The España-Florida Foundation 500 Years has launched an initiative that will bring Spanish explorer Pedro Menéndez de Avilés – played by actor Chaz Mena – to numerous Florida schools.
The second stop took place in Dade County; the Ada Merrit and the Key Biscayne K8 Community Center were privileged with the explorer’s presence this week.
The year is 1567: Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Spanish Navy admiral, Florida’s first governor and founder of St. Augustine, returns to his home in Asturias two years after founding St. Augustine, the oldest city in the United States. The children will spend some time with Don Pedro at his home in Avilés and then witness a reenactment of his exploits in the New World in an interactive, dynamic and educational performance.
American Chaz Mena is a renowned stage actor who has also appeared in movies and TV series such as “Law & Order” and “Miami Vice.”
Starting on Thursday, September 2 and continuing through Saturday, September 4, the events commemorate St. Augustine’s standing as the longest continually inhabited city founded by Europeans in what is now the Unite ...
Santiago Cabanas, Spain’s consul general in Miami, hosted a July 13 meeting between members of the España-Florida Foundation 500 Years’ board of directors and Jorge Dezcallar, Spain’s ambassad ...
In their efforts to conquer and colonize North America, the Spanish brought to the "New World" different customs, values, and traditions from their colonial rivals, the British and the French. Unlike the Pilgrims of ...
The Board of Directors of the Spain-Florida Foundation 500 years, the uppermost members of the organization will meet on the 18 of June in their head office in Coral G ...
On Saturday, June 26, 2010
ST. AUGUSTINE, FL
10AM until 4PM
ST. AUGUSTINE, FL - In the early morning hours of June 26, 1740, the village of Gracia Real de Santa Tere ...