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Sagrada Família. / 41.40369°N 2.17433°E / 41.40369; 2.17433. The main material used is stone. The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, [ a] otherwise known as Sagrada Família, is a church under construction in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world.
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.
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies [2] [3] (Spanish: Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias) is an account written by the Spanish Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas in 1542 (published in 1552) about the mistreatment of and atrocities committed against the indigenous peoples of the Americas in colonial times and sent to then Prince Philip II of Spain.
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 ...
The Basilica della Santa Casa (English: Basilica of the Holy House) is a Marian shrine in Loreto, in the Marches, Italy.The basilica is known for enshrining the house in which the Blessed Virgin Mary is believed by some Catholics to have lived.
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]
The Portico of Glory ( Galician: Pórtico da Gloria) of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral is a Romanesque portico and the cathedral's main gate created by Master Mateo and his workshop, on the orders of King Ferdinand II of León. The king donated to Mateo one hundred maravedís annually between 1168 and 1188. To commemorate its completion in ...
François de La Rochefoucauld, 2nd Duke of La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac ( French: [fʁɑ̃swa d (ə) la ʁɔʃfuko]; 15 September 1613 – 17 March 1680) was an accomplished French moralist of the era of French Classical literature and author of Maximes and Memoirs, the only two works of his dense literary œuvre published.