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The Hermitage of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Portuguese: Ermida de Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe), also known as the Chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Portuguese: Capela de Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe) is located between the towns of Budens and Raposeira, in the Municipality of Vila do Bispo, Faro District, in the Algarve region of Portugal.
Lopes Silva (1841) indicated that the village of Bispo, later Vila do Bispo, arrived from the donation of the Aldeia de Santa Maria do Cabo by King Manuel to Bishop Fernando Coutinho. There is an assumption that this settlement, donated in 1515, became known as the Town of the Bishop , but the reality refers to several letters in 1329 and 1353 ...
A convent existed in the region, the Convent of Santa Maria de Vila Boa do Bispo, an important monastery of the Convent of the Canons Regular of Saint Augustine (the Crúzios). [3] It was founded by Moninho Viegas in 990, responding to a process made during the battle of Valboa, where he captured the castle of Monte de Arados. [3]
María Rita Valdez (c. 1791–1854) [1] [2] also known as Maria Rita Valdez Villa, was an Afro-Latina rancher and farmer. Her 4,500-acre ranch, El Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas , later became the Los Angeles County city of Beverly Hills .
Raposeira is a village and former civil parish in the municipality of Vila do Bispo, District of Faro, in Algarve region, Portugal. It is told that it is named after fox because raposa means fox in Portuguese. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Vila do Bispo e Raposeira. [1] It has an area of 25.71 km² and 441 inhabitants (2001).
Maria Rita (Portuguese pronunciation: [maˈɾiɐ ˈʁitɐ]; born 9 September 1977, São Paulo) is a Brazilian singer. Born Maria Rita Camargo Mariano , she is the daughter of famed pianist/arranger César Camargo Mariano and the late Brazilian singing legend Elis Regina and sister to Pedro Mariano and music producer João Marcelo Bôscoli .
Samba Meu (en: "My Samba") is Brazilian vocalist Maria Rita's third album, released in 2007 and distributed internationally by Warner Music Brazil. It was Maria Rita's first album of samba music. It won a 2008 Latin Grammy Award for Best Samba/Pagode album, and has been certified platinum in Brazil.
The village is located in the Vale de Barão on the road between Budens and Barão de São João. It lies 5 km (3.1 mi) north of the fishing village of Burgau and 18 km (11 mi) from Vila do Bispo, its administrative centre.