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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.
Puerto Ángel church. The community of Puerto Ángel sits on a small horseshoe shaped bay. From where ocean meets land, there is only a couple of hundred meters of flat land before the terrain steeply rises into rocky hills that lead to the Sierra Madre del Sur. [10] Much of this flat land is dedicated to the main road, which runs parallel to the main beach or Playa Principal.
Isla Ángel de la Guarda, (Guardian Angel Island) also called Archangel Island, is a large uninhabited island in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) east of Bahía de los Ángeles in northwestern Mexico, separated from the Baja California Peninsula by the Canal de Ballenas (Whales Channel).
In his book, The Log from the Sea of Cortez, author John Steinbeck wrote of his stay in Bahía de los Ángeles, the last stop on the peninsula before rounding Isla Ángel de la Guarda. [7] Bahia is also the home of the "Museo de Naturaleza y Cultura", established in 1988 by American Carolina Shepard and built by volunteers.
Puerto Arista Lighthouse Puerto Arista 15°56′49″N 93°50′7″W [12] 111-15308: Puerto Escondido Lighthouse 15°51′0″N 97°4′42″W: 1936: 15: 40: 16: 15252: Puerto Madero Lighthouse 14°42′18″N 92°24′36″W: 22: 24: 15: 15324: Puerto Morelos Lighthouse Puerto Morelos 20°50′53″N 86°52′31″W: 1988: 14: 16: 15: 110 ...
Lieutenant Colonel Mercedes Olympia Cubria (April 15, 1903 - October 14, 1980), a.k.a. "La Tia" (The Aunt), was the first Cuban-born female officer in the U.S. Army. She served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II , in the U.S. Army during the Korean War , and was recalled into service during the Cuban Missile Crisis .
A traditional snickerdoodle recipe includes unsalted butter, granulated sugar, eggs, all-purpose flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt.
The Porta del Sol tourism region was designated in 2003 and officially launched on December 20, 2005, by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company by decree of Law No. 158. [5] The name of the region, Porta del Sol, references both the historic church of Porta Coeli (Latin for "gateway" or "doorway to heaven") and the famous scenic sunsets that can be seen along the western coast of Puerto Rico. [6]