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The Porto Alegre City Council is the Legislative branch of Porto Alegre. It is composed of 36 councilors who are elected by an open list election. The Council serves as a balance of power against the mayor, as Porto Alegre has a strong mayor-council type of government. Porto Alegre City Council oversees all Executive agencies, departments, and ...
Santa Maria was the first island in the archipelago to be discovered by Diogo Silves in 1427. [3] By 2 July 1439, a royal charter from Infante D. Pedro, regent of D. Afonso V, referred to the fact that Prince Henry the Navigator had ordered that sheep be set ashore along the seven islands of the Azores (since Corvo and Flores had, at the time, not been discovered). [3]
Building of the Câmara Municipal of Porto. A câmara municipal (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkɐmɐɾɐ munisiˈpal], meaning literally municipal chamber and often referred as câmara de vereadores or simply as câmara) is a type of municipal governing body, existing in several countries of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries.
Vila do Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvilɐ ðu ˈpoɾtu]) is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila do Porto, located on the island of Santa Maria, in the Portuguese autonomous region of Azores. It is the southernmost and easternmost parish in the archipelago of Azores.
El Puerto de Santa María (Spanish pronunciation: [el ˈpweɾto ðe ˈsanta maˈɾi.a]), locally known as El Puerto and historically in English as Port Saint Mary, [2] [3] is a municipality of Spain located on the banks of the Guadalete River in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia.
The 2021 Porto local election was held on 26 September 2021 to elect the members of the Porto City Council. As expected, Rui Moreira , mayor since 2013, won a third term as Mayor of Porto, despite losing his majority in the city council.
The inner wall of the Casa da Câmara and inscription of the ...Undefeated City of Porto Detail of the inscription. The house is located in an isolated location, with the historic centre and any area of elevated patrimonial value, along the wall of the Sé Cathedral of Porto. [1]
The red basaltic geological formation of Poço da Pedreira mined for the red stone. The parish is located between the Ribeira do Salto and Ponta do Norte, with its main nucleus along a valley, in an area of southeastern Santa Maria, about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from the seat of Vila do Porto.