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...The Retiro’s foundations lie in the gardens of a monastery, which served as a royal retreat for King Philip II in the 16th century....
...II d’Este in 1558....
...The era in which the company broke big was the late 1920s extending into the 1930s: the years of the Wall Street crash, Al Capone and the rise of fascism....
...Overlooking Plaza Isabel II, it’s right opposite the Teatro Real opera house and a couple of minutes away from the royal palace....
...Queen Isabel II, Alfonso’s grandmother, was forced into exile in 1868 after a conflict known to Spaniards as la Gloriosa, or the Glorious Revolution....
...“Ryanair is Irish, but because of Open Skies it can operate its aircraft from any EU member state to another,” Mr D’Alfonso says....
...Mr Borrell’s immediate predecessor Alfonso Dastis, was more moderate, saying that he was focused on improving the situation on the border....
...(FT) Trade fallacies II In the second instalment of his examination of UK trade, Matthew Bishop argues that getting rid of EU red tape will not facilitate British trade....
...Most of the hotel, which has hosted Pope John Paul II and former Italian presidents in the past, is now rubble. Rescue workers are facing grave complications in an agonising search for survivors....
...And, never short of quasi-cinematic ambition, the show adopts a Godfather Part II approach, running two timelines in parallel....
...~ Alfonso 2:56pm Kate: Through your masters degree in banking consultancy and the CFA programme, you have already demonstrated a strong commitment to learn about finance and picked up a valuable knowledge...
...A silver jug in the shape of a communion flagon, of all things, was owned by Al Capone....
...“Gang life is prevalent because to them it’s the only way out,” said Paul Gilbert II, a 15-year-old student at Morgan Park....
...Luzzasco Luzzaschi Concerto delle Dame La Venexiana/Claudio Cavina (Glossa) The Concerto delle Dame was a small group of female singer-instrumentalists who performed privately for Duke Alfonso II of...
...Like the plot to a particularly breathless Mills & Boon novel, this year’s wedding of the Duchess of Alba to Alfonso Diez, a man 24 years her junior, came as a godsend to the country’s famously ravenous...
...What A Grade II*-listed Georgian Hall including five reception rooms, 10 bedrooms, eight bathrooms and an annexe, farmhouse and two cottages....
...Willem Buiter’s Maverecon: Home loans in the US: the biggest racket since Al Capone?...
...There is a Little Italy in every New York borough, hence the film’s resemblance to Mean Streets, A Bronx Tale, The Godfather: Part II (it should be so lucky) and every movie in which mini-Capones or pocket...
...Clerks II, Kevin Smith’s anxiously awaited sequel to Clerks, proves the American proverb: “You can’t go home again.”...
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