Cáceres

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Cáceres, Mato Grosso

Cáceres is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It covers an area of 24,000km2 and as of 2014 had an estimated population of 90,000.

The town is sited on the Paraguay River, and hosts a popular fishing festival each September.

Cáceres was the starting point of the Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition.

References

External links

Cáceres, Mato Grosso travel guide from Wikivoyage

16°11′S 57°40′W / 16.183°S 57.667°W / -16.183; -57.667

Province of Cáceres

The province of Cáceres (pronounced: [ˈkaθeɾes]) is a province of western Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Extremadura. It is bordered by the provinces of Salamanca, Ávila, Toledo, and Badajoz in the south, and by Portugal in the west. It was formed a province in 1833. In 1229 Alfonso IX conquered the province from the Moors.

Its capital is the city of Cáceres. Other cities in the province include Plasencia, Navalmoral de la Mata and Trujillo, the birthplace of Francisco Pizarro González. As of 2014, the province had a population of 408,703, of whom a quarter live in the capital. The Tagus river runs through the province.

Geography and Economy

Except the northern and southern parts the whole of the province is plain and fertile area used for agriculture and pig raising. Cereals, tobacco, tomatoes and peppers are some of the most important agricultural products. The water of river Tagus and its tributaries is used for irrigation. The northern and southern parts are mountainous and formed by Central and Toledo mountains. These areas are rich in terms of wildlife and a nature park was created at Monfrague in 1979. Gabriel y Galán dam was made on the Alagón River to fulfill the power demands of the province. Cattle rearing is also an important activity. The province is well known for several important cherry picking regions.

Ernesto

Ernesto, a form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to:

People

Ernesto (film)

Ernesto is a 1979 film directed by Salvatore Samperi and starring Martin Halm and Virna Lisi.

Plot

Ernesto (Martin Halm), a 17-year-old Jew of the 1911-Italy, lives with his mother, under the tutorship of his uncle in Trieste. Ernesto works at some office, and there he meets a stableboy (Michele Placido) who infatuates him so both. so they end up in an intense sexual relationship. This ends as, by chance, Ernesto has a sexual intercourse with a prostitute. Ernesto renounces then, to take lessons of violin instead. There, he meets the 15-year-old Emilio, by whom Ernesto gets acquainted with his twin sister Rachel (Lara Wendel). Ernesto and Rachel are married.

Cast

Awards

The film was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival, where Michele Placido won the Silver Bear for Best Actor.

Ernesto (novel)

Ernesto is an unfinished novel by Umberto Saba, written in 1953 but not published until 1975, long after the author’s death.

Plot summary

Ernesto, a 16-year-old boy living in Trieste in 1898, has an affair with a 28-year-old worker simply called "the man". Ernesto subsequently has sex with the man frequently, but after an enjoyable experience with a female prostitute, he stops seeing him. He concentrates on studying the violin, and during a concert, Ernesto (now seventeen) meets a beautiful 15-year-old boy, also a violin player. He is called Emilio, nicknamed "Ilio".