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  2. Bartolomé de las Casas - Wikipedia

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    Signature. Bartolomé de las Casas, OP ( US: / lɑːs ˈkɑːsəs / lahss KAH-səss; Spanish: [baɾtoloˈme ðe las ˈkasas] ⓘ; 11 November 1484 [ 1] – 18 July 1566) was a Spanish clergyman, writer, and activist best known for his work as an historian and social reformer. He arrived in Hispaniola as a layman, then became a Dominican friar.

  3. Sanctuary of Las Lajas - Wikipedia

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    Sanctuary of Las Lajas. /  0.8055°N 77.5860°W  / 0.8055; -77.5860. The Sanctuary of Las Lajas (in full Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Las Lajas) is a Catholic minor basilica located within the canyon of the Guáitara River in Ipiales, Nariño Department, Colombia. The Marian shrine is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary as ...

  4. Temple of Fortuna Primigenia - Wikipedia

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    The temple of Fortuna Primigenia was an ancient Roman temple within the sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, a religious complex in Praeneste (now Palestrina, 35 km (22 mi) east of Rome). It was founded in 204 BC by Publius Sempronius Tuditanus and dedicated to the goddess Fortuna Primigenia, the exact meaning of whose name is unclear. [ 1]

  5. Sanctuary of Fátima - Wikipedia

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    The Sanctuary of Fátima ( Portuguese: Santuário de Fátima ), officially titled Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima ( Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Fátima ), is a Marian shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima located in Fátima, in the municipality of Ourém, in Portugal. It consists of a group of Catholic religious ...

  6. San Juan de Ulúa - Wikipedia

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    San Juan de Ulúa. /  19.20917°N 96.13139°W  / 19.20917; -96.13139. San Juan de Ulúa, now known as Castle of San Juan de Ulúa, is a large complex of fortresses, prisons and one former palace on an island of the same name in the Gulf of Mexico overlooking the seaport of Veracruz, Mexico. Juan de Grijalva 's 1518 expedition named the ...

  7. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía - Wikipedia

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    RI-51-0004260. The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía ("Queen Sofía National Museum Art Centre"; MNCARS) [ n. 1 ] is Spain's national museum of 20th-century art. The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1992, and is named for Queen Sofía. It is located in Madrid, near the Atocha train and metro stations, at the southern ...

  8. Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso (Spanish: Palacio Real de La Granja de San Ildefonso ), known as La Granja, is an early 18th-century palace in the small town of San Ildefonso, located in the hills near Segovia and 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Madrid, within the Province of Segovia in central Spain .

  9. Șumuleu Ciuc - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.csiksomlyo.ro. Șumuleu Ciuc ( Hungarian: Csíksomlyó, pronounced [ˈt͡ʃiːkʃomjoː]) is a neighbourhood in the city of Miercurea Ciuc, Harghita County, Romania. Until 1959, it was a separate commune. It is the site of an annual Roman Catholic pilgrimage, when Catholics from all over Hungary, Slovakia and Romania gather there.