The Revolt of the Comuneros (Spanish: Guerra de las Comunidades de Castilla, "War of the Communities of Castile") was an uprising by citizens of Castile against the rule of Charles I and his administration between 1520 and 1521. At its height, the rebels controlled the heart of Castile, ruling the cities of Valladolid, Tordesillas, and Toledo.. The revolt occurred in the wake of …

Trento (Italian: or; Ladin and Lombard: Trent; German: Trient (); Cimbrian: Tria; Mócheno: Trea't, Latin: Tridentum), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento.In the 16th century, the city was the location of the Council of Trent.Formerly part of Austria and Austria-Hungary, …

Salamanca (Spanish: [salaˈmaŋka]) is a city in western Spain and is the capital of the Province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile and León.The city lies on several rolling hills by the Tormes River. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. As of 2018, the municipality has a population of 143,978. It is one of the most important university …

Le livre numérique (en anglais : ebook ou e-book), aussi connu sous les noms de livre électronique et de livrel, est un livre édité et diffusé en version numérique, disponible sous la forme de fichiers, qui peuvent être téléchargés et stockés pour être lus sur un écran [1], [2] (ordinateur personnel, téléphone portable, liseuse, tablette tactile), sur une plage braille, un ...

Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Arámburu was born in what was called Valladolid, now Morelia, the state capital of Michoacán, on 27 September 1783. He was baptized with the names of Saints Cosmas and Damian at the cathedral. The fifth child born to his parents, he was the only male to survive and eventually became head of the family. Iturbide's parents were part of the …

Geneva (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ n iː v ə / jin-EE-və; French: Genève ()) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland.Situated in the south west of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva.. The city of Geneva (ville de Genève) had …

Reykjavík (/ ˈ r eɪ k j ə v ɪ k,-v iː k / RAYK-yə-vik, -⁠veek; Icelandic: [ˈreiːcaˌviːk] ()) is the capital and largest city of Iceland.It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a population of around 131,136 (and 233,034 in the Capital Region), it ...

Riga (/ ˈ r iː ɡ ə /; Latvian: Rīga (), Livonian: Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Baltic Sea.Riga's territory covers 307.17 km 2 (118.60 sq mi) and lies 1–10 m (3.3–32.8 ft) above sea level, on a flat and ...

Seville (/ s ə ˈ v ɪ l /; Spanish: Sevilla, pronounced ()) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville.It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula.. Seville has a municipal population of about 685,000 as of 2021, and a metropolitan population of about 1.5 …

In Spain, an autonomous community (Spanish: comunidad autónoma) is the first-level political and administrative division, created in accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978, with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy of the nationalities and regions that make up Spain.. Spain is not a federation, but a decentralised unitary country. While sovereignty is vested in the …

Etymology. The city's name comes from Syktyv, the Komi name for the Sysola River, plus kar, meaning "city". [citation needed]Geography. Syktyvkar is located on the Sysola River, which is the origin of its former name Ust-Sysolsk. The city is located close to where the Sysola joins the larger Vychegda River, which is itself a branch of the Northern Dvina.

León (Spanish: ; Leonese: Llión) is a city and municipality of Spain, capital of the province of León, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León, in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula.It has a population of 124,303 (2019), by far the largest municipality in the province. The population of the metropolitan area, including the neighbouring San Andrés del Rabanedo and …

Name. The name Albacete is derived from the Andalusian name for the area, the city having been originally called البسيط (Al-Basīṭ) in Arabic, which translates to "the plain" in reference to the plateau that characterizes the geography of the area.. Pascual Madoz in his famous Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de Ultramar (Geographical ...

Tirana (/ t ɪ ˈ r ɑː n ə / tih-RAH-nə, Albanian: ; Gheg Albanian: Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania.It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea in the distance. Due to its location at the Plain of Tirana and the close proximity to the ...