Hortensia (disambiguation)

Hortensia (disambiguation)

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Hortensia is a common name for the Hydrangea genus of flowering plants.

Hortensia may also refer to:

People

*Hortensia (orator), a Roman woman who successfully repealed a tax imposed by the Second Triumvirate in 42 BC
*Hortensia Bussi, also known as Hortensia Allende, the wife of the Chilean president Salvador Allende.

Places

*Villa Hortensia (Rosario), a mansion in the city of Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina.
*Região das Hortênsias, a scenic tourist route in the Serra Gaúcha in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
*13116 Hortensia, an asteroid discovered in 1993.

Law

*Lex Hortensia, an ancient Roman law named after the Republican dictator Quintus Hortensius.


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