Example sentences for: felipe

How can you use “felipe” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A century later on 19 March 1812, while under attack from Napoleon’s forces, the national parliament met in the St. Felipe Neri Church and proclaimed the first Spanish parliament.

  • In 1556, Charles abdicated in favor of his son, Felipe II, good news for Spain and even better for Madrid.

  • The grassy area, cut by one gravel path, leads to the end of the promontory — and the mighty Fuerte San Felipe del Morro, usually simply referred to as “El Morro” (meaning “the headland”).

  • In the latter part of the 16th century, it twice came under attack by enemy naval forces, and a period of prosperity ensued when the Casa de Contratación, or the monopoly rights for trade with the Americas, was transferred from Sevilla by order of Felipe V in 1717.

  • The talaiot and taula at the site have been slightly damaged, not least when the French army fortified it and mounted guns to fire on the British in Fort San Felipe.


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