Posada

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Posada is a Spanish term for inn. It could be used as a family name or as a place name. Posada could also refer to:

Contents 1 Cultural and historic uses 2 People 3 Places 4 Buildings

[edit] Cultural and historic uses

• Las Posadas or La Posada is a Latin American Christmas celebration.
• Pedir posada is a typical song of a Posada celebration.
• Battle of Posada was a battle part of the Hungarian-Wallachian Wars.

[edit] People

• Diego Fernández de Córdoba, Marquis of Guadalcázar and Count of Posadas (1578-1630) was viceroy of New Spain.
• Gervasio Antonio de Posadas (1757-1833) was a member of Argentina's Second triumvirate.
• José Guadalupe Posada (1851-1913, a Mexican engraver and illustrator.
• Guillermo Posadas (1886-1937), a Mexican composer.
• J. Posadas (1912-1981), pseudonym of Homero Romulo Cristalli Frasnelli, an Argentinian Trotskyist.
• Luis Posada Carriles (born 1928) is a Cuban anti-Castro fugitive involved in terrorism.
• José Domingo Posada González (born 1940), a Spanish member of the European Parliament.
• Jorge Posada (born 1971), a Puerto Rican baseball player.

[edit] Places

• Posadas, Misiones is the capital of the Argentinian province of Misiones.
• Posadas, Córdoba is a municipality in Córdoba Province, Spain.
• Posada, Sardinia is an ancient town of Sardinia, Italy.
• San Giovanni di Posada is a small village in Sardinia, Italy, in the territory of Posada.
• Posada, Romania is a town in Romania.
• Posada (Asturias) is a parish in the municipality of Llanes in Asturias, Spain.

[edit] Buildings

• La Posada de Albuquerque is an historic building in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
• Guadalupe Posada Museum is a museum is located Aguascalientes and dedicated to José Guadalupe Posada.