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Jesús first gained interest in the arts during primary school and would often be found wandering the halls of the Del Prado Museum. At the age of 14, he was admitted to the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes and later studied at the Academia de San Fernando. Helguera later married Julia Gonzalez Llanos, a native of Madrid, who modeled for many ...
La Bandera del Primer Imperio fue establecida oficialmente por Decreto del 7 de enero de 1822, que dicta que "el pabellón nacional y las banderas del ejército deberán ser tricolores, adoptándose perpetuamente los colores verde, blanco y encarnado en fajas verticales y dibujándose en la blanca una águila coronada; todo en la forma que ...
Rancho Real de los Águilas (also "Rancho Real de las Águilas" or "Rancho Real de los Aquilas") was a 31,052-acre (125.66 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day San Benito County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Francisco Arias and Saturnino Carriaga. [1] The name means "rancho royal of the eagles".
Valentina Ramírez Avitia (14 February 1893 – 4 April 1979) was a Mexican revolutionary and soldadera.She was known as "La Valentina" and "La leona de Norotal". [1] She fought against the Federales in the Mexican Revolution at a time when women were not allowed to join the army.
Irene Aguilar Alcantara holding a piece depicting the funeral of a child. The Aguilar family of Ocotlán de Morelos are from a rural town in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.This town produced only utilitarian items until Isaura Alcantara Diaz began creating decorative figures with her husband Jesus Aguila Revilla.
Valentín de la Sierra is a corrido (Mexican ballad) commemorating the death of Valentín Ávila Ramírez, a Cristero rebel who was killed in 1926 by the Mexican Army. The song is attributed to Chimano Noriega and Elidio Pacheco.
In 1812, the second stage of the Independence war, José María Morelos y Pavón used a crowned eagle standing atop of three arches and a cactus. In small print inside the arches was the acronym "VVM", which stands for "Viva la Virgen María" (or, Long Live the Virgin Mary). In large print and surrounding the eagle, there are golden letters ...
Jerónimo de Aguilar O.F.M. (1489–1531) was a Franciscan friar born in Écija, Spain.Aguilar was sent to Panama to serve as a missionary. He was later shipwrecked on the Yucatán Peninsula in 1511 and captured by the Maya.