Os de Balaguer
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Os de Balaguer is a municipality in the comarca of Noguera, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of 1,088.
Os de Balaguer
Gaspar de Portolá
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Don Gaspar de Portolá y Rovira was a Spanish Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the first governor of the Californias from 1767 to 1770. Born in Catalonia into an aristocratic famil
Os de Balaguer
…the UNESCO World Heritage List and the former Augustianian monastery of Santa Maria de Bellpuig de les Avellanes. Os de Balaguer was the birthplace of Gaspar de Portolá (1716–1784), governor of Baja and Alta California (1767–1770), explorer and founder of San Diego and Monterey. The municipality is split into two parts…
Retrat Gaspar de Portolà
Monument to Portolá in Balaguer, Catalonia.
Portolá expedition monument in Pacifica, California honoring Portolá's first sighting of San Francisco Bay.
Monument to Portolá in Sant Esteve de la Sarga, Catalonia.