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Gondomar, Portugal
Gondomar (), officially the City of Gondomar (), is a Portugal, Portuguese Municipalities of Portugal, municipality located in the eastern part of the Porto Metropolitan Area, just from central Porto. The population in 2021 was 164,257, in an area of . The name "Gondomar" is sometimes attributed to the Visigothic Kingdom, Visigothic king Gundemar, who may have established a religious domain in the region around the 7th century. Notable for its long-standing tradition in Jewellery, jewelry-making, Gondomar is considered the heart of Portugal's goldsmithing industry, accounting for 42% of the country's annual production. Gondomar's local gastronomy is deeply influenced by the nearby Douro, Douro River with dishes like Alosidae, shad and lamprey being regional specialties. Gondomar's current mayor is Marco Martins. History Archaeological discoveries reveal that Gondomar has been inhabited since prehistoric times. The area also shows evidence of Roman Empire, Roman occupation, part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norte Region, Portugal
The North Region ( ) or Northern Portugal is the most populous region in Portugal, ahead of Lisbon, and the third most extensive by area. The region has 3,576,205 inhabitants according to the 2017 census, and its area is with a density of 173 inhabitants per square kilometre. It is one of five regions of Mainland Portugal ( NUTS II subdivisions). Its main population center is the urban area of Porto, with about one million inhabitants; it includes a larger political metropolitan region with 1.8 million, and an urban-metropolitan agglomeration with 2.99 million inhabitants, including Porto and neighboring cities, such as Braga, Guimarães and Póvoa de Varzim. The Commission of Regional Coordination of the North (CCDR-N) is the agency that coordinates environmental policies, land-use planning, cities and the overall development of this region, supporting local governments and associations. Northern Portugal is a culturally varied region. It is a land of dense vegetation and prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Porto, Portugal
The Diocese of Porto () (Oporto) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Portugal. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Braga. Its see at Porto is in the Norte region, and the second largest city in Portugal. History The diocese was probably founded in the middle of the sixth century. At the third Council of Toledo (589) the Arian bishop Argiovittus, though he condemned the Arian belief and accepted the Catholic belief, was deposed in favour of bishop Constantinus. In 610 Bishop Argebertus assisted at the Council of Toledo, summoned by King Gundemar to sanction the metropolitan claims of Toledo. Bishop Ansiulfus was present at the Sixth Council of Toledo (638), and Bishop Flavius at the Tenth (656). Bishop Froaricus was one of eight bishops who attended the provincial council of Braga (675), and the Twelfth (681), Thirteenth (683), and Fifteenth (688) Councils of Toledo. His successor Felix appeared at the Sixteenth Council (693). No other bishop is recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fânzeres
Fânzeres is a town and a former civil parish in the municipality of Gondomar, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Fânzeres e São Pedro da Cova. Its population is around 20,000. Fânzeres station, the terminus of line F of the Porto Metro The Porto Metro () is a light rail network in Porto, Portugal and a key part of the city's public transport system. Having a semi-metro alignment, it runs underground in central Porto and above ground into the city's suburbs while using low-fl ..., is situated on Av. Prof. Dr. Anibal Cavaco Silva in the town. References Towns in Portugal Former parishes of Gondomar, Portugal {{porto-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valbom
Valbom is a small village and a former civil parish in the municipality of Gondomar, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom e Jovim. It has about 15,000 residents. It was elevated to city status on 9 December 2004. For generations Valbom was a fishing village, due to its location by the river Douro. Today, local crafts dominate the economy. It was here, in the house called "Casa Branca", that the Convention of Gramido was signed on 29 June 1847, ending the civil war of the Septembrists against the Cartists known as the Patuleia The Patuleia, Guerra da Patuleia, or Little Civil War was a civil w .... References Former parishes of Gondomar, Portugal Cities in Portugal {{porto-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vila Nova De Gaia
Vila Nova de Gaia (; ), or simply Gaia, is a city and a municipality in Porto District in Norte Region, Portugal, Norte Region, Portugal. It is located south of the city of Porto on the other side of the Douro River. The city proper had a population of 178,255 in 2001. The municipality has an area of and a population of 303,824 inhabitants in 2021, making it the most populous municipality in Norte Region, Portugal, Norte Region, and the third most populous in the country, after Lisbon and Sintra. Gaia along with Porto and 16 other municipalities make up the Porto metropolitan area. The city contains many cellars (locally known as "caves") where port wine is stored and aged. These cellars have become a major tourist attraction. History Origins and Roman era The territory of Vila Nova de Gaia has been inhabited since at least 100,000 years ago, as evidenced by Middle Paleolithic archaeological findings. This presence continued through the Chalcolithic period, marked by the const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campanhã
Campanhã () is a Portuguese ''freguesia'' ("civil parish"), located in the city of Porto Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c .... The population in 2011 was 32,659,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) , Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 8.04 km². Located there are the Campanhã railway station, the most important main line station in Porto, and the ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avintes
Avintes is a Portuguese civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia. The population in 2021 was 10,838, in an area of 8.82 km2. It is known in Portugal as "Terra da Broa", meaning "Land of the Broa", referring to the Broa de Avintes, a typical farmhouse bread widely consumed in Northern Portugal, which originated in Avintes. History Some origins of the parish, date back to the early settlement during the Megalithic cultures of the Iberian peninsula; there are references to the area of ''Arcas'', an ancient necropole, designated for its dolmens that might have been constructed in this region. ''Arcas'' and ''Arcaínhas'' were synonymous with Celtic dolmen and Castro culture populations. Yet, other historians suggest this name was actually a corruption of the term ''Areias'' referring to "sand". Regardless, few direct links specify the association with Neolithic cultures and settlement, although most assume that region was settled by Castro builders. Roman occupation of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Tinto (Gondomar)
Rio Tinto (; "Colored River") is a Portuguese city and parish located in Gondomar Municipality, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 50,713,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 9.38 km2. Rio Tinto, which in Portuguese means red river, was elevated to city status in 1995, and the city of Rio Tinto includes two parishes (): Baguim do Monte and Rio Tinto, with a total of 65,000 inhabitants, being the most populous city in Gondomar municipality, and third largest in the Greater Porto agglomeration. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melres
Melres is a town and a former civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ... in the municipality of Gondomar, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Melres e Medas. References Former parishes of Gondomar, Portugal Towns in Portugal {{Porto-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foral
200px, Foral of Castro Verde - Portugal The ''Carta de Foral'', or simply ''Foral'', was a royal document in Portugal and its former empire, whose purpose was to establish a ''concelho'' (Council) and regulate its administration, borders and privileges. A newly founded town would also need the king's approval through a ''Foral'', in order to be considered one. In this case, the town's administration and privileges would be defined in that document. ''Forais'' were granted between the 12th and the 16th centuries. The ''Foral'' was the basis for municipal foundation, thus the most important event of a city or town's history. It was critical to a successful land settling and an increase in crop yields, by giving more freedom and dignity, via a concession, to farmers, in an age when people were subject to near slave work, as servants of landlords. The ''Foral'' made a ''concelho'' free from feudal control, transferring power down to a neighbours council (''concelho''), with its own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel I Of Portugal
Manuel I (; 31 May 146913 December 1521), known as the Fortunate (), was King of Portugal from 1495 to 1521. A member of the House of Aviz, Manuel was Duke of Beja and Viseu prior to succeeding his cousin, John II of Portugal, as monarch. Manuel ruled over a period of intensive expansion of the Portuguese Empire owing to the numerous Portuguese discoveries made during his reign. His sponsorship of Vasco da Gama led to the Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India in 1498, resulting in the creation of the Portuguese India Armadas, which guaranteed Portugal's monopoly on the spice trade. Manuel began the Portuguese colonization of the Americas and Portuguese India, and oversaw the establishment of a vast trade empire across Africa and Asia. Manuel established the Casa da Índia, a royal institution that managed Portugal's monopolies and its imperial expansion. He financed numerous famed Portuguese navigators, including Pedro Álvares Cabral (who discovered Brazil), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honra
A honra was an administrative division and a form of lordship that existed in the Kingdom of Portugal prior to 1834 - a land, or district, whose jurisdiction and income belonged to a Lord or Fidalgo. History and characteristics Along with the ''coutos'', the honras were manifestations of medieval manorialism in the Kingdom of Portugal. These were forms of property that could belong both to lay Lords (the honras) and to ecclesiastical Lords (the coutos, which in the beginning could belong to either one or the other, but after the Middle Ages in most cases came to be in the hands of the Church). Honras and coutos - made up of one or more parishes, or parts of parishes - had in common the characteristic of immunity, which resulted in the exemption from tax charges before the Crown, the right to administer civil and criminal justice by the respective Lords and the right to prevent the entry of royal officials. The main characteristic that differentiated honras from coutos was the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
