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Barca D'Alva
Barca d'Alva is a Portuguese village located in the municipality of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, north of the Guarda District. Barca d'Alva is also located inside the Douro International Natural Park and less than 1 km away from the Portugal-Spain border, defined by the Douro and the Águeda rivers. Patrimony Population Mediterranean Agriculture Barca d'Alva is a very rich area when it comes to agricultural activities. As far as agriculture is concerned, the most important crops are olive groves, vineyards and almond groves. The land around Barca d'Alva produces excellent canned olives, Douro wine, Port wine and almonds for various confectionery products. There are also some orange groves along the banks of the Douro River, which produce excellent oranges with exceptional organoleptic characteristics. Alongside these crops, there is also livestock production, in particular Churra da Terra Quente sheep. History 19th century In 1887, Barca d'Alva became famou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians and Ancient Greek traders, it was ruled by the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mapa Dos Caminhos De Ferro Em Portugal 1895
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Douro Line
Linha do Douro is a railway in northern Portugal. For much of its route the line runs close to the Douro River, offering very scenic views of the river and valley. Trains on the line are operated by Comboios de Portugal (CP). Construction Route From west to east, the line runs from the junction at Ermesinde to Pocinho. The line formerly continued east for a further 28 kilometres to the Spanish border. Until 1984, the track connected to a Spanish line, thus allowing through trains to/from Salamanca. Passenger trains normally run from São Bento station in Porto to Pocinho, with some not running as far as the eastern terminus. The line is built to the Iberian gauge of . The line is single track, apart from a double track section between Ermesinde and Valongo (the authorisation for the dualling work was given by CP in 1993). In 1984, the Spanish rail operator RENFE announced the closure of its connecting line from La Fuente de San Esteban to the Portuguese borde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Rail Transport In Portugal
The history of rail transport in Portugal dates from 28 October 1856, when Portugal's first railway line was opened between Lisbon and Carregado: the ''Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses''. The network was gradually expanded both south of the Tagus and to the north of the country, as well as in the metropolitan areas of Lisbon and Oporto and to Spain. In 1887 the Douro railway line was completed; also in 1887 the ''Sud Express'' from Lisbon to France operated for the first time. In 1892 a law was passed creating the Board of Directors of the ''CF Estado'' (State Railways), but most railways remain in private ownership albeit with greater state regulation and requirement for co-operation. In 1910 the Portuguese monarchy was replaced by a republican constitution; there were also notable strikes by railway workers in 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922 and 1923. In 1926 the railway between Cascais and Lisbon was electrified at 1500 volts DC and the line's new L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estação Ferroviária De Barca De Alva, 2017-05-01, CC0, 8007507
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Hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a refrigerator and other kitchen facilities, upholstered chairs, a flat screen television, and En-suite, en-suite bathrooms. Small, lower-priced hotels may offer only the most basic guest services and facilities. Larger, higher-priced hotels may provide additional guest facilities such as a swimming pool, business centre (with computers, printers, and other office equipment), childcare, conference and event facilities, tennis or basketball courts, gymnasium, restaurants, day spa, and social function services. Hotel rooms are usually Room number, numbered (or named in some smaller hotels and Bed and breakfast, B&Bs) to allow guests to identify their room. Some boutique, high-end hotels have custom decorated rooms. Some hotels offer meals as part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Fregeneda
La Fregeneda is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León. As of 2016 the municipality has a population of 337 inhabitants. See also * Fregeneda–Almendra pegmatitic field The Fregeneda–Almendra pegmatitic field is a geologic area in the Iberian Peninsula extending across the Portuguese district of Guarda and the Spanish province of Salamanca. Part of the , it is located in the western part of a narrow E–W metam ... References Municipalities in the Province of Salamanca {{Salamanca-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porto
Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 231,800 people in a municipality with only 41.42 km2. Porto's metropolitan area has around 1.7 million people (2021) in an area of ,Demographia: World Urban Areas March 2010 making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. It is recognized as a global city with a Gamma + rating from the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barca D'Alva Railway Station
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Coa Halt
The Coa halt (name Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990, previously spelled as Côa, changed after the halt's closure), is a closed interface of the Douro line, which used to serve the town of Vila Nova de Foz Côa, in the Guarda District, in Portugal. The halt started operating on 5 May 1887, and was closed in 2 October 1988. Description Location and access This station is located in the municipality of Vila Nova de Foz Côa, about 3.5 km from the town center, via the Coa road. Physical characterization The passenger building is located on the west side of the track (right-hand side of the uphill direction, towards Barca d'Alva railway station, Barca d'Alva). This and the other remaining infrastructures are abandoned and in a poor state of repair with the roof of the halt having collapsed likely in the last years of the 1990s. History 19th century The section between the stations of Pocinho railway station, Pocinho and Côa was opened for opera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pocinho Railway Station
Pocinho is a village in northern Portugal, located in the Vila Nova de Foz Côa Municipality. The Pocinho Dam and the River Douro are nearby. Pocinho railway station is the eastern terminus of the Douro railway line; the community developed with the arrival of the railway in 1887. The railway formerly continued eastwards into Spain, but closed in 1988. The Sabor line, a narrow gauge railway, formerly ran north-east from Pocinho over 100 km to Duas Igrejas (near Miranda do Douro). The Sabor line closed in 1988. The Portuguese journalist, novelist and politician Francisco José Viegas was born in Pocinho on 14 March 1962. References ''Based on the Portuguese Wikipedia website'' {{coord, 41.130718, N, 7.122896, W, dim:25000_region:PT_type:city_source:dewiki, display=title Populated places in Guarda District Villages in Portugal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tua Railway Station
The Tua Railway Station ( pt, Estação Ferroviária do Tua is northern Portuguese railway station located in the civil parish of Castanheiro do Norte e Ribalonga, in the municipality of Carrazeda de Ansiães, close to the confluence of the Douro and the Tua. Although the station is still served by Comboios de Portugal (CP) main line trains on the Douro line to/from Porto. History The station opened in 1883, being the eastern terminus of the Douro line until extended as far as the Spanish border in 1887. In 1926, the Tua station served the municipalities of Vila Flor, Carrazeda de Ansiães and São João da Pesqueira, and was a test line for the ''Companhia Nacional para Bragança'' (''Braganca National Company''), which was of significant importance. The line was important for transitory services of wine, wood, olive oil, cork and livestock, principally from Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia and Régua. These services consisted of exporting 2600 tons annually in refined material an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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