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  2. Francisco Balagtas - Wikipedia

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    11. Francisco Balagtas y de la Cruz (April 2, 1788 – February 20, 1862), [1] commonly known as Francisco Balagtas and also as Francisco Baltazar, was a Filipino poet and litterateur of the Tagalog language during the Spanish rule of the Philippines. He is widely considered one of the greatest Filipino literary laureates for his impact on ...

  3. History of Spain - Wikipedia

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    The history of Spain dates to contact between the pre-Roman peoples of the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula made with the Greeks and Phoenicians. During Classical Antiquity, the peninsula was the site of multiple successive colonizations of Greeks, Carthaginians, and Romans. Native peoples of the peninsula, such as the Tartessos ...

  4. Tanghalang Francisco Balagtas - Wikipedia

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    Opened. 7 July 1974. (1974-07-07) Closed. March 2020 [1] Architect. Leandro V. Locsin. The Tanghalang Francisco Balagtas (English: Francisco Balagtas Theater), formerly known as the Folk Arts Theater, was a theater located in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex in Malate, Manila. It is a covered proscenium amphitheater owned by the ...

  5. Captaincy General of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    It was founded in 1565 with the first permanent Spanish forts. For centuries, all the administrative, political and economic aspects of the Captaincy General were administered in Mexico City by the Viceroyalty of New Spain for the Spanish Crown. However, in 1821, following the independence of the Mexican Empire, all control was transferred to ...

  6. New Spain - Wikipedia

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    New Spain was the first of the viceroyalties that Spain created, the second being Peru in 1542, following the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Both New Spain and Peru had dense indigenous populations at conquest as a source of labor and material wealth in the form of vast silver deposits, discovered and exploited beginning in the mid-1500s.

  7. Florante at Laura - Wikipedia

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    978-1-78435-092-5. Florante at Laura[a] is an 1838 awit written by Tagalog poet Francisco Balagtas. The story was dedicated to his former sweetheart María Asunción Rivera, whom he nicknamed "M.A.R." and Selya in Kay Selya ("For Celia"). [2][3][4] The story is loosely based on Balagtas' own biography.

  8. List of historical markers of the Philippines in Central Luzon

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    Pook na Sinilangan ni Balagtas: Birthplace of Francisco Balagtas Site Site Birthplace of the national poet Francisco Balagtas, born on April 2, 1788. Author of Florante at Laura. Panginay, Balagtas (Bigaa) Filipino 1949 Pook ng Gobierno Militar de la Plaza Malolos, Bulacan Site of the Military Governor's Place in Malolos Building

  9. History of the territorial organization of Spain - Wikipedia

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    The history of the territorial organization of Spain, in the modern sense, is a process that began in the 16th century with the dynastic union of the Crown of Aragon and the Crown of Castile, the conquest of the Kingdom of Granada and later the Kingdom of Navarre. However, it is important to clarify the origin of the toponym Spain, as well as ...