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Metro and the Royal Academy of History will put a face to another 30 historical personages who give their names to Metro stations (Metro de Madrid SA)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Jun 2016
(Source ... The renewal of the agreement implementing the cultural initiative 'Interchange with history' took place this morning at Ventura Rodríguez Station, where the Secretary of Transport, Housing and Infrastructure of the Community of Madrid, Pedro Rollán, presented the poster on the life of the architect who designed and directed the Liria Palace construction works and gives his name to this station on Metro Line 3 ... (noodl....

The Museo del Prado acquires The Virgin of the Pomegranate by Fra Angelico from the ...

Edit Public Technologies 21 Jan 2016
(Source. Museo Nacional del Prado) ... With the addition of these two new works by Fra Angelico, the Museo del Prado will become an international reference point for the study of this Florentine master, who was previously only represented in the collection by The Annunciation ... Critical fortunes ... On their return to Spain and during the time the Liria palace was being rebuilt, The Virgin of the Pomegranate remained on display at the Museum....

The Museo del Prado acquires The Virgin with a Pomegranate by Fra Angelico from the ...

Edit Public Technologies 20 Jan 2016
(Source. Museo Nacional del Prado) ... With the addition of these two new works by Fra Angelico, the Museo del Prado will become an international reference point for the study of this Florentine master, who was previously only represented in the collection by The Annunciation ... Critical fortunes ... On their return to Spain and during the time the Liria palace was being rebuilt, The Virgin with a Pomegranate remained on display at the Museum....

European Master Paintings, Decorative Arts, Rare Columbus Documents, and more from Illustrious Alba Collection on View at Nashville's Frist Center "Treasures from the House of Alba: 500 Years of Art and Collecting"February 5-May 1, 2016

Edit PR Newswire 09 Dec 2015
The first of them is the Liria Palace in Madrid, an 18th-century building influenced by Parisian architectural styles that was severely damaged during the Spanish Civil War and rebuilt under the 17th Duke of Alba and the 18th Duchess of Alba; the second palace is the Dueñas Palace in Seville, a magnificent Renaissance/Mudejar construction from ......

SPANISH ARISTOCRAT HELD WORLD RECORD FOR MOST TITLES

Edit U~T San Diego 23 Nov 2014
She died at her Duenas Palace residence in Seville on Wednesday from pneumonia, a palace spokesman said. He declined to be identified, in line with palace policy ... The duchess moved to appease her heirs by dividing up most of her vast estate among them a few months before the nuptials, handing out palaces and mansions to all ... Fitz-James Stuart y Silva was born March 28, 1926, in the sumptuous Liria Palace in the center of Madrid....

Duchess with most titles in world dies in Spain

Edit Dawn 21 Nov 2014
Maria del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart passed away at her Duenas Palace in the southern city of Seville on Thursday morning, a family spokesman said ... She was born at the Liria Palace in Madrid on March 28, 1926....

The Duchess of Alba: Flamboyant aristocrat, the world's most ennobled person, who scandalised Spain with ...

Edit The Independent 21 Nov 2014
Born at Liria Palace in Madrid in 1926, she was the only child of Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, the 17th Duke of Alba – a direct descendant of James FitzJames, Duke of Berwick, the illegitimate son of King James II and Arabella Churchill, making the Duchess a distant relative of Sir Winston Churchill and Diana, Princess of Wales....

Duchess of Alba, wealthy aristocrat and relative of Winston Churchill, dies at 88

Edit The Malta Independent 21 Nov 2014
She died at her Duenas Palace residence in Seville on Wednesday from pneumonia, a palace spokesman said. He declined to be identified, in line with palace policy ... The duchess moved to appease her heirs by dividing up most of her vast estate among them a few months before the nuptials, handing out palaces and mansions to all ... Fitz-James Stuart y Silva was born March 28, 1926, in the sumptuous Liria Palace in the center of Madrid....

Obituary: Duchess of Alba, Spain

Edit South China Morning Post 20 Nov 2014
She was 88. Maria del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart passed away at her Duenas Palace in the southern city of Seville yesterday, a family spokesman said ... Known for her frizzy hair and colourful dress sense, the duchess owned great swathes of real estate, palaces, great houses and treasures including paintings by Great Masters from Francisco De Goya to Diego Velazquez ... She was born at the Liria Palace in Madrid on March 28, 1926....

Duchess of Alba: the colourful life of the most titled person ever

Edit Canberra Times 20 Nov 2014
During the Spanish Civil War, the Albas' Liria Palace had been occupied by the communists, and for that reason it was almost completely destroyed by German bombers in 1936. The Duke had taken the precaution of storing its priceless collection of paintings in the cellars of the Prado and the Bank of Spain, but around half the palace's literary collection was destroyed and many other items were looted....

Duchess of Alba, wealthy aristocrat, dies at 88

Edit Dayton Daily News 20 Nov 2014
She died at her Duenas Palace residence in Seville on Wednesday from pneumonia, a palace spokesman said. He declined to be identified, in line with palace policy ... The duchess moved to appease her heirs by dividing up most of her vast estate among them a few months before the nuptials, handing out palaces and mansions to all ... Fitz-James Stuart y Silva was born March 28, 1926, in the sumptuous Liria Palace in the center of Madrid....

Duchess of Alba, Spanish Noble With Record Titles, Dies at 88

Edit Bloomberg 20 Nov 2014
She was 88. She died today at the Duenas Palace in Seville, Spain, a family spokesman confirmed by telephone ... 16, according to the hospital ... With her titles, estates and palaces in Madrid and Seville, the duchess represented an ancestral Spain that survived the social upheavals of the last century ... Maria del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva was born on March 28, 1926, in the Liria Palace, the family’s residence in Madrid....

Duchess of Alba, the woman with the most royal titles in the world, dies at 88

Edit Canberra Times 20 Nov 2014
Photo. Reuters. Seville ... She was 88. She died today at the Duenas Palace in Seville, Spain, a family spokesman confirmed by telephone ... Photo ... With her titles, estates and palaces in Madrid and Seville, the duchess represented an ancestral Spain that survived the social upheavals of the last century ... Maria del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva was born on March 28, 1926, in the Liria Palace, the family's residence in Madrid ... ....
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