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Taíno pictographs in Cuevas de las Maravillas, the Dominican Republic. The Parque nacional Cueva de las Maravillas (English: Cave of wonders National Park) is a national park located approximately 15 kilometres (9 miles) east from San Pedro de Macorís and 10 kilometres (7 miles) west from La Romana, in the south-eastern part of the Dominican Republic on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.
The Virgin of Miracles or Saint Mary of La Rábida (Spanish: Virgen de los Milagros or Santa María de la Rábida) is a religious Roman Catholic image venerated at the La Rabida Monastery in the city of Palos de la Frontera (Huelva, Spain). The image is in Gothic style, from approximately the 13th century, carved in alabaster.
In Italian it is known as the Madonna della Misericordia (Madonna of Mercy), in German as the Schutzmantelmadonna (Sheltering-cloak Madonna), in Spanish as the Virgen de la Merced or Nuestra Señora de la Misericordia (Virgin of Mercy), in French as the Notre-Dame de la Merci (Our Lady of Mercy), in Polish as the Matka Boża Miłosierdzia (Mother of God of Mercy), in Portuguese as the Nossa ...
Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (Our Lady of Mercy in English, a title of the Virgin Mary) was a Spanish Navy frigate which was sunk by the British off the south coast of Portugal on 5 October 1804 during the Battle of Cape Santa Maria.
María de las Maravillas Pidal Chico de Guzman was born as the last of four children in Madrid on 4 November 1891 and was baptized on 12 November in the local parish church of San Sebastian. She was known as "Mavi" as a child. Her father was Luis Pidal i Mon (†1913), the second Marquis of Pidal, and her mother was Cristina Chico de Guzman i ...
María de las Mercedes, often shortened to simply Mercedes, is a Spanish given name. It refers to the Virgin of Mercy (Spanish: La Virgen de la Merced or Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes), one of the titles of Mary. Notable people with this given name include: Mercedes of Orléans (Maria de las Mercedes of Orléans), (1860 – 1878) was Queen of ...
The airport was opened on February 7, 2008. Cueva Las Maravillas Airport has flights to and from other airports in the Dominican Republic, bringing tourists for Cueva de las Maravillas National Park, which features a popular natural cavern complex. The La Romana VOR/DME (Ident: LRN) is located 14.5 nautical miles (26.9 km) east of the airport. [3]
The former convent is now one of the buildings of the University of Huelva. The two bell-gables were added to the façade in 1915 to accommodate the new bells. [3] It was elevated to the status of a cathedral on 15 March 1954, a year after the Diocese of Huelva was created as a division of the Archdiocese of Seville. [1]