C.D. Alcains
Clube Desportivo Alcains is a Portuguese sports club from Alcains. The men's football team plays in the Campeonato de Portugal. The club played on the third tier of Portuguese football in the 2020–21 Campeonato de Portugal, but were relegated. The club also enjoyed stints on the third tier while it was named Segunda Divisão B; from 1994 to 1998, 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ... to 2002 and 2003 to 2005. References Football clubs in Portugal Association football clubs established in 1977 1977 establishments in Portugal {{Portugal-footyclub-stub ...
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Alcains
Alcains is a Portuguese civil parish in the municipality of Castelo Branco. The population in 2011 was 5,022, in an area of 36.94 km². History Remote history, indicated by diverse archaeological testaments, indicate a human presence in the area extending back to the pre-historic. During the Neolithic period there were implements discovered in the sites such as the Grulha and Lameira de Curia (today housed in the Museum Tavares Proença Júnior). The Romanization of the area was also documented in the number of vestiges found in Cabeço da Pelada, such as a kiln and altar dedicated to the divinity Reve, from the 2nd century B.C. Remnants from two altars dedicated to an obscure Lusitanian sun goddess, Asidia were identified in 2008, during excavations in the Chapel of São Domingos, that also identify the Roman influence on the parish's history. The toponymy ''Alcains'' is derived from the Arabic word for ''church'' and, according to some historians, may have had the same ...
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