Lousa (Loures)

	Lousa (Loures) Lousa or Lousã may refer to the following places in Portugal: * Lousa (Castelo Branco), a village in Castelo Branco Municipality * Lousa (Loures), a village in Loures Municipality * Lousa (Torre de Moncorvo), a village in Torre de Moncorvo Municipality * Lousã Lousã () is a town and concelho, municipality in the district of Coimbra (district), Coimbra, in the central part of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 17,604, in an area of 138.40 km2. History The oldest evidence provides an indication ..., a town in Coimbra District * Lousã Municipality, a municipality in Coimbra District * Lousã (parish), a village in Coimbra District {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lousa (Castelo Branco) Lousa or Lousã may refer to the following places in Portugal: * Lousa (Castelo Branco), a village in Castelo Branco Municipality * Lousa (Loures), a village in Loures Municipality * Lousa (Torre de Moncorvo), a village in Torre de Moncorvo Municipality * Lousã, a town in Coimbra District * Lousã Municipality, a municipality in Coimbra District * Lousã (parish) Lousã () is a former civil parish in the municipality of Lousã, Coimbra, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Lousã e Vilarinho. In 2011, its resident population included approximately 10163 residents, occupying an area of . ... , a village in Coimbra District {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Castelo Branco Municipality Castelo Branco () is an inland city and municipality in Central Portugal. It has 34,471 inhabitants in its urban area (2021) and is the seat of the district of the same name. The municipality, with 52,291 inhabitants, is made up of 19 freguesias (civil parishes) spread through , making it the 3rd largest in Portugal by total land area. The municipality is bounded in the north by Fundão, in the east by Idanha-a-Nova, in the south by Spain, in the southwest by Vila Velha de Ródão, and in the west by Proença-a-Nova and Oleiros. History Castelo Branco gets its name from the prior existence of a Luso-Roman castrum or fortified settlement called Castra Leuca, on the summit of the hill of Colina da Cardosa. The population grew on the slopes of this hill. Little is known of the history before 1182. There is, nevertheless, a document, from this date, mentioning the donation to the Templars of a piece of land called Vila Franca da Cardosa, by a noble Fernandes Sanches. In 121 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lousa (Loures) Lousa or Lousã may refer to the following places in Portugal: * Lousa (Castelo Branco), a village in Castelo Branco Municipality * Lousa (Loures), a village in Loures Municipality * Lousa (Torre de Moncorvo), a village in Torre de Moncorvo Municipality * Lousã Lousã () is a town and concelho, municipality in the district of Coimbra (district), Coimbra, in the central part of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 17,604, in an area of 138.40 km2. History The oldest evidence provides an indication ..., a town in Coimbra District * Lousã Municipality, a municipality in Coimbra District * Lousã (parish), a village in Coimbra District {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Loures Municipality Loures () is a city and a municipality in Portugal which is part of the District and Metropolitan area of Lisbon. It is the fifth most populous municipality in the country, with a total population of 201,632. History There was early human settlement in the Loures area dating back to the Upper Paleolithic period, as evidenced by findings at the Cave of Pego do Diabo and the Cave of Salemas. Several Neolithic burial chambers have been identified, such as the Anta de Carcavelos and the Anta do Alto da Toupeira. Loures was a Roman settlement during the 1st millennium, based in a cemetery that eventually became the site of the first church. It was also a region notable for the presence of many castros, before the Roman occupation; the Romans influenced many of these settlers to abandon the foothills and begin occupying the fertile lowlands for economic reasons. After the Romans, the Visigoths began occupying the territory, followed by the Moors (after the 8th century). The parish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lousa (Torre De Moncorvo) Lousa or Lousã may refer to the following places in Portugal: * Lousa (Castelo Branco), a village in Castelo Branco Municipality * Lousa (Loures), a village in Loures Municipality * Lousa (Torre de Moncorvo), a village in Torre de Moncorvo Municipality * Lousã, a town in Coimbra District * Lousã Municipality, a municipality in Coimbra District * Lousã (parish) Lousã () is a former civil parish in the municipality of Lousã, Coimbra, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Lousã e Vilarinho. In 2011, its resident population included approximately 10163 residents, occupying an area of . ... , a village in Coimbra District {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Torre De Moncorvo Municipality Torre de Moncorvo () is a municipality in the district of Bragança in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,572, in an area of 531.56 km². The present mayor is Nuno Gonçalves, elected by the PSD. Torre de Moncorvo is also a well-developed and promising mining area. Iron ore is mined at the Mua Mine by Aethel Partners. The municipal holiday is March 19. In early November, the directorate-general for energy and geology (DGEG) authorised Aethel to control the Torre de Moncorvo iron mine, a company that hopes to put Portugal in a leading position in European mining Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 13 civil parishes ('' freguesia (Portugal), freguesias''): * Açoreira * Adeganha e Cardanha * Cabeça Boa * Carviçais * Castedo * Felgar e Souto da Velha * Felgueiras e Maçores * Horta da Vilariça * Larinho * Lousa * Mós * Torre de Moncorvo * Urrós e Peredo dos Castelhanos Famous people According to a study by Antonio Andrade, Argentinian wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Lousã Lousã () is a town and concelho, municipality in the district of Coimbra (district), Coimbra, in the central part of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 17,604, in an area of 138.40 km2. History The oldest evidence provides an indication of a human presence in this territory from the Roman occupation of the Iberian peninsula. Examples of this include the funerary pyres, rooftops, tile, glass utensils, coins and the remains of the roadways, in various points of within the municipality, including the urban perimeter of Lousã and Serpins. In addition, in the valley and Serra de Ceira there are vestiges of important gold exploration attempts. With the invasion of the Germanic people, Imperial Rome fragmented, and many of the colonies dispersed, resulting in a loss of information for this period. But, in 943, there was a contract between Zuleima Abaiud and the abbey Mestúlio in the Monastery of Lorvão where, for the first time, the toponymic name ''Arauz'' appeared to design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Lousã Municipality Lousã () is a town and municipality in the district of Coimbra, in the central part of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 17,604, in an area of 138.40 km2. History The oldest evidence provides an indication of a human presence in this territory from the Roman occupation of the Iberian peninsula. Examples of this include the funerary pyres, rooftops, tile, glass utensils, coins and the remains of the roadways, in various points of within the municipality, including the urban perimeter of Lousã and Serpins. In addition, in the valley and Serra de Ceira there are vestiges of important gold exploration attempts. With the invasion of the Germanic people, Imperial Rome fragmented, and many of the colonies dispersed, resulting in a loss of information for this period. But, in 943, there was a contract between Zuleima Abaiud and the abbey Mestúlio in the Monastery of Lorvão where, for the first time, the toponymic name ''Arauz'' appeared to designate the central place in this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]