever made. [7]
The Hacienda was located by itself at the time, a distance away from other resorts. Because of its location, most guests did not bother to visit the other resorts. The Hacienda was the first Las Vegas resort to target a family clientele, and until 1962, it operated a plane service to fly in guests from out of state.
Hoover Dam Lodge is a hotel and casino near Boulder City, Nevada.It is owned and operated by Richard Craig Estey (Nevada Restaurant Services).It was previously the Gold Strike until it was largely destroyed by an accidental fire on June 16, 1998.
The land was first settled by the Rumsen Ohlone Native Americans.A Rumsen village known as Echilat was located within the present-day Santa Lucia Preserve. [10] Four prehistoric resource sites were identified within the Preserve, including midden sites containing shell (mussel, chiton and barnacle); lithics (chert, andesite and quartz); fire-altered rock; animal bone; and dark soil.
Hacienda Business Park is a 900-acre (364 hectare) mixed-use job center and housing development in Pleasanton, California. [1] [2] History.
[3] [4] This room originally was the formal living room, where Frida and Diego entertained notable Mexican and international visitors and friends such as Sergei Eisenstein, Nelson Rockefeller, George Gershwin, caricaturist Miguel Covarrubias, and actresses Dolores del Río and María Félix. [2] Frida Kahlo Rock