Marbella


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Mar·bel·la

 (mär-bĕl′ə, -vĕ′lyä)
A city of southern Spain on the Mediterranean Sea southwest of Málaga. It is a noted tourist resort.
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Marbella

(maːˈbeijə)
n
(Placename) a coastal resort in S Spain, on the Costa del Sol. Pop: 100 000 (2004 est)
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Welcoming them into producer Cameron Mackintosh's universe was longtime 'Saigon' actor Christian 'Chuck' Marbella, who has been alternating as the Engineer, and is approaching his 10th year, collectively, as part of the 'Saigon' machinery.
Uniquely embellished with Andalusian architecture, the Marbella Resort -- the emirate's first and oldest hotel resort -- still manages to lure hundreds of visitors, despite a number of newer establishments coming up around it.
Summary: A wildfire is raging towards the holiday resort of Marbella, on Spain's Costa del Sol.
At least 300 Britons are among thousands of tourists and residents evacuated by Spanish authorities as a wall of fire closes in on the major holiday resort of Marbella.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, March 10, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Group Metro, a leading real estate and transportation company based in Santo Domingo, is pleased to announce that the second phase of Marbella, one of it's beachfront developments in Juan Dolio, reached 75% completion, setting the stage for the final delivery by October 2012.
FORMER James Bond star Sir Sean Connery, pictured with his wife Micheline Roquebrune, is to be questioned over a property deal in the Spanish city of Marbella. Spanish media said Connery and his wife are to be called to a court over matters related to the sale of an estate in the area.
MARBELLA is often wrongly thought about as one of the concrete nightmares of the Costa del Sol, or as a really expensive place to visit.
Officials in the Costa del Sol resort of Marbella spoke of their fears the town was becoming strangled by organised crime.
Cunningham celebrated the official opening of Marbella, the newest residential jewel along the famed Hudson River "Gold Coast" and the tallest residential building in the New Jersey.
Marbella said his group feared that under the Aquino administration, the coco levy funds would end up in the pockets of officials and legislators following President Aquino's refusal to let go of the pork barrel system.