Pedro López de Lerena Cuenca

Culturally, La Mancha includes the Sierra de Alcaraz, northern Sierra Morena, Montes de Toledo and Serranía de Cuenca, parts of Tajo river valley, and it is administrative divided among the comarcas of Campo de Montiel and Campo de Calatrava to the south — Don Quixote himself starts his adventures in Campo de Montiel — the eastern Mancha Alta, the central Mancha Baja, the western Valle de Alcudia, and Parameras de Ocaña y Manchuela to the north.

* Agua y Subordinación en la Cuenca del Río Lerma

He married towards the end of 1485 an intimate friend of queen Isabella I of Spain, ( whence probably his preferment ), Isabel de Bobadilla y Peñalosa, deceased Madrid 1531, the daughter of Francisco de Bobadilla, probably deceased on the Atlantic Ocean, 1502, Governor since 21 May 1499, of the Island " La Española ", now divided in two parts: Haiti and the Republic of Santo Domingo and María, being the niece of powerful family of the Marchioness of Moya, province of Cuenca, and Marchioness of Peñalosa, Beatriz Fernández de Bobadilla, deceased at Madrid on 10 September 1511, married to Royal Accountant from Cuenca, Andrés de Cabrera, deceased also at Madrid, 4 October 1511, some 3 weeks later.

* Gobierno de Chile, Ministerio de Obras Públicas, Dirección General de Aguas ( 2004 ) Cuenca del Río Aconcagua, Diagnóstico y Clasificación de los Cursos y Cuerpos de Agua Según Objetivos de Calidad

In the " Inventario Vitícola Nacional " by Hidalago and Rodríguez Candela ( 1971 ) Airén is cited as growing in Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Madrid, Málaga y Toledo.

Don Francisco Serrano Domínguez Cuenca y Pérez de Vargas, 1st Duke of la Torre Grandee of Spain, Count of San Antonio ( es: Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, primer duque de la Torre, conde de San Antonio ; 17 December 1810 – 25 November 1885 ) was a Spanish marshal and statesman.

His father Francisco Serrano y Cuenca, Bueno Soto y Lara, born in Lopera, parish of Purísima Concepción, was a general officer and a Liberal.

His publications include Los nenúfares de piedra, stories, ( Ángel Acosta First Prize for Narrative, 1981 ); La cadena de agua y otros cuentos ( 1984 ); El camarote de la memoria ( Ángel Guerra Prize for Novel, 1986 ), edited by Cathedral Editorial ( Madrid, 1987 ) and reedited in the collection Anthology of Canary Literature ; La rotura indemne and La red, first prize for unanimity from the Competition of Canary Stories ( 1986 ); La mirada de plata, stories, 1991 ; Proa en nieblas, stories, Ediciones Baile del Sol, 2001 ( Tenerife ); Breves atajos, stories and short stories, Ediciones Baile del Sol, 2001 ( Tenerife ), and Línea de naufragio ( First Prize for unanimity from the VIII Competition Ateneo de La Laguna-CajaCanarias, 2002 ), published by Ediciones El Toro de Barro, Madrid / Cuenca, 2003.

es: Parque nacional de la Cuenca del Pacífico

All the territory, plain, arid and dry, that is between Montes de Toledo and the western skirts of Serranía de Cuenca, and from Alcarria to Sierra Morena, including in this denomination the Mesa de Ocaña high plateau and Quintanar, the comarcas of Belmonte and San Clemente and the old territories of the military Orders of Santiago, San Juan and Calatrava, with all the Sierra de Alcaraz ; being its limits to the North the Tajo river and the part called properly Castilla la Nueva, to the East the kingdoms of Valencia and Murcia, and to the South, the kingdoms of Córdoba and Jaén, and to the West, the provinces of Extremadura, spreading 53 leagues from East to West and 33 leagues from North to South.

It is effectively possible that alfajor and alajú were arabisms introduced into the Spanish language in different places and times, and, supposing both came from the same etymon, from the phonetic point of view, alajú is an arabism of the castillian, and so it is still alive in Cuenca, Toledo, Guadalajara and in la Sierra de la peña ( France ); meanwhile the variation alfajor is Andalusian and Murcian.

The upper river basin is protected as the Parque Regional de la Cuenca Alta del Manzanares, a nature reserve which is recognised as a biosphere reserve by UNESCO.

In 1914, García de los Salmones mentioned the cultivation of Lairén in Madrid, Villacañas ( Toledo ), Tarancón ( Cuenca ), Campo de Criptana ( Ciudad Real ), Frejenal de la Sierra ( Badajoz ), Montefrío ( Granada ), Baeza ( Jaén ), Coin ( Málaga ), Fiñana ( Almería ), Cazalla de la Sierra ( Sevilla ), Espera ( Cádiz ) and Córdoba.

* Alcalá de la Vega, a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

* Osa de la Vega, a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

ast: Iniciativa de la Cuenca del Caribe

es: Iniciativa de la Cuenca del Caribe

* Alcalá de la Vega, a town in Cuenca, Spain

The Centro Artesanal de la Cuenca ( Handcraft Centre of the basing ) is a site of exhibition and selling where craftmen from all over the region are gathered.

* Abia de la Obispalía, a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

The great esteem in which the Galgo was held is visible in the many laws of the time designed to punish the killing or theft of this dog: Fuero of Salamanca ( 9th century ); Fuero of Cuenca ; Fuero of Zorita de los Canes ; Fuero of Molina de Aragón ( 12th century ); Fuero of Usagre ( 12th century ).

* July 24 – Sack of Cuenca ( Third Carlist War ): After Carlist forces successfully defended Estella, Don Alfonso de Bourbon, brother of the Don Carlos VII, led 14, 000 Catalan Carlists south to attack Cuenca 136 km from Madrid, held by Republicans under Don Hilario Lozano.

The Ciguela's source is in Altos de Cabreras ( Cuenca ) and pertains to the Sistema Ibérico ( at 1080 meters in altitude ).

The Santiaguillo carried men and supplies for Almagro ’ s expedition, under the command of Juan de Saavedra, who named the town after his native village of Valparaíso de Arriba in Cuenca, Spain.

He was the younger of twin sons of Fernando de Valdés, hereditary regidor of Cuenca in Castile, where Valdés was born.

It is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Castellón, Valencia ( including its exclave Rincón de Ademuz ), Cuenca, Guadalajara, and Zaragoza.

To the east of Cuenca is the Serranía de Cuenca massif with scenic valleys, gorges, and waterfalls.

an: Provincia de Cuenca

ast: Provincia de Cuenca

de: Provinz Cuenca

es: Provincia de Cuenca

fr: Province de Cuenca

gl: Provincia de Cuenca

war: Provincia de Cuenca

* Cuenca de Campos, Valladolid, Spain

de: Cuenca

The name Alarcón had been give to his ancestor Ferren Martínez de Ceballos by Alfonso VIII of Castile after he had successfully driven the Moors from the fortress of Alarcón near Cuenca in 1177.

* July 11 – The TAME Boeing 737-2V2 Advanced Ciudad de Loja, flying over a mountainous region in heavy fog with an unqualified flight crew, crashes into a mountain while on final approach to a landing at Mariscal Lamar Airport in Cuenca, Ecuador, killing all 119 people on board.

La Mancha () is a natural and historical region or greater comarca located on an arid but fertile, elevated plateau ( 610 m or 2000 ft .) of central Spain, south of Madrid, stretching between the Montes de Toledo and the western spurs of the Serrania de Cuenca.

The semester-long, immersion program involves a three-prong partnership with Taylor University, the Universidad del Azuay, and the Verbo Church of Cuenca.

They saw three of their bests players leave the club, Luis Miguel Garcés went to cashed-up Barcelona, Mariano Mina transferred to Deportivo Cuenca and Christian Botero switched to Universidad Católica, for playing few months before going into retirement ( and swiftly returning to Macará as an academy coach ).