Tag: town
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The town that shares its name with the first prize of the Christmas Lottery and where it has never played
Sunday, December 17, 2023, 10:08 Copy link WhatsApp Facebook x LinkedIn Telegram Fat. That prize loved by everyone but that very few can put in their pockets. It is the first prize of the Christmas Lottery. The most sought after, the most loved, but also the most difficult to guess. It distributes nothing more and…
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The Florida ghost town that is now a peculiar tourist destination
Sometimes it’s hard to believe that an abandoned city with seemingly nothing to offer was once a thriving community where dozens of people lived. It is the case of the Ellaville a county in Florida founded in the 1860s by a lumber magnate of which today only ruins remain. Who was once governor of the…
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The abandoned town in the United States that was once a city full of gold
Between the years 1848 and 1855 what is known as the gold rush in the United States leading more than 300,000 immigrants, mostly from their own country, but also from around the world, to seek their luck, mainly to California. But this state was not the only part of this phenomenon. In Georgia There was…
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The abandoned town in the United States that will become home to certain citizens
Cotton Village It is a small community that was abandoned after the Industrial decline at the end of the 20th century. It is a nine-hectare space that was once the center of a prolific industry based on shipbuilding and paper mills. But now it will be home to thousands veterans, soldiers who dedicated their lives…
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Mariano García-Esteller, favorite son of the town of Caravaca
In an event held in the old church of the Company of Jesus, the Caravaca de la Cruz City Council presented the appointment of Favorite Son of the City, posthumously, to Mariano García-Esteller. An institutional recognition that was approved in the Plenary Session of the Municipal Corporation last February, at the proposal of the Christian…
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Grindavik, the town in Iceland that sinks 4 cm a day due to volcanic activity
The Icelandic city of Grindavik, near the capital Reykjavik and home to about 4,000 inhabitants, has been on alert for days. after receiving the warning that it could be severely damaged by the possible eruption of a volcano in a matter of hours or days. The city, in southwestern Iceland, was evacuated since Friday night…
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Twenty years in prison for those convicted of the crime in La Puebla
Wednesday, November 15, 2023, 3:34 p.m. Comment Copy link WhatsApp Facebook x LinkedIn Telegram The Provincial Court has sentenced those accused of the La Puebla crime to twenty years in prison, each. The ruling of the Fifth Section comes after a popular jury considered Natalia M. and Agustín M. guilty of murdering Juan Manuel Rodríguez,…
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What is Florida’s first hurricane-proof town like?
Technology, planning and a perspective focused on nature are the pillars of Babcock Ranch, the first town in Florida capable of resisting hurricanes. This community is designed to withstand inclement weather, while protecting the ecology and reducing the carbon footprint of its inhabitants. Located in Punta Gorda County, the town of Babcock Ranch, which opened…