Aveleda (Braga)
Aveleda may refer to the following places in Portugal: * Aveleda (Braga), a civil parish in the municipality of Braga * Aveleda (Bragança), a civil parish in the municipality Bragança * Aveleda (Lousada), a civil parish in the municipality of Lousada * Aveleda (Vila do Conde), a civil parish in the municipality of Vila do Conde Other uses: * Aveleda (winery), a winery in the Vinho Verde Vinho Verde () (literally 'green wine') refers to Portuguese wine that originated in the historic Minho province in the far north of the country. The modern-day 'Vinho Verde' region, originally designated in 1908, includes the old Minho provin ...

Aveleda (Braga)
Aveleda may refer to the following places in Portugal: * Aveleda (Braga), a civil parish in the municipality of Braga * Aveleda (Bragança), a civil parish in the municipality Bragança * Aveleda (Lousada), a civil parish in the municipality of Lousada * Aveleda (Vila do Conde), a civil parish in the municipality of Vila do Conde Other uses: * Aveleda (winery), a winery in the Vinho Verde Vinho Verde () (literally 'green wine') refers to Portuguese wine that originated in the historic Minho province in the far north of the country. The modern-day 'Vinho Verde' region, originally designated in 1908, includes the old Minho provin ...

Aveleda (Bragança)
Aveleda is a former ''freguesia'' ("civil parish") in the municipality of Bragança, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Aveleda e Rio de Onor. The population in 2011 was 196, in an area of 62.20 km2. It is situated close to the northern border with Spain. History The parish of Aveleda derives its name from the village, whose toponymy has a number of significances. For one, there is the Roman interpretation, derived from the Roman ''Avé Leda'', which means ''beautiful place'', while others assume that the name was derived from ''Veleda'', a venerated Visigothic or Suebic priest of the 4th century. Another interpretation suggests that the name was derived from ''ave feliz''. What is certain, is that this name only appeared during the 1250 ''Inquirições'' of Afonso III. This is because the area around Aveleda was under the protection of Spanish monasteries of Moreirola and San Martin de Castanheda. It was there that the celebrated ''Abbott of Baçal' ...
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Aveleda (Lousada)
Aveleda may refer to the following places in Portugal: * Aveleda (Braga), a civil parish in the municipality of Braga * Aveleda (Bragança), a civil parish in the municipality Bragança * Aveleda (Lousada), a civil parish in the municipality of Lousada * Aveleda (Vila do Conde), a civil parish in the municipality of Vila do Conde Other uses: * Aveleda (winery), a winery in the Vinho Verde Vinho Verde () (literally 'green wine') refers to Portuguese wine that originated in the historic Minho province in the far north of the country. The modern-day 'Vinho Verde' region, originally designated in 1908, includes the old Minho provin ...

Lousada
Lousada () is a town and municipality of the Porto district, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 47,387, in an area of 96.08 km². It includes the site of Ancient Magnetum (Portuguese Magneto), in the civil parish Meinedo, which briefly was a short-lived Suebi-Galician bishopric and is now a Latin Catholic titular see. Ecclesiastical history In 569 as Diocese of Magnetum (Latin) / Magneto (Curiate Italiano and Portuguese) / Magneten(sis) (Latin adjective) was established on territory of the Kingdom of the Suebi in Galicia, split off from the Archdiocese of Braga, its apparent Metropolitan. In 585, when the kingdom was annexed by the Visigoths, and was turned into the sixth province of the Visigothic Kingdom of Hispania, the bishopric was suppressed, its territory being reassigned to establish the Diocese of Portucale (present see of Porto). Its only recorded residential bishop was : * Viator (572–585). Titular see The diocese was nominally restored in 19 ...
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Aveleda (Vila Do Conde)
Aveleda may refer to the following places in Portugal: * Aveleda (Braga), a civil parish in the municipality of Braga * Aveleda (Bragança), a civil parish in the municipality Bragança * Aveleda (Lousada), a civil parish in the municipality of Lousada * Aveleda (Vila do Conde), a civil parish in the municipality of Vila do Conde Other uses: * Aveleda (winery), a winery in the Vinho Verde Vinho Verde () (literally 'green wine') refers to Portuguese wine that originated in the historic Minho province in the far north of the country. The modern-day 'Vinho Verde' region, originally designated in 1908, includes the old Minho provin ...

Vila Do Conde
Vila do Conde (, ; "the Count's Town") is a municipality in the Norte Region of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 79,533, in an area of 149.03 km². The urbanized area of Vila do Conde, which includes the parishes of Vila do Conde, Azurara and Árvore, represent 36,137 inhabitants. Vila do Conde is interlinked to the north with Póvoa de Varzim, forming a single urban agglomeration which is a part of the Porto Metropolitan Area. The town is on the Portuguese Way of the Camino de Santiago. History Vila do Conde is one of the oldest settlements in northern Portugal. Geological artifacts dating to the Paleolithic have been discovered in sites in the parishes of Modivas, Malta, and Labruge dating from 100,000 to 15,000 years. In other parishes there have also been discoveries of implements and mounds dating back to the Bronze Age and Neolithic periods indicating a period of transition between forging and sedimentary civilizations. Its origins date back to the founding of ...
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Aveleda (winery)
Aveleda may refer to the following places in Portugal: * Aveleda (Braga), a civil parish in the municipality of Braga * Aveleda (Bragança), a civil parish in the municipality Bragança * Aveleda (Lousada), a civil parish in the municipality of Lousada * Aveleda (Vila do Conde), a civil parish in the municipality of Vila do Conde Other uses: * Aveleda (winery), a winery in the Vinho Verde Vinho Verde () (literally 'green wine') refers to Portuguese wine that originated in the historic Minho province in the far north of the country. The modern-day 'Vinho Verde' region, originally designated in 1908, includes the old Minho provin ...