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Bonifacio (bōnēfä`chö), town (1993 est. pop. 2,701), S Corsica, France. A picturesque port with trade in olive oil, wine, and fish, Bonifacio faces Sardinia across the Strait of Bonifacio (7 mi/11.3 km wide). The oldest town of Corsica, it was founded (c.828) on the site of a citadel built by Boniface I, count of Tuscany. It later passed to Pisa and to Genoa. There is a Pisan-style church (12th–13th cent.). The town, surrounded by a rampart, is medieval in character. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Second baseman Emilio Bonifacio set franchise single season and career records for stolen bases (61) and had 175 hits, the second most in JetHawks history. Perhaps the most significant is Bonifacio Global City (BGC), which was initiated with the sale of development rights to a 214-hectare portion of Fort Bonifacio, a former military base, to a consortium of businesses for US$1. On the Philippine Revolution, see: Teodoro Agoncillo, The Revolt of the Masses; The Story of Bonifacio and the Katipunan (Quezon City, Philippines, 1956); Teodoro Agoncillo, Malolos The Crisis of the Republic (Quezon City, Philippines, 1960); Renato Constantino, The Philippines: A Past Revisited (Quezon City, Philippines, 1975); and Rey Ileto, Pasyon and Revolution Popular Movements in the Philippines, 1840-10 (Quezon City, Philippines, 1979). |
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