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The port of Praia played an important role in the colonization of Africa and South America by the Portuguese. With 817,845 metric tonnes of cargo and 85,518 passengers handled (2017), [2] it is the second busiest port of Cape Verde, after Porto Grande (Mindelo). The bay of Praia lies between the headlands Ponta Temerosa and Ponta das Bicudas.
Falésia Beach (Portuguese: Praia da Falésia, meaning Cliff Beach) is a beach in Albufeira, Algarve, southern Portugal. It has a cliff that begins in the Barranco das Belharucas Beach and extends to Vilamoura.
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]
Porto 1901-2001: Guia de Arquitectura Moderna (in Portuguese), Porto, Portugal, 2001 {}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ; Alves, Virgínia (9 February 2004), "IPPAR rende-se ás obras de Siza", Jornal de Noticias (in Portuguese), Porto, Portugal, p. 23 {}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher
Praia da Granja is a FEE Blue Flag beach [1] located in the Northwest of Portugal, and belongs to the Vila Nova de Gaia municipality, Porto District. [2] This place is also located in the town of São Félix da Marinha. The northern boundary of the beach is bordered by the Ribeira da Granja. [3]
Praia de Porto Santo (English: Porto Santo Beach) is a beach located near the town Vila Baleira, on the island of Porto Santo, Portugal.. With a total length of nine kilometers, Porto Santo Beach is usually divided into areas for better administration: Calheta, Cabeço da Ponte, Ribeiro Cochino, Ribeiro Salgado, Fontinha and Penedo.
Porto da Barra Beach is located in Barra neighborhood in the city of Salvador, Brazil. It is located at the entrance of the Baía de Todos os Santos (Bay of All Saints), is 300 metres (980 ft), and ranges between numerous Portuguese colonial-period military fortifications. [ 1 ]
The Fort of São João Baptista (Portuguese: Forte de São João Baptista/Castelo da Praia) is the ruins of a 16th-century maritime fort situated on the western edge of Praia Formoso, in the civil parish of Almagreira, municipality of Vila do Porto, on the Portuguese island of Santa Maria (in the archipelago of the Azores).