Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Casa da Guiné (English: House of Guinea), later known as the Casa da Guiné e Mina and also referred to as the Portuguese Guinea Company, was a state-run Portuguese commercial institution, tasked with the management of the Portuguese Empire's economic interests and colonization in West Africa, particularly on the Gulf of Guinea, on the Gold Coast, and on the Slave Coast.
Casa Guilhermina was produced as a collaborative effort: Ana Moura not only interpreted but also took on part of the executive co-production. Conan Osíris contributed with lyrics and other musical inputs, Pedro da Linha led the production of Moura's new electronic sound, and Pedro Mafama was responsible for the artistic and conceptual ...
Bato às Portas da Vida - Lisboa, Edições SIT, 1951; Nada lhe Será Perdoado (Nothing Will Be Forgiven) - Lisboa, Edições SIT, 1953; A Primeira Vítima do Diabo (The Devil's First Victim) - Lisboa, Edições SIT, 1954; Terras onde se fala Português (Lands where Portuguese is spoken) - Rio de Janeiro, Ed. Casa do Estudante do Brasil, 1957
Paula Fortes (1945–2011) was a Cape Verdean independence activist.. A native of Mindelo, Fortes became an orphan at 13, and at 16 joined the struggle against the Portuguese; she organized students at the Escola Piloto.
The state was designated Portuguesa on August 4, 1909, named after the Portuguesa River.The name of the river is in turn said to be derived from a local legend about a young woman of Portuguese descent who drowned in the Portuguesa River, possibly accompanying the conquistadors who founded the city of Guanare, the capital of the state.
The Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portuguesa (Houaiss Dictionary of the Portuguese Language) is a major reference dictionary for the Portuguese language, edited by Brazilian writer Antônio Houaiss. The dictionary was composed by a team of two hundred lexicographers from several countries. The project started in 1986 and was finished in 2000 ...
The Casa das Histórias Paula Rego ("House of Stories Paula Rego") is a museum in Cascais, Lisbon District, on the Portuguese Riviera, designed by the architect Eduardo Souto de Moura to house some of the works of the artist Paula Rego (1935 – 2022).
The Armazém da Guiné e Índias, the shipyards of the Casa da Índia. Separately from the Casa was the Armazém da Guiné e Índias, the new name for the naval arsenal. It was assigned all nautical responsibilities, such as the running of the Lisbon dockyards, the construction of ships, the hiring and training of crews and supplying the fleets ...