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A month after his death many districts renamed streets, schools, neighbourhoods, institutions and other places after "Néstor Kirchner". Some noteworthy examples are the Néstor Kirchner Cultural Centre (formerly "Bicentennial Cultural Centre") and the second leg of the 2010–11 Argentine Primera División season .
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The second largest city in Russia has had three different names – and is using one of them for the second time. Saint Petersburg was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great following the reconquering of land from Sweden in the Great Northern War. It was named after his patron saint, the apostle Saint Peter. Nine years later in 1712, it was established a...
India’s second most populous city Mumbai changed its name in 1995 – having previously been known as Bombay. That wasn’t the only other name for the city though. Previous names included Galajunkia and Kakamuchee, while it was also known as Manbai and similar variations. In 1508, writer Gaspar Correia called the city Bom Baim – meaning ‘good little b...
In April 2018, Swaziland officially changed its name to Eswatini. King Mswati III made the decision to celebrate the country’s 50th anniversary of independence, but also to avoid international confusion.
Dec 10, 2015 · As 15 years of Kirchnerismo draw to a close in Argentina, Irene Caselli looks at one of its most notable legacies in the capital Buenos Aires - the 116,000 sq m Kirchner Cultural Centre.
- New Amsterdam to New York (1664). The most populous city in the US and the financial center of the world, this massive port city was first settled by Dutch trappers in 1624 who named it after their capital in Holland (The Netherlands).
- Constantinople to Istanbul (1930). One of the world’s most historic and major cities, Constantinople was the capital of 4 empires and was fought over numerous times.
- Persia to Iran (1935). The name Persia was never really the name the people that lived in that country called it, but was the accepted name the rest of the world referred to it by.
- Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City (1976). Not called Saigon until the 1600’s (previously known as Prey Nokor), Saigon was the capital of French Indochina (Cochinchina) and was known as “The Paris of the Orient.”
List of city name changes. This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time. see also: Geographical renaming, List of names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the ...
May 25, 2003 · A month after his death many districts renamed streets, schools, neighbourhoods, institutions and other places after "Néstor Kirchner". Some noteworthy examples are the Néstor Kirchner Cultural Centre (formerly "Bicentennial Cultural Centre") and the second leg of the 2010–11 Argentine Primera División season.
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Sep 1, 2024 · The Kirchners’ political careers were marred by scandals and accusations of corruption, but they also yanked Argentina out of a crippling financial crisis, empowered the gay and trans community before any other South American country, and brought justice to those involved in the country’s genocide.
