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The Museum-Residence of Guerra Junqueiro (Portuguese: Casa-Museu Guerra Junqueiro) is a former-residence and museum located in the civil parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, in the Portuguese north, municipality of Porto, classified as a Imóvel de Interesse Público (Property of Public Interest).
Portugal allowed the United Kingdom to trade and receive credit backed by pounds sterling, allowing Great Britain to obtain vital goods at a time when it was short of gold and escudos and while all other neutrals were prepared to trade sterling only against gold. By 1945 the United Kingdom owed Portugal over $322 million under this arrangement ...
The groundbreaking was held on 9 April 1923, when President of Portugal, António José de Almeida, laid the first stone. It was unveiled on 22 November 1931, in the presence of the President of Portugal, Óscar Carmona, and the Mayor of Lisbon, José Vicente de Freitas. [1] [2]
By 1957 the commandant-in-chief of the Military Region of Northern Portugal, based in Porto city, conducted a study in order to adapt the Castle of São João da Foz, at Foz do Douro parish, for a museum. However, the idea was definitively abandoned by 1970, due to the high cost of the adaptation of the building.
The League of Combatants ComTE MHTE MHIH ComB MHM (Portuguese: Liga dos Combatentes), originally established as the League of Combatants of the Great War (Portuguese: Liga dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra), is a Portuguese ex-service organisation established following the First World War.
The Casa da Música, Porto's modern music venue, is located in the Rotunda da Boavista. The Rotunda da Boavista has 31416 m 2 of area and there are eight streets reaching this roundabout: Avenida da Boavista (twice) Rua de Caldas Xavier; Rua da Meditação; Rua de Júlio Dinis; Rua de Nossa Senhora de Fátima; Avenida de França; Rua de Cinco ...
An Allied invasion of several Atlantic islands belonging to Portugal was planned and code named Operation Alacrity. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt also wanted to include an invasion of Cape Verde to be part of the plan, openly saying that Axis occupation of Cape Verde would threaten U.S. safety and would force the U.S. to act upon its ...
Palácio da Bolsa, view from near the Porto cathedral The Stock Exchange Palace ( Portuguese : Palácio da Bolsa ) is a historical building in Porto , Portugal . The palace was built in the 19th century by the city's Commercial Association ( Portuguese : Associação Comercial do Porto ) in Neoclassical style . [ 1 ]