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Castillo de Sancti Petri (San Fernando, Cádiz).En este lugar se hallaba el Templo de Hércules Melkart. El nombre de «España» deriva fonéticamente de Hispania, nombre con el que los romanos designaban geográficamente al conjunto de la península ibérica, término alternativo al nombre Iberia, preferido por los autores griegos para referirse al mismo espacio.
La Paz, oficialmente Nuestra Señora de La Paz, [7] o La Paz de Ayacucho, [8] es la sede de gobierno de Bolivia. Es el centro político, financiero, social, académico y cultural más importante del país, además de ser la ciudad con mayor nivel de desarrollo sostenible en Bolivia.
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The Spanish conquistadors founded the city in 1548 with the name Nuestra Señora de La Paz (meaning Our Lady of Peace). The name commemorated the restoration of peace following the insurrection of Gonzalo Pizarro and fellow conquistadors four years earlier against Blasco Núñez Vela, the first viceroy of Peru. In 1825, after the decisive victory of t...
La Paz is in the valleys of the Andes, close to the Eastern split of the Altiplano region. It is closer to such notable mountains as the Illimani (guardian of La Paz), Huayna Potosi, Mururata, and Illampu. On the Western side of the Altiplano divide, about an hour to the west of the La Paz, is the Sajama Volcano, the tallest mountain in Bolivia and...
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San Jorge 1. Located in the district known as Cotahuma and near Sopocachi, is one of the main residential and diplomatic areas of the city. San Jorge was one of the most exclusive neighborhoods of La Paz and the financial center of the metropolis, housing international firms like Deloitte, Bank of America, Ernst & Young, BBVA and the famous Ritz Hotel. It is now home of some of Bolivia's tallest building known as Torre Girasoles, Torres del Poeta, and the only intelligent building of the coun...
The city of La Paz has a consistently decreasing volume of colonial buildings, mostly centered around the vicinity of the Plaza Murillo. Due to a lack of funds and the inability of property owners to pay for restorations to colonial buildings, many have been torn down, or are in a dilapidated state. As historic buildings are more expensive to keep,...
The economy of La Paz has improved greatly in recent years,[when?]mainly as a result of improved political stability. Due to the long period of high inflation and economic struggle faced by Bolivians in the 1980s and early 1990s, a large informal economy developed. Evidence of this is provided by the markets found all around the city.While there ar...
La Paz is the home of some of the biggest football teams in Bolivia. 1. Club Bolívar : Founded in 1925, it was named in honor of the Libertador Simón Bolívar, the team has won most of the tournaments national and international championships in the last 20 years, and is the largest team, by number of fans, of the country. The year 1964 was a bad yea...
La Paz is an important cultural center of Bolivia. The city hosts several cathedrals belonging to the colonial times, such as the San Francisco Cathedral and the Metropolitan Cathedral, this last one located on Murillo Square, which is also home of the political and administrative power of the country. Hundreds of different museums can be found acr...
Popular food from La Paz includes: 1. Marraqueta 2. Plato Paceño 3. Salteña 4. Fricasé 5. Picante Mixto 6. Api and Pastel 7. Llaucha 8. Papa Rellena 9. Ranga ranga 10. Chairo 11. Sandwich de Chola 12. Anticucho
January: Achocalla Festival:Occurs during the first week of January. The city of La Paz comes together to celebrate this religious festival with traditional dances, music, and a parade. In Bolivia'...24 January: Alasitas is a yearly fair where people buy miniature gifts and praise the god of prosperity, Ekeko. The fair begins every 24 January and lasts for a month. In 2017, it has been included...2 February: Virgen de Copacabana, (Villa Copacabana)1 May: San José Obrero(V. Nuevo Potosí)Automobiles and public transportation are the main means to get into the city. In March 2012, more than 1.5 million vehicles were registered. Heavy traffic is common in the city center and traffic jamsoccur on peak hours.
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- 20 October 1548 by Alonso de Mendoza
Tiene como finalidad la difusión de la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia, la defensa y promoción de los derechos humanos y los derechos de los pueblos, la justicia social, la solidaridad [3] y el cuidado del medio ambiente, como premisas para conseguir la paz, desde los postulados cristianos de respeto a la dignidad, libertad e igualdad de los ...
Toro. España, también denominado Reino de España, es un país soberano, miembro de la Unión Europea, constituido en Estado social y democrático de Derecho y cuya forma de gobierno es la monarquía parlamentaria.
La Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas ha declarado este como un día dedicado a fortalecer los ideales de la paz, mediante el respeto de 24 horas de no violencia y alto el fuego. Nuestro mundo necesita la paz más que nunca.
