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The Cortes Españolas (English: Spanish Courts), known informally as the Cortes franquistas (English: Francoist Courts), was the name of the legislative institution promulgated by the Caudillo of Spain Francisco Franco which was established on 17 July 1942 (the sixth anniversary of the start of the Spanish Civil War), and opened its first session 8 months later on 17 March 1943.
Against a dark background a young woman gazes at the viewer, dressed in a fur robe covering the rest of her dress. A fine transparent veil covers her head, and vaguely a necklace can be seen that she is wearing underneath it.
Marina or Malintzin [maˈlintsin] (c. 1500 – c. 1529), more popularly known as La Malinche [la maˈlintʃe], a Nahua woman from the Mexican Gulf Coast, became known for contributing to the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1521), by acting as an interpreter, advisor, and intermediary for the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. [1]
Cortés' fondness for film making started at an early age. At 16 he had already directed his first short film in Super 8.In 1998 he directed the short Yul that won over 20 awards and in 2001 he released 15 Days, a fake documentary in the form of a large short film that earned over 57 awards at festivals, becoming the most awarded Spanish short film of the time.
Chelo García-Cortés's mother died in 1962, when she was only eleven, and she was raised by her father, Rafael García-Cortés Alonso (1916–2001). [10] She has one brother, Mariano García-Cortés Cadavid, who is a photographer.
La Dama del mar is a 1954 black-and-white Argentine film directed by Mario Soffici during the classical era of Argentine cinema. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is based on the play The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen .
The Lady of the Veil (Spanish: La dama del velo) is a 1949 Mexican drama film directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna and starring Libertad Lamarque, Armando Calvo and Ernesto Alonso. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The film's sets were designed by the art director Jesús Bracho .
It was found on July 22, 1971, by Francisco José Presedo Velo, in Baza, in the Altiplano de Granada, the high tableland in the northeast of the province of Granada.The town of Baza was the site of the Ibero-Roman city of Basti and, in one of its two necropoleis, the Cerro del Santuario, the Lady of Baza was recovered.