Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Area code. 261. Ericeira (Portuguese pronunciation: [eɾiˈsɐjɾɐ]) is a civil parish and seaside community on the western coast of Portugal (in Mafra municipality, located 35km northwest of the center of Lisbon, about 45km by road) considered the surfing capital of Europe. [1][2] It is also one of only two European spots [3] among the World ...
Loja (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlo.xa]), formerly Loxa and fully City of the Immaculate Conception of Loja (Spanish: Ciudad de la Inmaculada Concepción de Loja), is the capital of Ecuador 's Loja Province. It is located in the Cuxibamba valley in the south of the country, sharing borders with the provinces of Zamora-Chinchipe and other cantons ...
This is a list of supermarket chains in Portugal. Aldi - 137 stores [1] Amanhecer - ~330 stores. Apolonia Supermercados - 3 stores. Auchan (formerly known as Jumbo) - 111 stores [2] Continente - 369 stores [3] Coviran - 179 stores in Portugal [4] Dia - 487 stores [5]
The Fort of Milreu, also known as the Fort of St. Peter of Milreu ( Portuguese: Forte de São Pedro de Milreu ), is situated on the Atlantic coast 3km north of the town of Ericeira in Lisbon District of Portugal. Part of a programme to extend Portugal's coastal defences, it was built between 1670 and 1675.
Palace of Queluz. Coordinates: 38.7506°N 9.2587°W. The Palace of Queluz. The "Ceremonial Façade" of the corps de logis designed by Mateus Vicente de Oliveira. Queen Maria I and King Pedro III, the founders of Queluz Palace. The Palace of Queluz (Portuguese: Palácio de Queluz, Portuguese pronunciation: [kɛˈluʃ]) is an 18th-century palace ...
Loja is located in a high Andean valley at an elevation of 7,300 feet (2,225 m). It had a population of 448,966 inhabitants at the 2010 census. It is recognized as being a friendly and pleasant city. This was demonstrated when Loja, both the provincial capital and one of the oldest cities in Ecuador, won a community involvement award [3] in ...
Count of Ericeira (Conde da Ericeira) was a title created by King Philip III of Portugal, through a 1 March 1622 letter in favour of Diogo de Menezes (1553–1625). Diogo de Menezes (1622–1625); 1st Count of Ericeira. Fernando de Meneses, 2nd Count of Ericeira (1614–1699); 2nd Count of Ericeira. Luís de Meneses (1632–1690); 3rd Count of ...
The Restoration War (Portuguese: Guerra da Restauração), historically known as the Acclamation War (Guerra da Aclamação), [7] was the war between Portugal and Spain that began with the Portuguese revolution of 1640 and ended with the Treaty of Lisbon in 1668, bringing a formal end to the Iberian Union. The period from 1640 to 1668 was ...