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Guardia Civil

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

The Guardia Civil is the Spanish gendarme. It is a police force that has both military and civilian functions. It has foreign peace-keeping missions and maintains military status and is the equivalent of a federal paramilitary police. The Guardia Civil uses as its leading emblem the motto “El honor es mi divisa” (Honour is my [...]

LaGuardia Airport

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

LaGuardia Airport is an airport located in Queens County on Long Island in the the City of New York. The airport is located on the waterfront of Flushing Bay, and borders the neighborhoods of Astoria, Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst. The airport was originally named Glenn H. Curtiss Airport after aviation pioneer Glenn Hammond Curtissthen [...]

Guardia, Italy

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Villa Guardia is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northwest of Milan and about 6 km southwest of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,879 and an area of 7.7 km2.