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The third, in the lower left, presents the Coat of Arms of Don Martín Enríquez de Almansa, and the last a honeycomb with bees that indicates the industriousness of the Leonese. [ 1 ] The motto LABOR OMNIA VINCIT began to be used under the emblem in the 1930s.
Settled by Spanish colonists, León Viejo originally had a native population of about 15,000 and it is located on the southwestern banks of Lago de Xolotlán or Lago de Managua (Lake Xolotlán or Managua), south of the volcano Momotombo. The area suffered frequent volcanic activity, culminating in the earthquakes of 1594 and 1610.
Allende: Feria de Allende (Allende Fair, March 12 to March 20). Agualeguas: Fiestas de la Semana Mayor (Party of the big week )(March 28 toApril 3). General Terán: Aniversario de elevación a Villa (Anniversary of the elevation to villa, March 31 toApril 3). Higueras: Feria del Orégano (Oregano Fair, March 26 to April 6).
Columbus called the port Puerto de la Navidad ("Christmas Port"), the day he landed there. He appointed Diego de Arana, chief constable of the fleet and son of Rodrigo, Pedro Gutiérrez, butler of the Spanish royal dais, and Rodrigo de Escobedo to govern the fortress of 36 men. They included carpenters, calkers, a physician, a tailor, and a gunner.
Alfonso VII's use of the lion as a heraldic emblem for León predates the earliest surviving Royal Arms of England, a single lion visible on a half-shield depicted on the First Great Seal (1189) of Richard I, [11] as well as the three pale blue lions passant of Denmark (ca. 1194), [12] the heraldry of the Holy Roman Empire (ca. 1200) [13] and ...
The architects appointed for this work were: Juan Orozco (church), Martin Villarreal (front facade) and Juan de Badajoz el Mozo (cloister and sacristy). However, the new work was not started until well into the reign of Charles I. It is known that the wall of the main facade of the convent was built from the entrance up to the church in 1537 ...
The interior of the cathedral. The Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, also known as the "Royal and Renowned Basilica Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary" (Spanish: Real e Insigne Basílica de la Asunción de la Bienaventurada Virgen María), is a significantly important and historic landmark in León, Nicaragua.
The Fueros de León (1017), promulgated by Alfonso V, established a legal framework that was advanced for its time, while texts like the Glosas Emilianenses marked a significant step in the transition from Latin to Romance languages. Among the earliest proto-Romance texts produced in the Iberian Peninsula was the Nodicia de kesos.