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  2. Rua Augusta Arch - Wikipedia

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    The Rua Augusta Arch (Portuguese: Arco da Rua Augusta) is a stone, memorial arch-like, historical building and visitor attraction in Lisbon, Portugal, on the Praça do Comércio. It was built to commemorate the city's reconstruction after the 1755 earthquake. It has six columns (some 11 m high) and is adorned with statues of various historical ...

  3. Viagens Abreu - Wikipedia

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    The Abreu Agency was established in Porto in 1840 by Bernardo Abreu. At the time, emigration from northern Portugal and Galicia to Brazil and Venezuela was significant, and Abreu, a noted businessman in Porto, opened his agency to offer passport and visa services, as well as sales of train tickets to Lisbon and ship passages to and from South America.

  4. Casa dos Bicos - Wikipedia

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    A view along the Tagus River, c. 1730, showing the area in Santa Maria Maior and the Casa dos Bicos (tenth from the right in front of the right square) A public image from between 1910 and 1920, published in Lisboa Velha (Afonso Lopes Vieira), showing the former codfish warehouse in 1925

  5. Praça do Comércio - Wikipedia

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    The Praça do Comércio (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpɾasɐ ðu kuˈmɛɾsju]; transl. Commerce Plaza) is a large, harbour-facing plaza in Portugal's capital, Lisbon, and is one of the largest in Portugal, with an area of 175 by 175 m (574 by 574 ft), that is, 30,600 m 2 (329,000 ft 2).

  6. First aerial crossing of the South Atlantic - Wikipedia

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    On 5 June, the Santa Cruz was put in the waters of Fernando Noronha and Coutinho and Cabral resumed their journey, flying to Recife, then to Salvador da Bahia, then to Vitória and from there to Rio de Janeiro, where they arrived on 17 June 1922, ditching in the Guanabara Bay.

  7. Praça da Figueira - Wikipedia

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    Praça da Figueira. Equestrian statue of King John I in the Praça da Figueira. The Praça da Figueira (Portuguese: [ˈpɾasɐ ðɐ fiˈɣɐjɾɐ], Square of the Fig Tree) is a large square in the centre of Lisbon, in Portugal. It is part of the Lisbon Baixa, the area of the city reurbanised after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake.

  8. Avenida da Liberdade - Wikipedia

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    Avenida da Liberdade (Portuguese for "Avenue of Liberty") is a boulevard in central Lisbon, Portugal, and is considered among the most expensive streets in Europe. [1] Originating in the Passeio Público , an 18th-century park built for the Portuguese nobility , the avenue was built in 1879, when the former park was turned into a major ...

  9. Igreja da Madalena - Wikipedia

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    A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Portuguese Wikipedia article at [[:pt:Igreja da Madalena]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|pt|Igreja da Madalena}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.