viernes, 22 de marzo de 2013

Málaga's guide

Plants of the Malaga's parc

Phoenixdactylifera (Date palm)
Origin: West Asia and North
Africa.
Description: The “Date palm” has a
slender trunk of 30 cm
in diameter. The bluish-green
 leaves form a crown.
The fruit has sweet edible
flesh, and it's an important
 food of several Arab.

Strelitzia reginae (Bird of paradise)
Origin: South Africa.
Description: Herbaceous plant that reaches one meter high. This plant produces beautiful flowers in which the brilliant orange petals contrast with its blue tongue.
It can be ground from seeds but is usually propagated by division.

Statue "Marqués de Larios"

This monument is dedicated to Manuel Domingo Larios. His major work for the social and urban protection of the city was the street that has his name.The Town Hall built a monument in his honor in 1899.
The statue represent the Marquis of Larios, the figure of a man with a apickaxe and a shavel, representing labour, and that of a half-naked woman who is offering a child to the Marquis of Larios.

Larios Street
The street is dedicated to Manuel Domingo Larios too. It is the most important street of Málaga.




Constitution Square
Is the most important square in Málaga. Since before Christianity, it had been the heart of the city and since the 15th century to the present day, it has been the city's public and political Space, par excellence. Until 1869, the Town Hall was located in this square, as were other official buildings such as the house of the Justice of the Peace, the prision, the Courthouse and the Jasuits school. 
In this photo, there is the ''Fuente de Genova'', in Constitution Square.

Alcazaba of Málaga
The Alcazaba is a palatial fortification.  It was built by the Hammudid dynasty in the 11th century.
Alcazaba are ruins of a Roman theatre dating to the 1st century BC, which are undergoing restoration. Some of the Roman era materials were reused in the Moorish construction of the Alcazaba.


The end.





sábado, 9 de marzo de 2013

Pablo Alboran's Biography

Pablo Moreno de Alborán Ferrándiz populary knows as Pablo Alboran, he is a Spanish singer.

EARLY LIFE
Alborán was born in Málaga on 31st of May in 1989. He is the son of Spanish architect, Salvador Moreno de Alborán Peralta and French Elena Ferrándiz Martínez. He's aldo the grandson of Francisco Moreno Fernández, 1st MArquis of Alborán. He has one brother, Salvador, and one sister, Casilda.

STUDIES
From a very young age, he was interested in learning to play various musical instruments such as piano, classical guitar, flamenco guitar and acustic guitar, and attended singing lesson with profesional artist in Málaga and Madrid.
In 2002, at the age of 12, he composed his first song.

CHAMPIONSHIPS
Pablo Alborán began to be known in YouTube. On 1st of February of 2011 he published his first album in Spain and he was nominated for three Latin Grammy Awards.