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La Palma (Spanish: [la ˈpalma] ⓘ, local pronunciation: [lɐ ˈpɑ(l)mɐ]), also known as La isla bonita (English: The Beautiful Island) and historically San Miguel de La Palma, is the most northwesterly island of the Canary Islands, Spain, which is a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in Macaronesia in the North Atlantic Ocean.
The town is said to be the inspiration for the song "La Isla Bonita" (which begins with the line "last night I dreamt of San Pedro"), written by Madonna, Patrick Leonard and Bruce Gaitsch. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Manuel Heredia , minister of tourism in Belize commented Madonna's musical theme has helped to attract tourists to land.
La Isla Bonita" was the fifth top-ten single from True Blue, making it the second album by a female artist to score five top-tens, the other being Janet Jackson's Control (1986). [65] On May 2, the song reached its peak at number 4, becoming Madonna's eleventh single to reach the chart's first five spots, a feat surpassed at the time only by ...
Ambergris Caye is commonly referred to as the "Isla Bonita" (English translation: 'The Beautiful Island'), after Madonna's 1987 hit "La Isla Bonita" mentioned a place called San Pedro [2] (although Madonna has said the song does not refer to any particular place [3]). Ambergris Caye is famous for the turquoise seascapes surrounding the island ...
Caldera de Taburiente National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional de la Caldera de Taburiente) is a national park on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. It contains the Caldera de Taburiente, which dominates the northern part of the island, and was designated as a national park in 1954.
Madonna Louise Ciccone, like Prince and Michael Jackson, was born in 1958, and in the mid-’80s fulfilled her destiny as part of the holy triumvirate of MTV-era pop stars. Of those three legends ...
San Pedro Island is applied to several islands throughout the world, usually by Spanish explorers in honor of Saint Peter.. Isla San Pedro, a private island off the southeastern shore of Chiloé Island, Chile
The district of Sarapiquí, is located in the northern region of the country and borders the canton of Sarapiquí to the east, Río Cuarto to the northwest, Sarchí to the west, and the district of Sabanilla de Alajuela to the south.