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ORVIETO: A CITY WITH AN UNDERGROUND OLIVE OIL MILL
Orvieto is a city located in the province of Terni in the Italian region of Umbria. It is a city that sits between the foothills of the Paglia and Chiani River. It has an altitude which is 50 meters higher than all the surrounding terrain, because it was formed by...
GLADIATOR: A SUPERPRODUCTION THAT COMES FROM AN OLIVE OIL ADVERTISEMENT
Gladiator won the Oscar for best film and best actor for its protagonist Russell Crowe. It tells the story of how Commodus, the son of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius murders his father to take over the throne of the Roman Empire. The Hispanic general of the army,...
AUGUSTA VICTORIA HOSPITAL (AVH) ELABORA EL AOVE QUE CONSUMEN SUS PROPIOS PACIENTES
En el monte de los olivos, uno de los lugares más sagrados de Tierra Santa, además de ser uno de los lugares más frecuentes donde Jesús realizaba sus oraciones, es también un lugar dedicado a la solidaridad. Se trata del Hospital Augusta Victoria, pese a que en sus...
¿POR QUÉ SE LLAMA OLIVE OYL (AOVE) LA NOVIA DE POPEYE?
Oliva, la conocida novia de Popeye, es un personaje creado por EC Segar en 1919, curiosamente, creado una década antes que el marinero del que más tarde, se enamoró por un despistado beso en la mejilla. Este personaje caracterizado por una marinera de carácter tímido,...
AUGUSTA VICTORIA HOSPITAL (AVH) HAS A SELF-MADE EVOO THAT IS CONSUMED BY ITS PATIENTS
The Mount of Olives is one of the holiest sites in all of the Holy Land. Besides being one of the most frequented places where Jesus performed his prayers, it is also a place dedicated to solidarity. Here we can find the Augusta Victoria Hospital. Although it was...
WHY IS POPEYE’S WIFE CALLED OLIVE OYL?
Olive Oyl, Popeye's well-known girlfriend, is a character created by EC Segar in 1919. Interestingly, she was created a decade before the sailor later fell in love with her when she gave him a clueless kiss on the cheek. This character is portrayed as a skinny, shy...
EL LEXUS Y EL OLIVO. UN LIBRO QUE COMPARA LA GLOBALIZACIÓN CON LA CULTURA MILENARIA Y DE IDENTIDAD
En este libro, el autor, Thomas L. Friedman columnista de Asuntos Exteriores del New York Times, ganador de dos premios Pulitzer por su reportaje como jefe de la oficina del Times en Beirut y Jerusalén de su primer libro, De Beirut a Jerusalén con el que ganó el...
LA OBRA LITERARIA QUE RECOMIENDA HACER EL AMOR BAJO LOS OLIVOS
Cuando el amor juega a los dados, es una obra literaria de ficción romántica, escrita por el autor Jerónimo Durán García, natural de Hornachos, provincia de Badajoz, donde se desarrolla la historia de amor relatada en su novela. Hornachos, situada en la Comarca de...
THE LEXUS AND THE OLIVE TREE: A BOOK THAT COMPARES GLOBALIZATION WITH MILENARY CULTURE AND IDENTITY
Author Thomas L. Friedman is a columnist for Foreign Affairs at the New York Times. He is winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for his report as head of the Times office in Beirut and Jerusalem of his first book, From Beirut to Jerusalem. He won the National Book Prize in...
THE LITERARY WORK THAT RECOMMENDS YOU TO MAKE LOVE UNDER OLIVE TREES
Cuando el amor juega a los dados is a literary work in the romantic fiction category. It was written by Jerónimo Durán García, who is from Hornachos in the Badajoz province. This is where the love story in the novel takes place. Hornachos, which is located in the...