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A13 - Auto-estrada Almeirim/Marateca A14 - Auto-estrada Figueira da Foz/Coimbra Norte Brisa owns 50% of Auto-Estradas do Atlântico , operator of the A8 and A15 motorways until 2028; [ 3 ] 70% of the Brisal concession, which is licensed to run the A17 road until 2034; and with a 45% stake [ 2 ] heads the Douro Litoral consortium which will ...
New sections of motorways were then built in the 1970s and the early 1980s, like the Vila Franca de Xira–Carregado (1977), Carregado–Aveiras de Cima (1980), Condeixa-a-Nova–Mealhada (1982, which permitted bypassing the city centre of Coimbra), Santa Maria da Feira–Carvalhos (1980) and Albergaria-a-Velha–Santa Maria da Feira (1983 ...
The International Business Center of Madeira (IBCM) or Madeira International Business Centre (MIBC), formally known as the Madeira Free Trade Zone, is a set of tax benefits authorised by Decree-Law 500/80 in 1980, legislated [1] [2] in 1986, and amended throughout the years by the Portuguese government to favor the Autonomous Region of Madeira.
Coimbra District (Portuguese: Distrito de Coimbra, pronounced [kuˈĩbɾɐ] ⓘ or [ˈkwĩbɾɐ]) is located in the Centro Region, Portugal. The district capital is the city of Coimbra . Municipalities
An engraving of the Monastery of Santa Cruz, as it appeared in the 19th century, when it was an abandoned derelict. After the Christian conquest from the Moors, Afonso Henriques moved the capital of the kingdom from Guimarães to Coimbra, a strategic location and point of departure for future incursions into the Muslim south.
In 1835, the restructuring of municipal government under the Liberal reformer Mouzinho da Silveira lead to the creation of two new municipalities (Santana and Porto Moniz) along the northern coast of Madeira, which reduced the area of São Vicente. [1] [2] But, by 1867, under decree it reverted to its former dimensions. [1]
ISO 3166-2:PT is the entry for Portugal in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
The A 1—Autoestrada do Norte—is the biggest and the most important highway in Portugal.It connects the two largest cities in Portugal, Lisbon and Porto, also passing by some district capitals and industrial zones.