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Forte De São João (other)
Forte de São João or Fortaleza de São João (also de São João Baptista) may refer to several forts: In Portugal Mainland * Fort of São João do Arade, in the Algarve, Portugal * Fort São João, outlying the Campo Maior Castle in Portalegre District, Portugal: see Battle of Albuera Azores * Forte de São João (São Mateus da Calheta), on Terceira Island, Azores * Castelo de São João Baptista do Monte Brasil, also known as Fortaleza de São João Baptista, on Terceira Island, Azores * Forte de São João Baptista da Praia Formosa on Santa Maria Island, Azores * Forte de São João Evangelista, in Vila do Porto, Santa Maria Island, Azores Other islands * Forte de São João Baptista das Berlengas, in the Berlengas archipelago In Brazil * Fortaleza de São João (Rio de Janeiro), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * Forte de São João Batista do Brum Forte de São João Batista do Brum (often simply Forte do Brum) is a fort located in Recife, Pernambuco in Brazil. See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Of São João Do Arade
The Fort of São João do Arade ( pt, Forte de São João do Arade), sometimes referred to as the ''Castle of Arade'', is a medieval fortification situated in the freguesia, civil parish of Ferragudo in the Portugal, Portuguese Algarve concelho, municipality of Lagoa Municipality (Algarve), Lagoa. History The first fortification on the site consisted of a watch tower erected in the reign of King John II of Portugal. Later, following the settlement of Ferragudo (around 1520), it is believed that the castle was encircled by a defensive wall (built on the rudimentary walls of the older walls): giving rise to its original name ''Castle of Arade''. The origins of the Fort of Arade (or Ferragudo, as it is also known) date back to the Philippine Dynasty, and the need by the Habsburg rulers to defend the coast of the peninsula from attacks by pirates and privateers in service to the Crowns of northern Europe. Yet, even at the beginning decades of the 17th century, no fortress was const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Albuera
The Battle of Albuera (16 May 1811) was a battle during the Peninsular War. A mixed British, Spanish and Portuguese corps engaged elements of the French Armée du Midi (Army of the South) at the small Spanish village of Albuera, about south of the frontier fortress-town of Badajoz, Spain. From October 1810, Marshal Masséna's French Army of Portugal had been tied down in an increasingly hopeless stand-off against Wellington's Allied forces, safely entrenched in and behind the Lines of Torres Vedras. Acting on Napoleon's orders, in early 1811 Marshal Soult led a French expedition from Andalusia into in a bid to draw Allied forces away from the Lines and ease Masséna's plight. Napoleon's information was outdated and Soult's intervention came too late; starving and understrength, Masséna's army was already withdrawing to Spain. Soult was able to capture the strategically important fortress at Badajoz on the border between Spain and Portugal from the Spanish, but was forced t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forte De São João (São Mateus Da Calheta)
Forte de São João or Fortaleza de São João (also de São João Baptista) may refer to several forts: In Portugal Mainland * Fort of São João do Arade, in the Algarve, Portugal * Fort São João, outlying the Campo Maior Castle in Portalegre District, Portugal: see Battle of Albuera Azores * Forte de São João (São Mateus da Calheta), on Terceira Island, Azores * Castelo de São João Baptista do Monte Brasil, also known as Fortaleza de São João Baptista, on Terceira Island, Azores * Forte de São João Baptista da Praia Formosa on Santa Maria Island, Azores * Forte de São João Evangelista, in Vila do Porto, Santa Maria Island, Azores Other islands * Forte de São João Baptista das Berlengas, in the Berlengas archipelago In Brazil * Fortaleza de São João (Rio de Janeiro), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * Forte de São João Batista do Brum Forte de São João Batista do Brum (often simply Forte do Brum) is a fort located in Recife, Pernambuco in Brazil. See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castelo De São João Baptista Do Monte Brasil , a Brazilian ...
Castelo may refer to: Places Brazil * Castelo, Espírito Santo, a municipality in the State of Espírito Santo * Castelo (Rio de Janeiro), a neighbourhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro Portugal * Castelo (Lisbon), a civil parish in the municipality of Lisbon * Castelo (Moimenta da Beira), a civil parish in the municipality of Moimenta da Beira * Castelo (Sertã), a civil parish in the municipality of Sertã * Castelo (Sesimbra), a civil parish in the municipality of Sesimbra * Santa Maria do Castelo e São Miguel (Torres Vedras), a civil parish in the municipality of Torres Vedras * Castelo do Neiva (Viana do Castelo), a civil parish in the municipality of Viana do Castelo Other * Castelo Futebol Clube Castelo Futebol Clube, commonly known as Castelo, is a Brazilian football club based in Castelo, Espírito Santo state. History The club was founded on January 1, 1939. Castelo won the Campeonato Capixaba Second Level in 1988. They competed in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forte De São João Baptista Da Praia Formosa
Forte or Forté may refer to: Music *Forte (music), a musical dynamic meaning "loudly" or "strong" * Forte number, an ordering given to every pitch class set * Forte (notation program), a suite of musical score notation programs * Forte (vocal group), a classical crossover singing trio Computing *Forte 4GL, a proprietary application server * Forté Agent, an email and news client used on the Windows operating system * Forte TeamWare, a family of development environments from Sun Microsystems *NetBeans IDE, formerly Forté for Java Companies * Forté Internet Software, makers of Forté Agent *Forte Land, a large-scale real estate company in Shanghai, China * Forte Group, a former British hotel company *Forte Design Systems, a high level synthesis software company in San Jose, California * Trust House Forte, a British hotel and catering firm Fictional characters *Forte Stollen, a character from the Galaxy Angel anime * Bass (''Mega Man''), a character in ''Mega Man'' known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria Island (Azores)
Santa Maria () is an island in the eastern group of the Azores archipelago (south of the island of São Miguel) and the southernmost island in the Azores. The island is known for its white sand beaches, distinctive chimneys, and dry warm weather. History The first records of a group of islands in the Atlantic (aside from the legends of Atlantis) came from the voyages of Portuguese sailors during the reigns of King Denis (1279–1325) and his successor King Afonso IV (1325–1357). These were unsubstantiated accounts and unofficial, until 1427 when navigator Diogo de Silves found the island of Santa Maria (at that time referred to on nautical charts as ''Ilha dos Lobos'' or ''Ilha do Ovo'') during his journey to Madeira. Myth tells that on the day of the island's discovery, Gonçalo Velho Cabral and his crew were celebrating mass (on the feast day of the Virgin Mary), when one of the lookouts spotted the distant island, declaring ''"Santa Maria"'': this name would become l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forte De São João Evangelista
Forte or Forté may refer to: Music *Forte (music), a musical dynamic meaning "loudly" or "strong" * Forte number, an ordering given to every pitch class set * Forte (notation program), a suite of musical score notation programs * Forte (vocal group), a classical crossover singing trio Computing *Forte 4GL, a proprietary application server * Forté Agent, an email and news client used on the Windows operating system * Forte TeamWare, a family of development environments from Sun Microsystems *NetBeans IDE, formerly Forté for Java Companies * Forté Internet Software, makers of Forté Agent *Forte Land, a large-scale real estate company in Shanghai, China * Forte Group, a former British hotel company *Forte Design Systems, a high level synthesis software company in San Jose, California * Trust House Forte, a British hotel and catering firm Fictional characters *Forte Stollen, a character from the Galaxy Angel anime * Bass (''Mega Man''), a character in ''Mega Man'' known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forte De São João Baptista Das Berlengas
Forte or Forté may refer to: Music *Forte (music), a musical dynamic meaning "loudly" or "strong" * Forte number, an ordering given to every pitch class set * Forte (notation program), a suite of musical score notation programs * Forte (vocal group), a classical crossover singing trio Computing *Forte 4GL, a proprietary application server * Forté Agent, an email and news client used on the Windows operating system * Forte TeamWare, a family of development environments from Sun Microsystems *NetBeans IDE, formerly Forté for Java Companies * Forté Internet Software, makers of Forté Agent *Forte Land, a large-scale real estate company in Shanghai, China * Forte Group, a former British hotel company *Forte Design Systems, a high level synthesis software company in San Jose, California * Trust House Forte, a British hotel and catering firm Fictional characters *Forte Stollen, a character from the Galaxy Angel anime * Bass (''Mega Man''), a character in ''Mega Man'' known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlengas
The Berlengas are a Portuguese archipelago consisting of small Atlantic islands off the coast of Peniche, Portugal, in the Oeste region. These islands were traditionally known to British mariners as "the Burlings". The only inhabited island is its largest island, Berlenga Grande, although there is currently no permanent habitation in the archipelago. The other islands are grouped into two groups of islets, the Estelas Islets and the Farilhões-Forcados Islets. History Human occupation on Berlenga Grande dates back to antiquity: the islands are referred to in Ptolemy's ''Geography'' as Λονδοβρίς (''Londobris''). Much later it was referred to as the island of ''Saturno'' by Roman geographers, and was visited successively by Muslims, Vikings and privateers. The islands are thought to be a former sacred place adopted by the Phoenicians in the first millennium BC where the cult of Baal- Melqart was celebrated. In 1513, with the support of Queen Eleanor of Viseu, monks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortaleza De São João (Rio De Janeiro)
The Fortaleza de São João da Barra do Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese for: Fortress of Saint John of the Harbor of Rio de Janeiro), popularly known as the Fortaleza de São João or Forte (de) São João (Fort (of) Saint John), is a 16th-century star fort in the present-day Urca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, erected by Estácio de Sá to protect Guanabara Bay from French invasion.Espaço Cultural: Fortaleza de São João, RJ History The original fort was built in 1565 under King Sebastian of Portugal. An expanded and improved structure was put into service in 1618, consisting of four batteries (São José, São Martinho, São Teodósio, and São Diogo). Its armaments were greatly reduced, and not manned, during Brazil's Regency period, but Dom Pedro II ordered the fort completely renovated in 1872, and it was equipped with a complement of guns, bunkers, and batteries, including fifteen Whitworth cannons. It was manned as a coastal artillery Coastal artillery is the br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forte De São João Batista Do Brum
Forte de São João Batista do Brum (often simply Forte do Brum) is a fort located in Recife, Pernambuco in Brazil. See also *History of Pernambuco The history of Pernambuco can be roughly divided into two periods: first, when the region was a Portuguese Empire, colony of Portugal and, second, when it was a component of the nation of Brazil. Not to be overlooked, however, are the established ... References External links Sao Joao Buildings and structures in Recife Portuguese colonial architecture in Brazil {{Forts and fortresses of the Portuguese empire , state=collapsed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forte De São João Da Bertioga
Forte de São João da Bertioga is a fort located on municipality of Bertioga, São Paulo in Brazil. See also * Military history of Brazil References External links Sao Joao Buildings and structures in São Paulo (state) Portuguese colonial architecture in Brazil National heritage sites of São Paulo (state) {{Brazil-mil-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
