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The Historic Villages of Portugal (Aldeias Históricas de Portugal) are a group of 12 villages classified under a 1991 government program called the Historic Villages Program (Programa de Aldeias Históricas). The aim of the program was to restore and promote a series of ancient villages/human settlements important to the history of Portugal.
The Casa da Guiné (English: House of Guinea), later known as the Casa da Guiné e Mina and also referred to as the Portuguese Guinea Company, was a state-run Portuguese commercial institution, tasked with the management of the Portuguese Empire's economic interests and colonization in West Africa, particularly on the Gulf of Guinea, on the Gold Coast, and on the Slave Coast.
The oldest football club in Portugal is Futebol Clube do Porto which was founded in 1893 (as Foot-Ball Club do Porto). Sport Lisboa e Benfica was born in 1904, with Cosme Damião and other people being the founders (the club maintained the foundation date of Sport Lisboa , founded in 1904, when in 1908 assimilated the Grupo Sport Benfica ...
The municipality comprises the following six parishes: Bandeiras - A village connected with the prosperity of the "wine cycle" of the 18th and 19th centuries; principal areas of note: Cais do Mourato and Cachorro, both "resort towns", and where the latter is the location of a chapel known for a traditional penitential pilgrimage; and Cabeço Chão an area with a micro-climate.
The Ribatejo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁiβɐˈtɛʒu]) is the most central of the traditional provinces of Portugal, with no coastline or border with Spain. The region is crossed by the Tagus river (Ribatejo translates to "upper Tagus", or more precisely, "up the Tagus" relative to Lisbon at its mouth).
The Parish of ferrel occupies a space of 13.79 square km, facing north with the Atlantic Ocean, south with the parish of Atouguia da Baleia, east with the municipality of Óbidos and west with the parish of Peniche The Parish of Ferrel is composed of the following lands: Ferrel, Baleal and Baleal Sol Village I, II, Casais do Baleal and Casal da Lagoa Seca.It is located 5 km from Peniche ...
A todos um Bom Natal" (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ ˈtoðuz ũ ˈbõ nɐˈtal]; English: "Merry Christmas To You All") is a Portuguese Christmas song written in 1980 by César Batalha and Lúcia Carvalho for the Children's Choir of Santo Amaro de Oeiras . [1] It has become a classic Christmas pop song in Portugal. [2]
Nadadouro is one of twelve civil parishes in the municipality of Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. [1] The population in 2021 was 1,962, [2] in an area of 10.60 km 2. [3]The parish of Nadadouro borders the popular tourist destination of the Lagoa de Óbidos which is a lagoon located in the municipalities Óbidos and Caldas da Rainha, Portugal.