Grecia

The story behind the construction of the church varies depending on who tells it, but it goes something like this:. The Reyes brothers must then take action. Grecia is well-known for its unique Catholic Church that is made entirely out of steel. Gabriela refuses to see the truth until it is too late and she soon finds herself in grave danger. Grecia is a mid-sized town in the country of Costa Rica. He manages to alienate Gabriela's family, virtually take control of the estate, and spend much of her money on gambling and raucous living. The plot reaches a climax when Gabriela marries a very dangerous suitor, and a former son-in-law, Fernando Escandón.

Gabriela's now-dead husband had been having an affair with the Reyes brothers' younger sister. The Reyes brothers unexpectedly fall for the three daughters of the wealthy widow Gabriela Elizondo (played by veteran actress Cristina Lilley), who owns a neighboring hacienda. The plot centered around the three Reyes brothers (played by Mario Cimarro, Michel Brown, and Juan Alfonso Baptista), who inherit a hacienda (large ranch estate). The music from this serial is available on CD (Sony label) and features most of the norteño and cumbia style songs from the show.

All serials aired on Telemundo can be viewed with English subtitles by setting your television's menu options to Closed Captioning channel CC3 or C3. The majority of actors from this novela would appear in two subsequent serials--Te voy a enseñar a querer (2004) and La mujer en el espejo (2004)--both also produced by RTI Colombia & Telemundo. It also helped to launch several actors to stardom including Michel Brown of Argentina, Juan Alfonso Baptista of Venezuela, and Natasha Klaus of Colombia. telenovela market.

Pasión de Gavilanes helped establish RTI Colombia as a major force in the U.S. It has also had runs in over 100 countries--from Argentina to Romania to Malaysia--and is considered one of the most successful serials ever made. The serial was so popular that it had two runs (one in primetime and one in daytime) in the United States on NBC-owned Telemundo. In Colombia, it was broadcasted by Caracol TV.

It was produced by RTI Colombia in conjunction with the Telemundo network. Pasión de gavilanes ("Hawk's Passion") was a popular Colombian telenovela (soap opera) which ran for 188 episodes, from 2003 to 2004.