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It is currently administered by Agua y Saneamientos Argentinos (AySA). The building, designed and completed in the 19th century, was originally built to host the water tanks. Inaugurated in 1894, the palace is one of the most notable eclectic style buildings in Argentina. It was declared National Historic Monument of Argentina in 1989. [1] [2]
Juan Gossaín was born in San Bernardo del Viento, Córdoba Department, Caribbean region of Colombia around 1949 to his parents Juan Gossaín and Berta Abdallah. [7] Gossaín's father and mother had immigrated to Colombia from Lebanon. [1] [7] [8] Gossaín studied at Colegio La Esperanza in Cartagena, a boarding school in Cartagena, from age 9 ...
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.
Even the Rain (Spanish: También la lluvia) is a 2010 drama film directed by Icíar Bollaín and written by Paul Laverty. [2] It is one of Icíar Bollaín's most ambitious films, internationally co-produced film by companies from Spain, Mexico and France.
The tunnel will serve as a backup to Water Tunnel No. 1, completed in 1917, and Water Tunnel No. 2, completed in 1936. [1] Water Tunnel No. 3 is the largest capital construction project in New York City history. [2] Construction began in 1970. [3]
[9] [10] The members of Dashnami Sect, believed to be the first brahmanical order of ascetics founded by Adi Shankaracharya, [11] use the surname Goswami, Gosain or Gosavi which means a man who has attained complete control over sense organs. Many of the married Gosains officiate as priests and religious teachers. [12]
El Depósito (lit: The Deposit) is an old underground water reservoir in the city of San Juan in Metro Manila, Philippines.It was built by the Spanish authorities in 1882 [1] with a capacity of 15 million gallons to provide the residents of Manila and its surrounding areas with an adequate water supply. [2]
The Punchiná Dam is an embankment dam on the Guatapé River 17 kilometres (11 mi) east of San Carlos in Antioquia Department, Colombia. The dam creates Punchiná Reservoir which is part of the 1,240 megawatts (1,660,000 hp) San Carlos Hydroelectric Power Plant. The power plant was completed in two 620 megawatts (830,000 hp) stages, the first ...