Re: Meanwhile...

Op 24/01/2025 om 10:03 schreef Ross Clark:

We went right past Our Lady of Altagracia Day, which is celebrated in the Dominican Republic., 21 January. When I looked it up I realized what a big deal it is:
>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Altagracia

In the page of the location itself the pronunciation [la altaˈɣɾasja], typically ignoring the different a-sounds for Spanish (as they're not phonemic but only phonetic, or non-existing altogether for some unwilling ears).
There's a nice town https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alta_Gracia, featuring a copy of Lourdes' Virgin's Sanctuary, a Che Guevarra museum and a Manuel de Falla museum, both men having lived there. In the latter I was once allowed to play some Bach on a honkytonk piano.
I learn from your link that Alta Gracia was given its name after the Dominican Virgin's.
--
guido wugi