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Reykon. Andrés Felipe Robledo Londoño (born 12 December 1986), [ 1] better known as Reykon " El Líder " " Pel mazo ", is a reggaeton performer from Colombia. [ 2] He is considered one of the biggest proponents of Latin America's reggaeton music genre. [ 3] He is from Envigado, Antioquia. [ 4]
See media help. " A Portuguesa " ("The Portuguese [song]", Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ]) is the national anthem of Portugal. The song was composed by Alfredo Keil and written by Henrique Lopes de Mendonça during the resurgent nationalist movement ignited by the 1890 British Ultimatum to Portugal concerning its African colonies.
A decorative azulejo featuring the first two verses of the poem. " Canção do exílio " ( Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐ̃ˈsɐ̃w dweˈzilju], Exile song) is a poem written by the Brazilian Romantic author Gonçalves Dias in 1843, when he was in Portugal studying Law at the University of Coimbra. The poem is a famous example of the first ...
The viola da terra is constructed of wood with a traditional guitar "hourglass" shape for the body, a fretted neck, and headstock supporting the tuners. Traditionally the viola da terra had wooden friction pegs inserted from behind the headstock (see illustration), rather than the "watch-key" mechanism used on Portuguese instruments such as the ...
In 1810, King John VI, who had settled in Brazil after the French invasion of Portugal, established the Real Fábrica de Ferro São João do Ipanema, a steel mill on the site where the bandeirante Afonso Sardinha had mined iron more than two centuries earlier in the present-day municipality of Iperó. Foreign technicians, mainly Swedish, were ...
Portuguese Republic República Portuguesa (Portuguese) Flag Coat of arms Anthem: A Portuguesa "The Portuguese" Show globe Show map of the European Union Location of Portugal (dark green) – in Europe (green & dark grey) – in the European Union (green) Capital and largest city Lisbon 38°46′N 9°9′W / 38.767°N 9.150°W / 38.767; -9.150 Official languages Portuguese ...
Gaspar Frutuoso (c. 1522 – 1591) was a Portuguese priest, historian and humanist from the island of São Miguel, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.His major contribution to Portuguese history was his detailed descriptions of the history and geography of the Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands and references to Cape Verde, which he published in his six-part tome Saudades da Terra, as ...
Raycom Media, Inc. was an American television broadcasting company based in Montgomery, Alabama. Raycom owned and/or provided services for 65 television stations and two radio stations across 44 markets in 20 states. Raycom, through its Community Newspaper Holdings subsidiary, also owned multiple newspapers in small and medium-sized markets ...