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The Convent of Christ (Portuguese: Convento de Cristo/Mosteiro de Cristo) is a former Catholic convent in Tomar, Portugal.Originally a 12th-century Templar stronghold, when the order was dissolved in the 14th century the Portuguese branch was turned into the Knights of the Order of Christ, that later supported Portugal's maritime discoveries of the 15th century.
Area • Total. 193.002 km 2 (74.518 sq mi) Elevation. 132 m (433 ft) ... Boca da Mata is a municipality located in the center of the Brazilian state of Alagoas.
The municipality population in 2011 was 40,677, [2] in an area of 351.20 km 2 (135.60 sq mi). [ 3 ] The town of Tomar was created inside the walls of the Convento de Cristo , constructed under the orders of Gualdim de Pais , the fourth Grand Master of the Knights Templar in Portugal in the late 12th century.
Moreira, Rafael (1981), "Ermida de Nª Sª da Conceição, mausoléu de D. João III", in Câmara Municipal (ed.), Boletim Cultural e Informativo da CMT (in Portuguese), Tomar, Portugal: Câmara Municipal de Tomar; Coelho, Maria da Conceição Pires (1987), A Igreja da Conceição e o Claustro de D. João III do Convento de Cristo em Tomar (in ...
Map of the locations of the indigenous settlements of Bolivia. The Mamoré–Guaporé linguistic area is a linguistic area that includes over a dozen South American language families and isolates of the Mamoré–Guaporé region of eastern lowland Bolivia (the Llanos de Moxos and Chiquitania regions) and Brazil (Rondônia [1] and Mato Grosso states).
Its area is 4,643.9 square kilometers, comprising the mainland and nine main islands. [5] The province consists of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Bahía Almirante (Almirante Bay), Chiriquí Lagoon, and adjacent mainland. The capital is the city of Bocas del Toro (or Bocas Town) on Isla Colón (Colón Island).
Boca Ciega Bay is a body of water connected to the Gulf of Mexico on the west-central coast of Florida. It is bordered by Gulfport, St. Petersburg, and other municipalities in Pinellas County. [1] Clam Bayou estuary feeds into the bay. Boca Ciega Bay is an aquatic preserve designated in 1968 to halt dredging-and-filling
Boca do Monte [3] ("Mouth of the Hill") is a district of the municipality of Santa Maria, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is situated in the northwest portion of Santa Maria . The district's seat is located 16 km (9.94 miles) from Downtown Santa Maria .