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Marinha Grande (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈɾiɲɐ ˈɣɾɐ̃dɨ] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Leiria District, Portugal. The population in 2021 was 39,032, [ 1 ] in an area of 187.25 km². [ 2 ]
D. Luís Manuel da Câmara (1685;Lisbon-1723), member of the Azorean dynastic House of Camara, he was son of José Rodrigo da Câmara, grandson of François, Prince of Soubise, and 12th Donatary-Captain of the island of São Miguel (though he never took on the post and barely participated in the activities on the island, except for a joint-venture with his father).
Estádio Municipal da Marinha Grande is a football stadium in Marinha Grande, Portugal. It hosts football matches for Atlético Clube Marinhense and hosted the home matches of U.D. Leiria in 2002-03 when Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa was being renovated. The stadium is able to hold 5,200 people and opened in 1992. [1]
José da Câmara Teles (1712 in Lisbon – 1757 in Lisbon), member of the Azorean dynastic House of Camara, he was son of Luís Manuel da Câmara, third Count of Ribeira Grande and made 13th Donatary-Captain of the island of São Miguel following his father's death (who never received the title directly).
A view of the provincial capital of Ribeira Grande and municipal hall. Although D. Manuel Luís Baltazar da Câmara, 9th Captain-Donatário of the island of São Miguel, was created first Count, by a decree of King Afonso VI of Portugal, issued on 15 September 1662, the origins of this title date to the fall of the Count of Vila Franca, and specifically Manuel da Câmara's father Rodrigo da ...
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The Marinha Grande Glass Museum (Portuguese: Museu do Vidro da Marinha Grande) is in the Marinha Grande (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈɾiɲɐ ˈɣɾɐ̃dɨ] ⓘ) municipality in the Leiria District of Portugal. The museum is situated on the site of the first major glassworks in Portugal, established by the British Stephens family, and makes ...
Marinha Grande is a town close to the sea, approximately half-way between Portugal's two leading cities of Lisbon and Porto. It has for a long time been a major centre for glass manufacture. Struggles by the glass workers prior to 1934 had created a favourable environment for union action, and only in Marinha Grande was there a serious ...