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keepingitneutral · 9 months
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La Colorada, Valle De Bravo, Mexico,
Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados,
Rafael Gamo Photographs.
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nsuiswitch · 2 years
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i was trying to search something for catch me in miami and i’ve gotten so used to called Ramón ✨rammy ✨ that i genuinely forget his full name
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plugonetwo · 30 days
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Eddie Bravo Invitational: Garry Tonon vs Rafael Domingos
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arnoldocuellar · 2 months
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DÍAS DE GUARDAR Domingo 18 de febrero de 2024
Miguel Márquez: el cinismo como bandera Tardío despido de Mario Bravo en Seguridad de León Universidad de Guanajuato, retroceso medieval Arte digital: Emilio Jiménez Continue reading DÍAS DE GUARDAR Domingo 18 de febrero de 2024
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enalfersa · 10 months
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El Alcalde decreta las delegaciones para su nuevo equipo de Gobierno
Las delegaciones realizadas a través de un decreto entrarán en vigor hoy jueves 22 de junio El Alcalde de Guadarrama, Diosdado Soto, ha firmado ya el Decreto de organización municipal y atribución de delegación de áreas, con el que da a conocer las competencias de cada uno de los miembros de su nuevo Equipo de Gobierno. Un nuevo Ejecutivo que estará conformado por nueve concejales, siete…
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silly-fox-in-sox · 2 years
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2022 Kentucky Derby Field
Mo Donegal -- Irad Ortiz -- Tod Pletcher
Happy Jack -- Rafael Bejarano -- Doug O’Neill
Epicenter -- Joel Rosario -- Steve Asmussen
Summer is Tomorrow -- Mickael Barzalona -- Bhupat Seemar
Smile Happy -- Corey Lanerie -- Kenny McPeek
Messier -- John Velazquez -- Tim Yakteen
Crown Pride (JPN) -- Cristophe Lemaire -- Koichi Shintani
Charge It -- Luis Saez -- Todd Pletcher
Tiz The Bomb -- Brian Hernandez Jr -- Kenny
Zandon -- Flavian Prat -- Chad Brown
Pioneer of Medina -- Joe Bravo -- Todd Pletcher
Taiba -- Mike Smith -- Tim Yakteen
Simplification -- Jose Ortiz -- Antonio Sano
Barber Road -- Reylu Gutierrez -- John Ortiz
White Abarrio -- Tyler Gaffalione -- Safe Joseph Jr
Cyberknife -- Florent Gereoux -- Brad Cox
Classic Causeway -- Julien Leparoux -- Brian Lynch
Tawny Port -- Ricardo Santana Jr -- Brad Cox
Zozos -- Manny Franco -- Brad Cox
Ethereal Road -- Luis Contreras -- D Wayne Lukas
(AE) Rich Strike -- Sonny Leon -- Eric Reed
(AE) Rattle N Roll -- James Graham -- Kenny McPeek
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Casa Rancho Avándaro: A Weekend Retreat in #ValledeBravo, Mexico by Chain + Siman @chainsiman. Read more: Link in bio! Photography: Rafael Gamo @rafaelgamo, Jaime Navarro @jaimenavarros_estudio. Chain + Siman: In the environs of Valle de Bravo, Casa Rancho Avándaro is a weekend retreat designed primarily to make the most of its extensive natural surroundings. The house is a commanding presence on the landscape, striking a balance between the well-tended gardens and the imposing stone buildings… #mexico #estadodemexico #архитектура www.amazingarchitecture.com ✔ A collection of the best contemporary architecture to inspire you. #design #architecture #amazingarchitecture #architect #arquitectura #luxury #realestate #life #cute #architettura #interiordesign #photooftheday #love #travel #construction #furniture #instagood #fashion #beautiful #archilovers #home #house ‎#amazing #picoftheday #architecturephotography ‎#معماری (at Valle de Bravo, Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl4HYK0uNG3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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nina, qual você acha que seria a reação dos meninos do cast se a reader desse uma dedadinha neles? sonhei que fazia isso com o mati e ele ficava bravo comigo 😔
o sonho scr jkkkkkkk
acho que o único que seria mais aberto seria o fran por motivos de não precisa de motivos nem fonte.
pardella, rafael e o rocco pensariam sobre a possibilidade, mas tudo com muita calma maconha
os que não fariam nunca pq dói na masculinidade deles: os dois felipes, simon, enzo, blas e santi.
matias e rafael tem muita cara de gado, eles topariam se você ‘seduzir’
não sei o que opinar sobre o diego e o esteban, não decifrei a energia
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selfsabotaqe · 11 months
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consider this a special little  starter call.  down below is a list of faceclaims i would love to write at the moment. if there is anyone you’d like to play against, come like this post &  i’ll write you a short to medium starter with one of them based on your wanted plots. i’ll come ask for your preference!  💞
faceclaims i want to play:  davika hoorne, halle bailey, hafsanur sancaktutan, zorzo natharuetai, priscilla quintana, melissa barrera, bright vachirawit, hande erçel, nam joohyuk, lucas bravo, melis sezen, kim doyeon, jonah hauer king, win metawin, michael evans behling, rafael silva, hazal filiz küçükköse, song kang, antonia gentry, raymond ablack, deniz can aktas &  yang hyeji.
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some notes on my newly minted a/soiaf au, mostly for my own reference
Lord Rafael de Sevilla is a warlord of Braavos who commands a respectable fleet of ships and pays allegiance to the Sealord. He himself commands a large, 2-deck dromond as flagship named The Talion, which formerly belonged to the royal fleet at Dragonstone as (under the name Sea Falcon) but was abandoned in the stepstones with her entire crew lost to the butterfly fever. she still bears Targaryen colors, with a dark hull and sails dyed red rather than the traditional Braavosi purple –– as such, she can occasionally be mistaken for a royal Westerosi ship. Esmeralda remains with Rafael almost constantly, and serves as an officer on The Talion when at sea. Rafael's right hand is a Tyroshi lieutenant by the name of Luis Montoya, who has died the tips of his mustache and beard maroon.
The Sevillas have a legacy as an ancient family of Myr, having built their wealth through trade, particularly in lace, fire wine, and fruit. Unlike much of Myr, the family did not utilize enslaved or Unsullied labor, which attracted attention from freemen and fostered rebellions among other enslaved populations in Myr. Although Rafael did not campaign for the end of slavery personally, considering such revolutionary sentiment as a threat to his own power, the lord's influence, along with the richness of their holdings, threatened the rule of the magisters. When Gabriel chose a formerly enslaved Naathi bride, Zephyranthe, and named his daughter his heir, the magisters were incited to turn against Rafael (though unwilling to dirty their own hands) Hired sellswords killed Gabriel and Zephyranthe, and razed their home and set fire to Rafael's fleet, of which only one ship survived. Rafael escaped with Esmeralda, only a child, and her Naathi nurse, on this ship and fled to Braavos.
The Sevilla family have worshiped R'hllor for generations, Esmeralda included. After the fire, from which they were both reborn, their faith grows ever-stronger: Don Rafael believes that Esmeralda's unlikely survival marks her as uniquely protected by the Lord of Light, and sends her to study in Volantis as a ward where she becomes practiced in the arts of the faith. But she rejects the prospect of giving herself over entirely to the Temple and flees to Braavos to find freedom with her grandfather as a teen. Having since grown to adulthood in Braavos she also acknowledges deities such as The Merling King, The Moon-Pale Maiden, and the love goddess of Lys, although they rank far below the Red God. she tends to believe in their suspicions, rather than dutiful practice.
While in Braavos, Esmeralda trained extensively in the water dance style of swordfighting, and became a better swordsman than even her grandfather (who was schooled in a heavy-handed, old-school warrior style of combat, as opposed to the deadly elegance of Braavosi dueling). though she is not technically a bravo (as Lord Rafael cherishes her much too closely to let her be so reckless in silly fights) she adopts many of their attitudes, including their sense of style. Esmeralda tends to either dress traditionally, in the style of a Myrish lady, or crossdressing as a swaggering bravo with sword on her hip. she has a Volantene flame of R'hllor tattooed on her hip, in commemoration of her faith as well as the slaughter that lead to her true birth.
Politically, the pair of them seek to enact revenge on the magisters and their abetters, within Myr and the other Free Cities. Lord Rafael is very careful to maneuver through channels of power and to leave the chosen target vulnerable before any physical violence is enacted; Esmeralda tends to err on the side of bodily impulse, whether that be violence or seduction to achieve what she wants. Rafael also wants to see Esmeralda restored to the proper status owed to her, and aims to marry her well, which is easier achieved as they grow more successful, restore their wealth, and ruin their opponents in Myr, but occasionally threatened by their forays into less-legitimate violence and piracy. Esmeralda has less ambitious goals in that regard, and would much prefer to find love than power in her own hand. but she serves first and foremost her loyalty to Lord Rafael, and though occasionally rebellious, opposes him openly on very little, including marriage schemes.
She's distantly related to Bellegere Otherys through her mother: among the few memories Esmeralda has of her are hearing her stories of the pirate queen.
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EJERCICIO 5
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Links de las imágenes.
10 fotografías de mexicanos/extranjeros del siglo XX, sus trabajos resultaron decisivos en el desarrollo del arte de la fotografía en México.
Niño soldado, Agustín Victos Casasola
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1483041
La silla presidencial, Agustín Victos Casasola
https://www.muyinteresante.com.mx/historia/revolucion-mexicana-pancho-villa-emiliano-zapata-silla-presidencial/
Retrato de pie de Zapata-Agustín Víctor Casasola
https://casasolamexico.com/tienda/fotografia/retrato-de-pie-de-zapata-autor-americano/
Francisco I Madero-Agustín Víctor Casasola
http://mediateca.inah.gob.mx/repositorio/islandora/object/fotografia%3A86545
La adelita-Gerónimo Hernández
https://twitter.com/DonPorfirioDiaz/status/800429833561980928/photo/1
Nativa de Xochimilco, CDMX, Hugo Brehme
https://www.mexicoenfotos.com/antiguas/distrito-federal/ciudad-de-mexico/nativa-de-xochimilco-ciudad-de-mexico-por-el-fotog-MX16221726156601
Frida Kahlo, Manuel Alvarez Bravo
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Manuel-Alvarez-Bravo-Frida-Kahlo-1937_fig9_290670614
Columna de la Independencia, Hugo Brehme
https://www.mexicoenfotos.com/antiguas/distrito-federal/ciudad-de-mexico/columna-de-la-independencia-MX14118335810021
Pirámide del sol México, Edward Weston
https://fineartvendor.com/products/edward-weston-piramide-del-sol-mexico-1923
Volcán Popocatépetl, Hugo Brehme
https://www.mexicoenfotos.com/antiguas/fotografos/hugo-brehme/volcan-popocatepetl-MX14514339330027/11
15 IMÁGENES DE PINTURAS, ESCULTURAS O GRABADOS DEL SIGLO XX
ESCUELA DE PINTURA MEXICANA
El hombre de la manga, Pablo O´Higgins
https://museoblaisten.com/Obra/2376/El-hombre-de-la-manga
Langosta, Rufino Tamayo
https://bleugaleria.com/artistas/rufino-tamayo/2/
Plátanos, Rufino Tamayo:
https://www.sopitas.com/mientras-tanto/suicide-squad-video-musical-pelicula-warner-bros-dc-comics/
La columna rota, Frida Kahlo
https://espanol201.voices.wooster.edu/2018/11/26/la-columna-rota-1944/
GENERACIÓN DE LA RUPTURA.
La ramera, Manuel Rodríguez Lozano
https://museoblaisten.com/Obra/2528/La-ramera
Tres caballos, Manuel Rodríguez Lozano
https://museoblaisten.com/Obra/2531/Tres-caballos
Siameses, José Luis Cuevas
https://www.artehoy.com.mx/acervos-artehoy/jose-luis-cuevas-acervos-artehoy/jose-luis-cuevas-acervos-artehoy.php
PERIODO DE DISCREPANCIA
La coatl, Helen Escobedo
https://mxcity.mx/2019/01/todo-comienza-en-otra-parte-la-maravillosa-helen-escobedo-en-proyectos-monclova/
Corredor blanco, Helen Escobedo
https://mxcity.mx/2018/08/helen-escobedo-una-de-las-mas-reconocidas-escultoras-del-mexico-contemporaneo/
Que se abre al tacto, Arnaldo Coen
https://academiadeartes.org.mx/miembros/arnaldo-coen/#group-4
Torsos, Arnaldo Coen
https://academiadeartes.org.mx/miembros/arnaldo-coen/#group-1
ARTE CONTEMPORANEO
El acero y el tiempo, Aldo Chaparro
https://literalmagazine.com/aldo-chaparro-y-el-comportamiento-del-material-en-el-arte/
Alabaza a la sombra, José Dávila
https://travesiacuatro.com/artista/jose-davila/
El elefante y la pluma, José Dávila
https://travesiacuatro.com/artista/jose-davila/
La nube negra, Carlos Amorales
https://phxart.org/es/exhibition/carlos-amorales-nube-negra/
10 IMÁGENES DE ARQUITECTURA MEXICANA DEL SIGLO XX
NEOCOLONIAL
Hotel Majestic, Rafael Goyeneche
https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/metropoli/cdmx/2016/07/17/el-estilo-neocolonial-en-el-centro-historico
DECÓ
Frontón México, Teodoro Kunhardt y Joaquín Capilla
https://frontonmexico.com.mx
Monumento a la revolución, Émile Bénard y Carlos Obregón Santacilla
https://www.admagazine.com/articulos/revolucion-mexicana-museos-para-entenderla
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Adamo Boari
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palacio_de_Bellas_Artes_%28Ciudad_de_México%29
URBANISMO LECORBUSIERANO.
Casa-Estudio, Luis Barragán
https://www.archdaily.mx/mx/02-101641/clasicos-de-arquitectura-casa-estudio-luis-barragan-luis-barragan
Torres de satélite, Luis Barragán
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torres_de_Satélite
Capilla de las Capuchinas, Luis Barragán
https://mxcity.mx/2016/02/convento-las-capuchinas-la-capilla-las-emociones/
MIES VAN DER ROHE.
Oficinas Bacardi en México, Mies van der Rohe
https://mxcity.mx/2022/02/mies-van-der-rohe-creo-un-imponente-edificio-en-mexico-y-son-las-oficinas-bacardi/
Mercado de Coyoacán, Félix Candela
https://www.pinterest.com.mx/pin/674695587895646984/
Palacio de los deportes, Félix Candela
https://www.archdaily.mx/mx/02-331368/clasicos-de-arquitectura-palacio-de-los-deportes-felix-candela/52e804d5e8e44e4d19000007
10 IMÁGENES DE LOGOS DISEÑADOR POR LANCE WYMAN PARA JUEGOS OLÍMPICOS (5) Y PARA EL METRO DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (5)
Logo juegos olímpicos 1968
http://www.nosotros-los-diseñadores.com/2019/04/18/proyectos-de-lance-wyman/
Tenis
https://www.paredro.com/conoces-lance-wyman/
ciclismo
https://www.paredro.com/conoces-lance-wyman/
esgrima
https://www.paredro.com/conoces-lance-wyman/
hockey
https://www.paredro.com/conoces-lance-wyman/
chapulín
https://plumasatomicas.com/cultura/cultura-cultura/lance-wyman-diseno-metro/
penacho
https://plumasatomicas.com/cultura/cultura-cultura/lance-wyman-diseno-metro/
fuente
https://plumasatomicas.com/cultura/cultura-cultura/lance-wyman-diseno-metro/
cañón
https://plumasatomicas.com/cultura/cultura-cultura/lance-wyman-diseno-metro/
pato
https://plumasatomicas.com/cultura/cultura-cultura/lance-wyman-diseno-metro/
10 CARICATURAS POLÍTICAS HECHAS POR DESTACADOS CARICATURISTAS MEXICANOS DEL SIGLO XX
El tapado, Abel Quezada
https://www.pinterest.com.mx/pin/427771664601785411/
La amenaza/pistola, Rogelio Naranjo
https://www.pinterest.com.mx/pin/412149803380013478/
El premio, Rogelio Naranjo
https://www.pinterest.com.mx/pin/412149803380013478/
La belleza, Rogelio Naranjo
https://www.yaconic.com/rogelio-naranjo/
Las palabras, Rogelio Naranjo
https://www.tebeosfera.com/autores/naranjo_ureno_rogelio.html
El Urbanismo, Rogelio Naranjo
https://ciudad-futura.net/2010/05/28/naranjo/
El mundo, Rogelio Naranjo
https://ciudad-futura.net/2010/05/28/naranjo/
La confusión, Rogelio Naranjo
https://twitter.com/realgdt/status/670632298728071172
La farsa, Helio Flores
http://florylatigo.org/?page_id=13863
El colgado, Helio Flores
https://plumaslibres.com.mx/2021/11/19/helio-flores-viveros-1938-en-su-casa-exponiendo-su-obra/
5 IMÁGENES QUE RESUMAN 5 PELÍCULAS MEXICANAS QUE HAYAN VISTO A LO LARGO DE SUS VIDAS.
Amores perros, Alejandro González Iñárritu
https://www.amazon.com/Amores-perros-Gael-García-Bernal/dp/B0B62N7WR7
Como agua para chocolate, Laura Esquivel
https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film347632.html
La ley de Herodes, Luis Estrada
https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film225587.html
Rojo amanecer, Jorge Fons
https://www.amazon.com.mx/AMANECER-MARIA-HECTOR-BONILLA-REGION/dp/B001CLAN08
Perfume de violetas, Marisa Sistach
https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film498640.html
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docpiplup · 1 year
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@asongofstarkandtargaryen There's a couple of comics and films I wanted to post something about them some time ago, so here they are
Black is Beltza is a duology of comics, the first one was published in 2014 and the second in 2022, and they have been adapted into two Basque animated films recently in 2018 and 2022, Black is Beltza and Black is Beltza II: Ainhoa.
One of the main things of the comics are the sociopolitical environment of the places and the period the films are set in, for example the first one is set in the 60's mainly in New York and the sequel is set in the 80's and among other places, in Pamplona.
Black is Beltza (2018)
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October 1965. The Pamplona troupe of giants, a typical image of the San Fermín festivities, is invited to parade on Fifth Avenue in New York. But not everyone will be able to leave: due to racial discrimination, the North American authorities prohibit the participation of the two black giants. Based on this real event, "Black is Beltza" tells the story of Manex, the waiter in charge of carrying one of the giants. Headed for a long and unexpected journey, Manex will witness key events in history: the racial riots resulting from the assassination of Malcolm X, the eccentricities of the characters in The Factory, the alliance between the Cuban secret services and the Black Panthers, and the proto-hippie psychedelia of early music festivals.
Duration: 87 min.
Script: Harkaitz Cano, Fermín Muguruza, Eduard Solà (Comic: Fermín Muguruza, Harkaitz Cano, Jorge Alderete)
Animation Companies: ETB, Setmàgic Audiovisual, Talka Records & Films
Cast
Unax Ugalde: Manex
Isaach de Bankolé: Wilson Clever
Iseo: Amanda Tamaya
Sergi López: Warren Philips
Ramón Agirre: Xebero
Jorge Perugorria: Sargento Bravo
Angelo Moore: Rudy
María de Medeiros: Amira
Emma Suárez: Laia
Oscar Jaenada: Che Guevara
Rossy de Palma: Ruth Abransom
Ramón Barea: Ramiro
Hamid Krim: Yassim
Guillermo Toledo: Teniente Muñoz
Ander Lipus: guardia civil
Josean Bengoetxea: Juanpe, Pancho Villa
Lenval Brown: Jimmy
Valeria Maldonado: Esperanza
Sergio Arau: Juan Rulfo
Jorge Ferrera: Eliseo
Giancarlo Ruiz: Tin-Tan, Smithy, Sergei Titov
Josh Kun: Dwayne
Ray Fernández: Cte. Antonovich
Victor Navarrete: Guerrillero 1
Iban Rusiñol: Laurent
Exprai: Pedro del Taller, Hernán Cortés
Márgenes Dermer: azafata
Ramón Zumitrenko: Sf dentista
Stuart Casson: Otis Redding, Emory Douglas
KO the Knockout: Ben Cauley
Sistaeyeire: Angela Davis
Dratzo Gomex: policía fronteriza I
Marieder Iriart: Iman
Mariam Bachir: Amal
Black is Beltza II: Ainhoa (2022)
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Ainhoa ​​was born by a miracle in La Paz (Bolivia) after the death, in a parapolice attack, of her mother Amanda. She grew up in Cuba and in 1988, at the age of 21, she traveled to the Basque Country to see the land of his father Manex. In the middle of the repressive conflict, she meets Josune, a committed journalist, and her gang of friends. When one of them dies of a heroin overdose, Ainhoa ​​and Josune set out on an initiation journey that will take them through Lebanon, Afghanistan and the city of Marseille. These are the last years of the Cold War and both will delve into the dark world of drug trafficking networks and their close ties to political plots.
Direction: Fermin Muguruza
Duration: 86 min.
Script: Fermín Muguruza, Isa Campo, Harkaitz Cano (Comic: Fermín Muguruza)
Music: Maite Arrotajauregi
Photography: Animation, Mariona Omedes
Companies: Co-production Spain-Argentina; Talka Records & Films
Cast
Maria Cruickshank: Ainhoa
Itziar Ituño: Josune
Manex Fuchs: Hamid
Antonio de la Torre: Rafael
Darko Peric: Igor
Ariadna Gil: Isabelle
Eneko Sagardoy: Diego
Mikel Losada: Mikel
Ramón Agirre: Xebero
Miren Gaztañaga: Amatxi Tere
Maite Larburu Iman
Ximun Fuchs: Jean-Pierre
Gorka Otxoa: Iñigo Kortatu
Fermín Muguruza: Fermin Kortatu
Jon Plazaola: Javier Salutregi
Peio Berteretxe: Didier
Maryse Urruty: Armineh
Isidro: Isidro
Joseba Sarrionandia: Martin
Maria Forni: Yady
Iban Rusiñol: Commisaire Marcel
Natalia Abu-sharar: off Sabra y Shatila
Moraysys Silva: Tania
Maykel García Cardo: Felix The Cat
Bruno Coscia: Arthur
Maria Amolategui: Amaia Apaolaza
Papet-J: Chef Chérif
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Stuntmen ride horses and drive carriages at Oasys MiniHollywood, one of several Western film sets in Spain’s Almería region. The area’s deserts and canyons have attracted movie and TV crews since the 1950s. Today, their faux Old West towns are also open for cowboy shows and tours. Photograph By Matilde Gattoni
The Wild West Lives on in Southern Spain
This desert region plays a major role in Western movies—and offers travelers cinematic scenery and cowboy culture.
— B y Matteo Fagotto | Photographs By Matilde Gattoni | January 19, 2022
The worn wooden floorboards squeak under Rafael Molina’s heavy steps as he paces the saloon. Outside, the sound of galloping horses breaks the silence of the surrounding desert. All around him, the Old West town’s empty shops and abandoned houses look as if they have just been ransacked by cowboy bandits.
“When I was a kid, I could only dream about all this,” says the 68-year-old former actor and stuntman. “My aspiration was to see a film set firsthand. Today I own one of the most famous ones in the history of Western movies.”
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The Oasys MiniHollywood movie set is located amid the Sierra foothills in Spain’s Tabernas Desert
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Professional stuntmen Ricardo Cruz Fernández (left) and Rafael Aparicio García (right) work as film extras and cowboy show performers at Fort Bravo in Tabernas, Spain.
Molina bought the set, called Fort Bravo, at the end of the 1970s. But this busy movie site is located in Spain—not Montana or Texas. It’s one of three faux Old Western towns in the small village of Tabernas and the surrounding desert of the Almería province. Since the late 1950s, these rugged mountains, arid plains, and dry canyons have provided the backdrops for more than 170 movie Westerns, including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) and Once Upon a Time in The West (1968).
Other movies and TV series were filmed at Tabernas, including Indiana Jones and Game of Thrones. But this windswept region—a 30-minute drive north of the coastal city of Almería—remains synonymous with Western shootouts.
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These days, it’s a lure not only for neo-Western film directors, but also for travelers wanting to sink their spurs into its lore and landscapes. Here’s the unlikely story of how so many movies set in a near-mythological region of the United States ended up being filmed in southern Spain. We also share how travelers can experience the cinematic landscapes and the fascinating people bringing the Old West to life.
A Community of Cowboys
Molina belongs to a small community of local cowboy actors and stuntmen in Tabernas who have played a role in movies and TV shows since the first productions in the 1950s. They can perform anything from fistfights to horse drags. Knowledge and skills often pass from father to son, keeping tricks of the trade in the family. Steeped in the golden era of Westerns, these actors embody the values of their movie heroes: pride, bravado, freedom, and a trusting relationship with horses.
“I’ve always liked horses and the [U.S.] West,” says 29-year-old Ricardo Cruz Fernández, a stuntman and cowboy who appeared in recent productions including Game of Thrones and The Sisters Brothers, a 2018 Franco-American Western starring Joaquin Phoenix. Fernández started his career as a cowboy after completing a stuntman course a decade ago.
Between productions, he performs daily shows at Fort Bravo for thousands of tourists who visit the set each year. In one show, Fernández portrays a bank robber who absconds with some gold. Visitors encounter him in the saloon, fist and (fake) gun fighting with actors playing his double-crossing accomplices. The town also offers cancan dance shows and set tours by horse-drawn wagon.
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Left: Cancan dancers perform in the saloon at Oasys MiniHollywood in Tabernas, Spain. Right: A horsewoman trains a young Andalusian horse in the streets of Oasys MiniHollywood, a Western movie set in southern Spain.
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Stuntman Ricardo Cruz Fernández stands on the balcony of a building in Fort Bravo, one of three Western movie sets in Tabernas, Spain.
“I prefer to play the bad guy, because it gives me a wider range of possibilities,” says Fernández. “The good guy only has to keep things in order.”
His romance with the Wild West started when, as a kid, he saw Italian director Sergio Leone’s so-called “Dollars Trilogy.” The trio of films—A Fistful of Dollars; For a Few Dollars More; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly—were shot during the 1960s in the Almería region. They starred a young, still-unknown Clint Eastwood as a poncho-wearing cowboy with no name.
“Leone’s movies didn’t need much dialogue or intricate plots,” says Fernández. “The actors’ gestures, the music, and the little details are enough to give you goosebumps.” Leone’s innovative shooting style and captivating soundtracks in the Trilogy paved the way for the so-called “spaghetti Western,” a popular film genre in the 1960s and 1970s. Most of its directors were Italians, while producers and actors were a mix of Italians, Spaniards, and Americans, all speaking their own languages onscreen.
Snubbed by U.S. critics at first, spaghetti Westerns became hugely successful due to the disenchanted vision they brought to a film style that had almost disappeared. The Wild West figures they depicted were a far cry from the heroic white conquerors of earlier epics. Their main characters were not champions of the defenseless, but amoral bounty hunters moved by personal profit, greed, and vengeance. Actions and violence ruled; the good rarely triumphed.
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Old West-style “wanted” posters hang in the jail at the Oasys MiniHollywood film set.
Although Almería had already been used as a shooting venue for a few renowned movies (Lawrence of Arabia, Cleopatra), it was Leone, and the ensuing flurry of European Westerns, that finally brought the province’s stunning landscapes into the international spotlight.
Since then, Almería has hosted more than 500 productions, including blockbuster films (Patton, Terminator: Dark Fate) and TV shows (Doctor Who). “Our landscapes are very convenient. We have sea, desert, and snowy mountains all within a short distance,” says local producer Plácido Martínez. “We can serve as Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and endless other natural settings.”
Horsemen Turned Stuntmen
When foreign Western productions discovered Almería in the 1960s, the province was one of the poorest in Spain, plagued by high unemployment and emigration. Despite its remoteness, production costs were extremely low and its inhabitants were skilled horsemen. They were ideal stuntmen and extras for spaghetti Westerns set on the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
“I was earning more money in one day than my father did in one week of hard labor in the gold mines,” says Manuel Hernández Montoya, a 61-year-old local who worked as an extra in several Westerns as a child. He now owns the cinema-themed hotel and restaurant Hostal Alba in the nearby village of Los Albaricoques, where the final duel of For a Few Dollars More was shot.
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Left: Stuntman Rafael Aparicio García has been featured in several Western movies filmed at the Fort Bravo set. Right: Two stuntmen perform a shootout scene at Oasys MiniHollywood.
For a Fistful of Dollars was a huge success, spurring the construction of two open-air Western sets around Tabernas. (Called Oasys Mini-Hollywood and Western Leone, both are still used. When film crews aren’t around, they welcome tourists to their dusty streets and 19th century-style buildings with cowboy shows, tours, and horseback rides.)
The region had few paved roads at that time, and the cinema industry was instrumental in building Almería’s airport and first hotels. In just a few years, the town turned from a backwater into a sort of European Hollywood, with celebrities including Claudia Cardinale, the Beatles, and Charles Bronson sipping drinks by the Gran Hotel pool between scenes.
The movie industry also boosted the international image of Francisco Franco, the dictator who ruled Spain from 1939 to 1975. “The regime was very happy to welcome celebrities such as Ava Gardner, Frank Sinatra, or John Wayne,” says Evaristo Martínez, an Almería-based journalist and cinema expert. “Franco would facilitate international productions in any way, even those whose movies were censored locally.”
The spaghetti Western genre declined at the end of the 1970s due to a glut of productions, a sustained dip in quality, and the shifting interests of the public. A blow for the local cinema industry, this resulted in the loss of thousands of jobs and Western sets falling into disrepair. Abandoned by their owners, the sets were kept up by a few stuntmen offering tourist shows to make ends meet. When Molina bought Fort Bravo for $6,000, its bank, shops, and saloon were in ruins and had to be rebuilt.
An Industry Rides Again
After a few big productions in the 1980s—including Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Conan the Barbarian—Almería’s cinema industry picked up again. Westerns haven’t regained the prominence of the golden years, but locals still feel deeply bound to them. “Western movies have definitely changed the fate of our province, from the 1950s up until now,” says Martínez, the producer.
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Tour guides can take travelers to see ruined Western movie sets in the wilds of Spain’s Tabernas Desert.
Besides visiting the three sets, tourists can two-step into Almería’s movie industry during the Almería Western Film Festival, held in Tabernas every October. Thousands of fans attend movie screenings, dress up like gunslingers, and sample Western-style cuisine.
The town also has several tour agencies offering trips to abandoned sets in the desert, through the remote canyons and mountains where movies were shot. “I once had a tourist who came all the way from Japan just to take selfies in every location of the ‘Trilogy,’ wearing a replica of Clint Eastwood’s poncho,” says Cristina Serena Seguí, manager of the Malcaminos tour agency.
Some might suggest it’s the inscrutability of steely eyed cowboys and desolate landscapes that keep the tourists and film crews coming to the region. But Martínez spins a more aspirational narrative. “Western movies tell the creation of a country and a society from scratch,” he says. “They represent the history of mankind.”
— Matteo Fagotto is an Italian journalist (and cofounder of Tandem Reportages) who focuses on social, environmental, and human rights issues. Matilde Gattoni is a French-Italian photographer who lives in Barcelona.
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Gobernadores, senadores, diputados y alcaldes de Morelos ligados al narco
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CIUDAD DE MÉXICO * 6 de octubre de 2022. ) Apro Morelos se encuentra controlado por gobernadores, senadores, diputados, presidentes municipales y jueces coludidos con los grupos criminales que operan en la región, ya sea Los Rojos, Guerreros Unidos –originarios del colindante estado de Guerrero– o el Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), de acuerdo con dos informes demoledores de la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (Sedena) y de la Unidad de Inteligencia Naval elaborados a principios de 2019. En un “Panorama Delictivo de Morelos”, el grupo de inteligencia de la Secretaría de Marina (Semar) señaló que el grupo criminal de los Beltrán Leyva cuenta “con protecciones de autoridades del exgobernador de Morelos Graco Ramírez”, y señaló que el primer círculo del gobernador Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo, del Partido Encuentro Social (PES), tienen vínculos con Los Rojos, Gente Nueva y el CJNG. El informe –que fue extraído entre los millones de documentos hackeados a la Sedena por el colectivo Guacamaya– estableció que José Manuel Saénz Rivera, José de Jesús Guizar Nájera, Uriel Carmona Gándara y Samuel Soto Salgado, respectivos jefe de Oficina de Blanco, subsecretario de Gobierno, fiscal general y consejero jurídico están vinculados con Los Rojos –o Gente Nueva–, y además con el CJNG para los primeros dos. También señala que Alfonso de Jesús Sotelo Martínez, presidente de la Cámara de Diputados local, tiene nexos con los grupos de la delincuencia organizada de Guerrero, al igual que varios diputados, el senador Ángel García Yáñez –del PRI–, así como de nueve jueces locales que han liberado a delincuentes por “supuestas” faltas de pruebas. En este contexto, marcado por la relación sinérgica entre gobierno y crimen organizado, fue asesinada ayer la diputada local Gabriela Marín Sánchez, del partido Morelos Progresa, en Cuernavaca. La política de 37 años había tomado posesión apenas el pasado 15 de julio, después de ganar un proceso judicial contra el político Roberto Yáñez Moreno, quien le había robado la diputación plurinominal. Según el informe de inteligencia, a principios de 2019 operaban varios grupos criminales, principalmente Los Rojos, encabezado por Santiago Mazarí Hernández “El Carrete” –detenido en agosto de 2019 y condenado a 20 años de cárcel– y aliado con el Cártel del Sur, y Guerreros Unidos, que operaba en alianza con el CJNG y con La Familia. El informe de inteligencia identificó a un grupo de por lo menos 12 presidentes municipales aliados con Los Rojos: Alberto Sánchez Ortega, expresidente municipal de Xochitepec y ahora diputado por Morena; Rafael Reyes Reyes, presidente municipal de Jiutepec por la coalición PT-Morena-PES, así como los alcaldes de toda la zona suroeste de Morelos –de los municipios de Tlaltizapan, Puente de Ixtla, Tlaquiltenango, Jojutla, Amacuzac, Mazatepec, Coatlán del Río, Tetecala, Xoxocotla y Coatetelco–, sin importar su color político, ya sea del PRI, Morena, PAN o PSD. También planteó que la política priista Rosalinda Mazarí Espín tiene nexos con Los Rojos, pues es tía de Santiago Mazarí Hernández, “El Carrete”, el líder de los Rojos. Mazarí fue tres veces diputada federal por Cuernavaca y una vez diputada local. El informe señala a otros políticos priistas vinculadas con Los Rojos, en el vecino estado de Guerrero: Francisco Javier García González, el expresidente municipal de Chilapa de Álvarez; Mario Moreno Arcos, otrora presidente municipal de Chilpancingo, y Leopoldo Ramiro Cabrera Chávez, el exalcalde de Leonardo Bravo, también en Guerrero. El informe de la Semar señaló que los presidentes municipales de Yautepec, Agustín Alonso Gutiérrez (PRD/PSD); Cuautla, Jesús Corona Damián (Morena/PT/PES); Yecaptixtla, Francisco Erick Sánchez Zavala (PAN-MC); Temoac, Valentín Lavín Moreno (PVEM) y Tepoztlán, Rogelio Torres Ortega (Morenta/PT/PES) estuvieron vinculados con Guerreros Unidos y el CJNG. El informe de la Sedena indicó, por su parte, que “seis presidentes municipales de la región Oriente tienen vínculos con el CJNG, representado por Raymundo Isidro Castro Salgado, “El Ray’”, mientras que en Yautepec “el alcalde colabora con el líder del delictivo ‘Comando Tlahuica’”. Continuó: “Temoac, el alcalde es yerno del secuestrador Antonio Aparicio. En 2018 ejecutaron a tres mujeres de su familia, y fue amenazado en mantas por el ‘Comando Tlahuica’ al considerarlo su contrario político-delictivo”, y “Cuautla. Samuel Corona Damián, hermano del presidente municipal fue detenido por secuestro, en la casa de seguridad había mantas con mensajes de narco-política”. Read the full article
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teen compilation 3
almost there with our #teenaday challenge omg! are you excited for the new pack?? i guess we all are. probably its going to be the best one yet, do you agree?. well, lets stop rambling and let me introduce you 8 new teens!
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#17: mercedes moon. horse girl. she/her. heterosexual
#18: markus echegaray. teacher's pet. he/him. gay
#19: adha fahri. influencer. she/her. bisexual
#20: lydia fowler. artist. she/they. lesbian
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#21: marina brown. pot head. she/her. bisexual
#22: grace martin. valedictorian. she/her. heterosexual
#23: vinny sierra. sk8ter boy. he/him. heterosexual
#24: rafael bravo. class clown. he/him. bisexual
we only have 4 sims left, but im keeping them for the 28th. hope you like 'em!
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ehi cib would you like to suggest me some fcs (both female and male) that can pass 4 maxence danet fauvel siblings?
Hello there :) Of course, hope you like it!
F:
Alexia Giordano (21-29)
Marilyn Lima (18-26)
Zoia Mossour (15-21)
Marlo Kelly (17-25)
Natalia Dyer (19-27)
M:
Hugo Becker (27-35)
Lucas Bravo (26-34)
Rafael Miller (18-26)
Mason Versaw (16-21)
Deaken Bluman (17-26)
(cib)
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