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Cruz de Pau is a locality in the parish of Amora, in the municipality of Seixal in Portugal. It is part of the Lisbon metropolitan area . It is served by the suburban train Fertagus station of Foros de Amora and the bus company TST, Transportes Sul do Tejo that links the locality both to Lisbon (15mins) and Setúbal (35mins) city centres.
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Cruz Alta is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.The town is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cruz Alta.Was founded on August 18, 1821. The municipality is known to have given rise to many other municipalities as Ijuí, Santa Maria, Passo Fundo, Santo Angelo and their initial territory led to more other, became known by the northwestern mother. [2]
In 1835, the chapel of Santa Rita de Cássia was built, which further stimulated the growth of the village. An image of the saint, coming from the Cachoeira farm, was donated to the chapel. In the same year, provincial law no. 24, dated 27 March, elevates the village to the status of district, with the name “Santa Cruz da Ribeira do Trairi”.
Cruz das Almas (translation: Souls' Cross) is a municipality, in the state of Bahia, in Brazil. Founded in 1897, it is home to the Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia and is one of the main cities of Bahia. In 2022, it had a population of 60,348 inhabitants. [5] Its climate is tropical, hot and humid.
Água de Pau Massif is a stratovolcanic complex, located in the central part of the island of São Miguel, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.More recognizable for the Lagoa do Fogo at its centre, the volcanic complex includes centuries of geomorphological structures that include lava domes, cones and encrusted lava flows that have marked its history from, the last, 45,000 years BC.
Santa Pau (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈsantə ˈpaw]) is a village and municipality in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. References [ edit ]
Replica of a Portuguese caravel used during the Portuguese discoveries. As the Order of Christ, led by Prince Henry, the Navigator, was a leading developer of the Portuguese Discoveries, the Cross of Christ was used on the sails of the Portuguese caravels, carracks and other ships involved in the exploration of the seas.