Miraflores
Miraflores is the name of several places in Spanish-speaking countries. It is also the name of a battle fought in Peru in 1881. It means "to watch flowers" or "flower's view" from mira ("watch") and flores ("flowers").
Places
- Caribbean
- Miraflores, Distrito Nacional, a sector in the city of Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic
- Europe
- Miraflores, a neighbourhood near Lisbon, Portugal
- Miraflores, a neighbourhood in Marbella, Spain
- Miraflores de la Sierra, a town and municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain
- Mexico
- Miraflores, Baja California Sur, a town in the municipality of Los Cabos, Mexico
- South America
- Miraflores, Catamarca, a village and municipality in Argentina
- Miraflores, Chaco, a village and municipality in Argentina
- Miraflores Private Neighborhood, in Tortuguitas, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Miraflores Neighborhood, in La Paz, Bolivia
- Miraflores (Chile), a residential suburb in Viña del Mar, Valparaíso Region, Chile
- Miraflores, Guaviare, a town and municipality in Colombia
- Miraflores, Boyacá, a town and municipality in Colombia
- Miraflores (Ecuador), a residential quarter in Ambato, Ecuador
- Miraflores, a city sector of Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Miraflores District, Lima, one of the 43 subdivisions of the city of Lima, Peru
- United States
- Miraflores, California, a ghost town
Structures
- Miraflores Charterhouse, a Carthusian monastery in Burgos, Spain
- Miraflores (Panama), a lock in the Panama canal
- Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, the official workplace of the President of Venezuela.
- Museo Miraflores, an archeological museum in Guatemala City
Art
- Miraflores Altarpiece, a 15th-century triptych painted by Rogier van der Weyden
Events
- Battle of Miraflores, in the Miraflores District of Lima, Peru
Sports
- CB Miraflores, a basketball club in Burgos, Spain
See also
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