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Aguda Beach (Praia da Aguda in Portuguese) is a small fishermen village located at about 13 km south of the city of Porto, in Arcozelo, a parish of Vila Nova de Gaia Municipality. It is known for its wide sandy beach (FEE Blue Flag beach) [1] and for its sea waters reach in marine life. Actually its waters are also, highly appreciated for ...
The Instituto Politécnico do Porto (Polytechnic University of Porto), also referred to as Politécnico do Porto (Porto Polytechnic) and P.PORTO (since 2016, for naming and branding purposes), is a composition of multiple polytechnic schools based in Porto region.
The Colégio Luso-Internacional do Porto (abbreviated as CLIP; Portuguese for Luso-International School of Porto), officially known in English as the Oporto International School, is a private international school in Porto, Portugal.
Liceu Domingos Ramos is a public secondary school in the northern part of the city centre of Praia, Cape Verde. As of 2015, it has 2,300 students, 63 classes and 110 teachers. [2] It was established as Liceu Adriano Moreira in 1960. In 1975, at the independence of Cape Verde, it was renamed Liceu Domingos Ramos. [3]
The University of Cape Verde was created by decree-law 53/2006 of 20 November 2006 by merging of three colleges: [3] [4]. ISE (Instituto Superior de Educação, High Institute of Education) in Palmarejo, Praia, created under the decree-law 54/95 of October 2, 1995
A depiction of Praia during the 1781 Battle of Porto Praya. Praia, depicted in 1806. The island of Santiago was discovered by António da Noli in 1460. [2]: 73 The first settlement on the island was Ribeira Grande (Cidade Velha). The village Praia de Santa Maria was first mentioned around 1615 and grew near the natural harbour. [3]
Miramar (short walk to the village and the beach); suburban trains to Valadares, Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto to the North and Granja, Espinho, Esmoriz, Ovar, Estarreja and Aveiro to the South. 41°04′N 8°39′W / 41.067°N 8.650°W / 41.067;
The naval battle of Porto Praya, part of the Anglo-French War of 1778-83, took place on April 16, 1781 inside the harbor. [7] The port of Praia was the first stop of Charles Darwin's voyage with HMS Beagle in 1832. [8] The old quay of São Januário was located at Praia Negra, directly under the Plateau (Praia).