about general Gaelic language services from BBC Scotland the Gaelic language television service BBCAlba TV channel Infobox BBC Nation or Region name BBCAlba image File BBC Alba.gif image File BBC Scotland.jpg 300px BBCAlba HQ within the BBC Scotland Pacific Quay building in Glasgow headquarters Pacific ... Highlands Highlands , Western Isles tvstations BBC One Scotland br BBC Two Scotland br BBCAlba TV channel BBCAlba tvtransmitters launched 1985 closeddate replaced replacedby radiostations BBC Radio nan G idheal radiotransmitters keypeople website http www.bbc.co.uk alba bbc.co.uk alba lang gd BBCAlba or BBC G idhlig is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland s national broadcaster, BBC Scotland , and the name is generally used to describe the Scottish Gaelic services of the BBC. Some of BBCAlba s more notable programming includes the international issues magazine lang gd E rpa Europe , children ... D n Back on the Ran Dan . BBCAlba is responsible for the national Scottish Gaelic radio station BBC Radio nan G idheal . BBCAlba is also jointly responsible with MG Alba for the Gaelic language television channel, which is also called BBCAlba TV channel BBCAlba . ref cite web url http www.bbc.co.uk bbctrust news press releases 2007 gaelic digital service.html title BBCAlba Channel accessdate 2007 07 31 work www.bbc.co.uk Dead link date September 2010 bot H3llBot ref In July 2008, the BBCAlba .... ref http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi scotland highlands and islands 7232597.stm BBC News Scotland Extension to Gaelic news on web ref Sporting Rights In 2010 BBCAlba bought the rights for Celtic League ... Television Network APTN References references External links http www.bbc.co.uk albaBBCAlba http www.bbc.co.uk ... DEFAULTSORT BbcAlba Category BBC nations and regions Alba Category Television in Scotland Category Scottish media Category Scottish Gaelic language UK bcast stub ca BBCAlba es BBCAlba ga BBCAlba gd BBCAlba ... more details
BBCAlba Infobox TV channel name BBCAlba logofile BBC Alba.svg logoalt launch 19 September 2008 share ... br Catch Up On Demand online serv 1 http www.bbc.co.uk iplayer tv bbcalba watchlive BBC iPlayer ... BBCAlba is a Scottish Gaelic language digital television channel which is broadcast by the BBC throughout ... Alba and the BBC. ref cite news title Gaelic digital TV channel debated publisher bbc.co.uk date 2007 ... BBCAlba publisher BBC date 2009 10 12 accessdate 2010 03 23 ref ref cite news url http news.bbc.co.uk ... ref On air for up to seven hours a day, BBCAlba broadcasts throughout the UK on satellite Sky UK & Ireland ... switchover 2010 . The channel is funded and operated jointly by MG Alba and the BBC . Whilst the partnership .... A study carried out for the channel indicated that 650,000 people watched BBCAlba per week in the first ... Media Service now MG Alba . Following the BBC Trust consultation in November 2007, the Audience ... to seven hours a day, BBCAlba broadcasts throughout the UK on satellite Sky UK & Ireland Sky 168 and Freesat 110 and it was hoped to be on Virgin Media from launch. BBCAlba will be available on Virgin ... title Frequently Asked Questions publisher MG Alba accessdate 2009 03 17 ref During March 2009, BBCAlba programming was made available to Virgin Media customers on demand through BBC iPlayer and Catch ... press releases december bbc alba.shtml title Trust approves BBCALBA carriage on Freeview publisher BBC accessdate 30 December 2010 ref Content BBCAlba combines television , radio and on line programme ... to the acquisition and transmission of Gaelic. BBCAlba broadcasts more Scottish sport than any ... broadcasts a live news programme for 30 minutes every weekday. Programming MG Alba and the BBC ...? are broadcast on Thursday nights on BBCAlba and also continue to be shown on BBC Two Scotland at their usual ... index.shtml title Alba E rpa English publisher BBC date accessdate 2010 03 23 ref A nightly half ... Most of the adult programming on BBCAlba contains on screen English language English subtitles ... more details
title BBC Scotland Gaelic added to Scotland strips date 2006 08 24 accessdate 2010 01 01 ref However, the Scottish Rugby Union SRU is still being lobbied to have Alba on the national rugby strip. ref http www.facebook.com group.php?gid 31494006552 Scottish Rugby Union Put Alba on Scottish Ruby Shirt Facebook Bot generated title ref ref cite news url http www.bbc.co.uk scotland alba naidheachdan story 2008 06 080624 rugby gaelic.shtml title BBCAlba G idhlig air l intean rugbaidh na h Alba ref ... a bilingual logo with the Gaelic name Riaghaltas na h Alba . However, the Gaelic version from the outset had always been Riaghaltas na h Alba . The Scottish Parliament , likewise, uses the Gaelic name P rlamaid na h Alba . A satellite television channel aimed at the Scottish Gaelic community, BBCAlba , was launched in September 2008 and is a joint venture between MG Alba and the BBC . A new welcome ... s genealogy. Alba is the Scottish Gaelic language Scottish Gaelic name IPA gd al ap pron for Scotland . It is cognate to Alba in Irish language Irish and Nalbin in Manx language Manx , the two ... ISBN 901771686 ref It later came to be used by Gaelic speakers in the form of Alba dative Albainn ... of Alba takes its name from it as well. As time passed that kingdom incorporated others to the southern ... road Great Britain A7 , F ilte gu Alba Michel Roger Lafosse who claims the Scottish throne, has ... recorded a song called Alba on their album, The Cutter and the Clan The Cutter And The Clan . In the mid ... Alba on the Scottish soccer football and rugby union rugby tops. Since 2005, the Scottish Football Association SFA have supported the use of Scots Gaelic by adding Alba on the back of the official ... F ilte gu Alba . Phrases such as Alba gu br th may be used as a catch phrase or rallying cry ... Bridge . See also Albanactus Kingdom of Alba Caledonia Scotia References wiktionary reflist Category Scotland br Alba anv badez es Alba nombre is Alba it Alba nome no Alba navn pl Alba imi sv Alba ... more details
T. alba may refer to Tabebuia alba , the ip amarelo da serra or golden trumpet tree, a tree species native to Cerrado vegetation in Brazil Tyto alba , the barn owl, an owl species and one of the most widespread of all birds See also Alba disambiguation Species Latin name abbreviation disambiguation ... more details
italictitle A. alba is an abbreviation of a species name. In binomial nomenclature the name of a species is always the name of the genus to which the species belongs, followed by the species name also called the species epithet . In A. alba the genus name has been abbreviated to A. and the species has been spelled out in full. In a document that uses this abbreviation it should always be clear from the context which genus name has been abbreviated. The Latin species epithet alba means white . Some of the most common uses of A. alba are Abies alba , the European silver fir, a fir species native to the mountains of Europe Amphisbaena alba , the white worm lizard, a species of limbless lizard Amycolatopsis alba , a high GC content bacterium species in the genus Amycolatopsis See also Alba disambiguation Wikispecies Species Latin name abbreviation disambiguation ... more details
italictitle S. alba is an abbreviation of a species name. In binomial nomenclature the name of a species is always the name of the genus to which the species belongs, followed by the species name also called the species epithet . In S. alba the genus name has been abbreviated to S. and the species has been spelled out in full. In a document that uses this abbreviation it should always be clear from the context which genus name has been abbreviated. The Latin species epithet alba means white . Some of the most common uses of S. alba are Salix alba , the white willow, a tree species native to Europe and western and central Asia Sinapis alba , the white mustard, an annual plant species now wide spread worldwide although it probably originated in the Mediterranean region Spiraea alba , the narrowleaf meadowsweet, pale bridewort or pipestem, a shrub species found in the wet soils of the Allegheny Mountains in Virginia, United States See also Alba disambiguation Wikispecies Species Latin name abbreviation disambiguation ... more details
thumb BBC Scotland s and BBCAlba s HQ in Glasgow , Scotland . File Salford Quays Media City.jpg thumb ... One would follow in November 1969. A new Scottish Gaelic television channel, BBCAlba TV channel BBC ... area served Worldwide key people Michael Lyons UK politician Sir Michael Lyons br Chairman, BBC Trust br Mark Thompson br Director General of the BBC Director General br Mark Byford br Deputy Director General industry Broadcasting products services BBC Television Television , BBC Radio Radio & BBC Online Online revenue operating income net income aum assets equity owner num employees parent ... BBC is the principal public service broadcaster in the United Kingdom , with its headquarters ... . BBC. Retrieved on 6 January 2010. British Broadcasting Corporation Broadcasting House ... staff. ref name MediaNewsline cite web title BBC World s largest broadcaster & Most trusted media brand ... web title About the BBC What is the BBC publisher BBC Online url http www.bbc.co.uk info purpose ... in the United Kingdom , Channel Islands and Isle of Man . The BBC is an autonomous public service broadcaster ref name AboutBBC cite web title BBC website About the BBC What is the BBC url ... of public affairs chapter A UK Case Lobbying for a new BBC Charter pages 247 48 editor1 Harris ... licence fee , ref name TrustAR cite web title BBC Annual Report & Accounts 2008 9 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE ... Kingdom Parliament . ref name TVLic2 cite web title BBC Press Office TV Licence Fee facts ... 2010 ref Outside the UK, the BBC World Service has provided services by direct broadcasting and re transmission contracts by sound radio since the inauguration of the BBC Empire Service in December ... are supplemented by profits from commercial operations through a wholly owned subsidiary, BBC Worldwide ... Times and book publishing. The BBC also earns additional income from selling certain programme making services through BBC Studios and Post Production BBC Studios and Post Production Ltd. , formerly ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name This is the BBC Type live Artist Robyn Hitchcock Cover Released April 2006 Recorded 1995 1999 Genre Alternative rock Length Label Hux Records Producer Reviews Last album This album Next album This Is The BBC is an album by Robyn Hitchcock , released on the Hux Records label in April 2006. It rounds up fourteen tracks recorded for radio, primarily with Andy Kershaw between 1995 and 1999. It can therefore be viewed as a sequel piece to The Kershaw Sessions Robyn Hitchcock The Kershaw Sessions . The tracks cover Hitchock s contemporary material at the time of recording, and include a version of the evocative I Saw Nick Drake with lyrical amendments. It also includes a cover of Bob Dylan s It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry . The packaging features Hitchcock s artwork and significantly utilises a painting by his father Raymond as a cover, which dates to 1954. Raymond Hitchcock is also pictured in the booklet. Track listing Man With A Woman s Shadow Heliotrope De Chirico Street The Cheese Alarm Jewels For Sophia Polly On The Shore Where Do You Go When You Die? I Saw Nick Drake It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry Andy Kershaw Jingle Birds In Perspex Sally Was A Legend Elizabeth Jade Madonna Of The Wasps DEFAULTSORT This Is The Bbc Category Robyn Hitchcock albums Category BBC Radio recordings Category 2006 live albums Category 2006 compilation albums ... more details
The House of the Spirits by Chilean author Isabel Allende BBCAlba , a Scottish Gaelic name for Scottish broadcaster BBC Scotland BBCAlba TV channel , a Scottish television channel Sport ALBA Berlin ...Wiktionary Albaalba TOC right Alba may refer to Places Italy Alba, Piedmont , a comune in the Province of Cuneo Alba Adriatica , a comune in the province of Teramo, Abruzzo Alba Fucens , an ancient town in the Province of L Aquila, Abruzzo Alba Longa , an ancient city in the Province of Rome, Lazio Baldissero d Alba , a comune in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont Diano d Alba , a comune in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont Morro d Alba , comune in the Province of Ancona, Marche Republic of Alba , a French revolutionary municipality in Piedmont Republic of Alba 1944 , a short lived state in Piedmont Serralunga d Alba , a comune in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont Vezza d Alba , a comune in the Province ... cooperation organization, Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra Am rica ALBA Romania Alba County , a county in Transylvania Alba Iulia , a city in Alba County, Transylvania Alba, a village in Hude ti, Boto ani Hude ti Commune, Boto ani County Alba, a village in Izvoarele, Tulcea Izvoarele Commune, Tulcea County Scotland Alba , a Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland Somalia Alba, Somalia Spain Alba, Aragon , a municipio in the Province of Teruel Alba de Tormes , a municipio in the Province of Salamanca, Castile and Le n Alba de Yeltes , a municipio in the Province of Salamanca, Castile ... as F nt na Alb Ostriv Zmiinyi , an island in Kiliya Raion, Odessa, known as Alba to the Romans United States Alba, Michigan , an unincorporated community in Antrim County Alba, Missouri , a city in Jasper County Alba, Pennsylvania , a borough in Bradford County Alba, Texas , a town divided between Wood County and Rains County Alba Township, Illinois , a township in Henry County Alba Township, Minnesota , a township in Jackson County People Alba given name Alba surname Entertainment Alba ... more details
Unreferenced date April 2010 MG ALBA is the operating name of the Gaelic Media Service lang gd Seirbheis nam Meadhanan G idhlig . The organisation s remit, under the Communications Act 2003 , is to ensure that a wide and diverse range of high quality Scottish Gaelic Gaelic programmes is made available to persons in Scotland . In addition to the former mandate to fund programme production and development, training, audience research and related activities, the new Service was given new powers to make, schedule and commission programmes and the authority to seek a broadcast licence. This gave MG ALBA the impetus to pursue its vision of managing a sustainable Scottish Gaelic media service that is vibrant, comprehensive, cost effective, contemporary, and reflective of the finest quality of public service broadcasting. The Communications Act specifies that the functions of the Service shall be to secure that a wide and diverse range of high quality programmes in Gaelic are broadcast or otherwise transmitted so as to be available to persons in Scotland . MG ALBA has offices in Stornoway and Glasgow . MG ALBA has formed a partnership with the BBC to broadcast BBCAlba TV channel BBCAlba , Scotland s Gaelic TV channel, which was launched on 19 September 2008. MG ALBA s remit also includes training and development for people working in Gaelic broadcasting. One of its talent development initiatives is Film G, a Gaelic short film competition whose winners are given opportunity to develop their programme ideas to broadcast standard. See also STV TV network BBC Scotland BBCAlba TV channel External links http www.mgalba.com MG ALBA http www.filmg.co.uk index eng.html Film G scotland org stub UK tv stub Category Television in Scotland Category Scottish Gaelic language ca MG Alba ... more details
Rogaciano Alba Alvarez Rogaciano Alba is the current head of Guerrero s cattle ranching union Guerrero cattlemen s association . He was mayor of Petatlan and is a rancher. In 2002 he was investigated for involvement in the murder of Digna Ochoa , a human rights lawyer, Zapatista Army of National Liberation Zapatista supporter and anti logging activist. ref name pr inside.com http www.pr inside.com death toll rises to 17 in r572989.htm Death toll rises to 17 in attacks on cattle ranchers in southern Mexico Bot generated title ref He was also accused of involvement in the murder of Merejildo Torres . ref http mypage.direct.ca c carlos ar27s02i.html as retrieved on 29 April 2008 03 40 03 GMT. ref On May 4, 2008 his home was attacked by forty gunmen. His two sons, Alejandro and Rusbel, were killed, his daughter kidnapped and at least seven other people killed. ref name pr inside.com ref http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi americas 7383559.stm BBC NEWS Americas Ranchers killed in Mexico attack Bot generated title ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Alba, Rogaciano ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Alba, Rogaciano Category Law enforcement in Mexico Category Mayors of places in Mexico Category Living people Category Ranchers ... more details
Alba may refer to Infobox family name name Alba image caption meaning Its meaning is various and disputed the coincidence in form with Latin alba feminine white is suggestive. region Spain nationality Spanish, Italian, and Romanian related names Jessica Alba , an American actress Jordi Alba born 1989 , a Spanish professional footballer Julia Alba born 1972 , a retired Spanish sprinter Luis Larrea Alba 1895 1980 , a President of Ecuador in 1931 Macrino d Alba c. 1460 c. 1510 , an Italian painter Panchito Alba 1925 1995 , a FAMAS award winning Filipino film actor Unai Alba born 1978 , a Spanish footballer V ctor Alba 1916 2003 , a Spanish politician, journalist, writer and university professor See also House of Alba , an important aristocratic family of Spanish origin List of Dukes of Alba , Spanish nobility of the House of Alba surname Alba ... more details
P. alba may refer to Plumeria alba , a large evergreen shrub species native from Central America and the Caribbean Populus alba , the white poplar, a tree speciesnative from Spain and Morocco through central Europe to central Asia Prenanthes alba , the white rattlesnake root, a plant species Prosopis alba , the algarrobo blanco, a tree species found in Argentina Pseudofumaria alba , the white corydalis, a plant species See also Alba disambiguation Species Latin name abbreviation disambiguation ... more details
L. alba may refer to Limnanthes alba , the white meadowfoam, a flowering plant species native to California and Oregon Lippia alba , a flowering plant species native to southern Texas in the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and South America See also Alba disambiguation Species Latin name abbreviation disambiguation ... more details
I. alba may refer to Ipomoea alba , the moonflower or moon vine, a flowering plant species native to tropical and subtropical regions of the New World, from northern Argentina to Mexico and Florida. Iphinopsis alba , a sea snail species See also Alba disambiguation Species Latin name abbreviation disambiguation ... more details
B. alba may refer to Baptisia alba , the white wild indigo or white false indigo, a herbaceous plant species native from central and eastern North America Basella alba , the Malabar spinach, a perennial vine species found in the tropics Bidens alba , the romerillo, a plant species in the genus Bidens Bryonia alba , the white bryony, a vigorous vine species found in the Western North America See also Alba disambiguation Species Latin name abbreviation disambiguation ... more details
C. alba may refer to Calidris alba , syn. Crocethia alba , the sanderling, a small wader species and a circumpolar Arctic breeder Chiococca alba , a flowering plant species native to Florida and the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean and tropical South America Copernicia alba , a palm tree species found in Bolivia, Paraguay, Colombia, Brazil and Argentina Cornus alba , the Siberian, white or red barked dogwood, a large shrub or small tree species Correa alba , the white correa, a shrub species endemic to Australia Cryptocarya alba , the peumo, an evergreen tree species found in Chile Cyclaspis alba , a crustacean species in the genus Cyclaspis See also Alba disambiguation Species Latin name abbreviation disambiguation ... more details
Expand Italian topic geo date April 2009 Infobox Italian comune name Alba Adriatica official name Comune di Alba Adriatica native name image skyline Alba Adriatica.jpg imagesize image alt image caption Alba Adriatica town hall image shield Alba Adriatica Stemma.png shield alt image map map alt map caption pushpin label position pushpin map alt latd 42 latm 50 lats 4.92 latNS N longd 13 longm 55 longs 15.60 longEW E coordinates type coordinates display title coordinates footnotes region Abruzzo province Province of Teramo Teramo TE frazioni Basciani, Casasanta, Villa Fiore mayor party mayor Franchino Giovannelli since April, 2008 area footnotes area total km2 9.5 population footnotes population total 11820 population as of 2008 pop density footnotes population demonym Albensi elevation footnotes elevation m 5 twin1 twin1 country saint Saint Euphemia day September 16 postal code 64011 area code 0861 website official http www.comune.alba adriatica.te.it footnotes Alba Adriatica is a town and comune with 11,820 residents 2008 in the province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of central eastern Italy . It is known as one of the seven sisters of the northern Abruzzo Adriatic sea coast , i.e. the seven coastal towns in the province of Teramo , the other six being from north to south Martinsicuro ... the town the European Blue Flag beach Blue Flag in years 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008. The comune of Alba ... chef Province of Teramo Category Cities and towns in Abruzzo Abruzzo geo stub roa rup Alba Adriatica bcl Alba Adriatica br Alba Adriatica de Alba Adriatica es Alba Adriatica eo Alba Adriatica fr Alba Adriatica gl Alba Adriatica it Alba Adriatica jv Alba Adriatica lmo Alba Adriatica hu Alba Adriatica nl Alba Adriatica ja nap Alba Adriatica no Alba Adriatica pms Alba Adriatica pl Alba Adriatica pt Alba Adriatica ru roa tara Alba Adriatica uk vo Alba Adriatica war Alba Adriatica ... more details
G. alba may refer to Gentiana alba , the pale gentian, white gentian or cream gentian, a herbaceous flowering plant species Geocrinia alba , the white bellied frog, a small frog species found in Southwest Australia Gygis alba , the white tern, a small seabird species found across the tropical oceans of the world See also Alba disambiguation Species Latin name abbreviation disambiguation ... more details
Image Escudo de los lvarez de Toledo.svg thumb right 160px Coat of arms of the Dukes of Alba of the House ... of arms of the Dukes of Alba of the House of FitzJames The Dukes of House of AlbaAlba lang es Duques de Alba de Tormes are Spanish nobility and Grandee s of Spain . In 1472 the title Alba de Tormes Count of Alba de Tormes , inherited by Garc a lvarez de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba Garc a lvarez de Toledo , was elevated to the title Duke of Alba by King Henry IV of Castile . Famous members of the family include Don honorific Don Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba , governor of the Spanish Netherlands references to Alba Alva in Dutch , particularly in the context of Dutch history, are usually about him and Do a Mar a del Pilar de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba , a muse of the painter Francisco ... de Medici and the line of the Duke of Berwick . Counts of Alba de Tormes Don Hernando lvarez de Toledo, 1st Count of Alba Don Garc a lvarez de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba Garc a lvarez de Toledo, 2nd Count of Alba created Duke of Alba in 1472 Dukes and Duchesses of Alba de Tormes Don Garc a lvarez de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba Don Fadrique lvarez de Toledo, 2nd Duke of Alba Don Fernando lvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba Fernando lvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba 1507 1582 Don Fadrique lvarez de Toledo, 4th Duke of Alba Don Antonio lvarez de Toledo, 5th Duke of Alba Don Fernando lvarez de Toledo, 6th Duke of Alba Don Antonio lvarez de Toledo, 7th Duke of Alba Don Antonio lvarez de Toledo, 8th Duke of Alba Don Antonio lvarez de Toledo, 9th Duke of Alba Don Francisco lvarez de Toledo, 10th Duke of Alba Do a Mar a Teresa lvarez de Toledo, 11th Duchess of Alba Don Fernando de Silva, 12th Duke of Alba Do a Mar a del Pilar de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba 1762 1802 Don Carlos Miguel Fitz James Stuart, 14th Duke of Alba see also list of Duke of Berwick Don Jacobo Fitz James Stuart, 15th Duke of Alba Don Carlos Mar a Fitz James Stuart, 16th Duke of Alba Don Jacobo Fitz ... more details
Italic title Taxobox name Terebra alba image image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Mollusca classis Gastropoda unranked familia clade Caenogastropoda br clade Hypsogastropoda br clade Neogastropoda superfamilia Conoidea familia Terebridae subfamilia genus Terebra species T. alba binomial Terebra alba binomial authority Gray, 1834 synonyms ref synonyms Terebra alba is a species of sea snail , a marine gastropod mollusk in the family biology family Terebridae , the auger snails. ref name WoRMS WRMS species 420231 Terebra alba Gray, 1834 7 April 2010 ref Description Empty section date April 2010 Distribution Empty section date April 2010 References reflist External links Use dmy dates date January 2011 DEFAULTSORT Terebra Alba Category Terebridae terebridae stub pt Terebra alba vi Terebra alba ... more details
Image Escudodecasadealba.png thumb right 250 px The coat of arms of the Dukes of Alba. The House of Alba Spanish language es Casa de Alba is an important aristocratic family of Spain Spanish origin who derive from the 12th century Mozarab nobility of post conquest Toledo, Spain Toledo . Their claim to Alba traces to 1429, when the first lvarez de Toledo was made Lord of the City of Alba de Tormes . In 1492, it was a member of this family, the second Duke of Alba who signed the capitulation of the city of Treaty of Granada Granada . Don honorific Don Fernando lvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba was given the title of Governor General of the Spanish Netherlands during the mid 16th century. In the early 18th century the Duchy of Alba was inherited by the Dukes of Berwick together with all the patrimony of the House of Alba possibly the most important one in Spain . The current head of the House of Alba, Cayetana Fitz James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba , holds the Guinness Book of Records for number of titles with over 50 titles. See also List of Dukes of Alba the of alba External links http www.fuenterrebollo.com Heraldica Piedra casa alba.html Site about the origins of the House of Alba es icon Category House of Alba interwiki de Haus lvarez de Toledo es Casa de Alba it Alba famiglia ja ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Distinguish Alba image Flag of the Republic of Alba.svg 200px thumb The flag The so called Republic of Alba Lang it Repubblica di Alba was a French revolution revolutionary municipality proclaimed on April 26, 1796 , in Alba CN Alba , northern Italy , when the town was taken by the French army . The municipality had a very short life, because with the Armistice of Cherasco on April 28, king Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia was given back the civil control of all Piedmont . Lacking any effective control of its land, the municipality is remembered for two reasons, the first being the partisan Republic of Alba 1944 Republic of Alba which took its name during World War II , the second one is its flag, designed by the jacobin Juan Antonio Ranza, who said that the blue and red were for France while the orange is taken to the tree of the Piedmont s shield. The flag existed in both horizontal and vertical tricolour versions, and it is used nowadays on some occasions by Piedmont Region Piedmont . See also Subalpine Republic Republic of Alba 1944 DEFAULTSORT Republic Of Alba Category Alba br Republik Alba es Rep blica de Alba fr R publique d Alba it Repubblica di Alba nl Republiek Alba ja no Republikken Alba nn Republikken Alba pl Republika Alby 1796 1801 fi Alban tasavalta ... more details
italic title taxobox name White Correa image Correa Alba RTBG.jpg regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Rosids ordo Sapindales familia Rutaceae genus Correa plant Correa species C. alba binomial Correa alba binomial authority Henry Charles Andrews Andrews synonyms Correa rufa Labill. Vent. Correa alba var. rotundifolia DC. Mazeutoxeron rufum Labill. Correa alba , commonly known as White Correa , is a shrub which is endemic to Australia . It grows to 1.5 metres in height, has reddish brown hairy new growth, ovate leaves and white or occasionally light pink flowers which usually appear between mid autumn and early winter April to June in Australia The species was first formally described by Henry Charles Andrews in 1798. There are currently two recognised varieties Correa alba Andrews var. alba Correa alba var. pannosa Paul G.Wilson Distribution The species occurs in sandy or rocky areas in coastal areas of south eastern Australia south of Port Stephens, New South Wales Port Stephens . Cultivation Correa alba is a hardy species in well drained situations that withstands coastal exposure. A position in full sun is best for flowering, but it can also be grown in part shade. It may be used to create an informal hedge or as a container plant. ref name Greig cite book author Greig, D. title The Australian Gardener s Wildflower Catalogue publisher Angus & Robertson location Australia year 1987 id ISBN 0207154600 ref References reflist http www.anbg.gov.au cgi bin apni?TAXON NAME Correa alba Australian Plant Name Index APNI Correa alba http plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au cgi bin NSWfl.pl?page nswfl&lvl sp&name Correa alba PlantNET New South Wales Flora Online Correa alba commonscat Category Correa alba Category Flora of New South Wales Category Flora of Tasmania Category Flora of Victoria Australia Rutaceae stub Australia rosid stub az Correa alba es Correa alba ... more details
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