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"Casa Tomada" (English: "House Taken Over") is a 1946 short story by Argentine writer Julio Cortázar. [1] It was originally published in Los anales de Buenos Aires, a literary magazine edited by Jorge Luis Borges , and later included in his volume of stories Bestiario .
He first had built what is now the Condes de Castro Guimarães Museum and, a little later, commissioned the Casa de Santa Maria as a wedding present for his daughter. [1] This dates from 1902 and was designed by the architect Raul Lino, who began his career in Cascais, designing a series of houses for friends. In the case of Santa Maria, he was ...
The building remained in private hands until the 1960s, when it was acquired by the municipal council of Lisbon. The council commissioned architect Raul Lino to adapt the Casa dos Bicos, then known as the Casa de Goa, for use as a museum. The project was still unrealized by 1979, and passed to architects José Daniel Santa-Rita Fernandes and ...
Casa do Penedo (Portuguese for Stone House or House of the Rock) is an architectural monument located between Celorico de Basto and Fafe, in northern Portugal. [1] It received its name because it was built from four large boulders that serve as the foundation, walls and ceiling of the house.
A view of the Rua das Flores and the Casa das Maias. In 1521 the Rua das Flores (Rua Santa Catarina das Flores) was opened. [1] These dates and details are based on an article about a seigneurial house, A Casa Dos Maias, elaborated by Francisco de Almeida e Sousa and Casimiro S. Arsénio, published in the magazine O Tripeiro (Série Nova, Ano IX/9 Junho/Julho).
The Argentine Identity card, Spanish: Documento Nacional de Identidad pronounced [dˌokumˈɛnto nˌaθjonˈal dˈe ˌiðentiðˈad] ⓘ) or DNI [2] lit. ' National Identity Document ' [3]), is the main identity document for Argentine citizens, as well as temporary or permanent resident aliens (DNI Extranjero).
Calibre 50 (Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈliβɾe siŋˈkwenta]) is a regional Mexican band. Formed in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, in 2010 by Edén Muñoz, the band has had several lineup changes, with the current roster consisting of lead vocalist and accordionist Beto Gastélum, backing vocalist & twelve-string guitarist Tony Elizondo sousaphonist Alejandro Gaxiola, and drummer Erick García.
Boaventura de Sousa Santos GOSE (born 15 November 1940) is a sociologist, Professor emeritus at the Department of Sociology of the School of Economics of the University of Coimbra (FEUC), Distinguished Legal Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School, [1] and Director Emeritus of the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra.