Hortensia (disambiguation)
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- Hortensia (orator), a Roman woman who successfully repealed a tax imposed by the Second Triumvirate in 42 BC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, widow of 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 Roman Republican dictator Quintus Hortensius
Other
- Hortensia Diamond, a peach colored diamond of 20 carats formerly part of the French Crown Jewels, now in the Louvre
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