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Castilla del Oro mapped in 1550 by Amerigo Vespucci. Castilla de Oro or del Oro (Spanish: [kasˈtiʎa ðe ˈoɾo]) was the name given by the Spanish settlers at the beginning of the 16th century to the Central American territories from the Gulf of Urabá, near today's Colombian-Panamanian border, to the Belén River.
The Torre del Oro (Arabic: بُرْج الذَّهَب, romanized: burj aḏẖ-ḏẖahab, lit. 'Tower of Gold') is a dodecagonal military watchtower in Seville , southern Spain . It was erected by the Almohad Caliphate in order to control access to Seville via the Guadalquivir river.
The Cañada del Oro (Spanish, 'Canyon of Gold'), is a primary watershed channel in Oro Valley, Arizona, U.S. [1]. The Cañada del Oro originates in the remote Canyon del Oro in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, fed by rainfall and melted snow from the northern face of Mount Lemmon and flows northward toward the town of Oracle.
Ixtapan del Oro is a town and municipality in the State of Mexico, in Mexico. The name “Ixtapan” comes from Nahuatl and means 'in the place of little salt'. "del Oro" is Spanish, meaning 'of the gold'. This name was added in 1894 when some veins of gold were found here. [1]
El Dorado (Spanish: [el doˈɾaðo], English: / ˌ ɛ l d ə ˈ r ɑː d oʊ /) is a mythical city of gold supposedly located somewhere in South America. The king of this city was said to be so rich that he would cover himself from head to foot in gold dust – either daily or on certain ceremonial occasions – before diving into a sacred lake ...
de oro, Spanish for "of gold," referring to abundant gold found in the province of Davao de Oro. Davao de Oro was known as Compostela Valley until a plebiscite held in December 2019 renamed it. This name comes from its main topographic feature, the valley (also called the Monkayo Valley) on which the town of Compostela is located.
Montaña de Oro ("Mountain of Gold" in Spanish) is a state park in Central Coastal California, six miles southwest of Morro Bay and two miles south of Los Osos.. It consists of 8,000 acres (32 km 2) of cliffs, seven miles of shoreline, [1] sandy beaches, dunes, coastal plains, streams, canyons, and hills, including the 1,347-foot (411 m) Valencia Peak.
Oro is a Spanish-language name literally meaning "gold". It may be a given name, a nickname or a surname. Notable people with the name include: Oro (wrestler), Jesús Javier Hernández Solís (1971–1993), Mexican professional wrestler; Alfredo de Oro (1863–1948), Cuban billiards and pool player; Joan Oró (1923–2004), Catalan (Spanish ...