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...When he moved the Spanish court from Toledo to Madrid in 1561, these were expanded, and a few decades later, in 1630, Felipe IV commissioned the creation of the Parque del Buen Retiro (to give it its full...
...The house, which was completed in 2013, “floats” on an artificial lake, accessed by a bridge that leads into the heart of a family home....
...All year round, students take part in ritual défis, or challenges, such as swimming around a nearby island in Lake Geneva....
...Australia’s Kim Brennan said the lake was “not rowable”, while Britain’s Vicky Thornley described it as “the worst Olympic conditions I have raced in”....
...The metropolis is sandwiched between Manila Bay, a vast natural harbour to the west, and Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the country to the east....
...Mexico City had reached breaking point, according to Felipe Leal, who in 2008 was charged with setting up the department for public space within the city government and later became its urban development...
...He looks back on September 2010, when team Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa took first and third place respectively, there was “an Italian invasion of the circuit....
...The tourbillon split seconds competition chronograph Felipe Massa Sapphire is a watch you either love or hate....
...And he talked about the president, Felipe Calderón, praising his leadership and arguing that Mexico finally had an administration that had seized the torch of reform once again....
...Deck House, by Felipe Assadi and Francisca Pulido in Chile’s rich countryside, and the House at Vierwaldstättersee, by Philippe Stuebi Architects with Eberhard Tröger, overlooking Lake Lucerne in Switzerland...
...So we learn that as the Norse and the Irish relied on island-hopping and coast-hugging in their Arctic ventures, the rise of Islam in south-east Asia was turning the Indian ocean into “a sort of Muslim lake...
...In Aztec times Chalco, a part of Mexico state, which surrounds the capital city, used to form part of a magnificent lake fringed by forested hills....
...Judging by the response of investors last week, both local and international business is ecstatic about the result of Mexico’s election – a close win for Felipe Calderón, the candidate of President Vicente...
...But it turned out that Jordi, the manager of the La Pleta hotel, had actually said, “There are lots of lakes up there.” A keen fisherman, he spends many happy summer days catching trout in the area....
...He also professes admiration for a similar left-right duo, Felipe Gonzalez and Jose Maria Aznar, for reviving the fortunes of Spain....
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