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Meaning of elefante blanco




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elefante blanco
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Rare animal considered sacred in some Asian countries. For this reason, the Kings of Siam had several copies and if they wanted to punish a subject only had to give her one, since maintenance was so expensive that it would lead him to ruin.

  




Manuel Penichet P

When is crowned the Pope Leon X in Rome in 1514, the King Manuel I of Portugal you gave an elephant white brought from the India of name Hanno. The Pope accepted the gift by courtesy and commanded him to make a special building to keep him locked up in the Vatican.Since it is said that a white elephant is anything that costs a lot of money keeping and has no value (is not).

  


carlos maria bilbao

Something that is very rare to find.

  


Margarito Cázares Guerrero

Building or other large construction which does not benefit

  



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