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Lorvão
Lorvão is a parish in Penacova Penacova ( or ) is a town and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,251, in an area of 216.73 km². Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 8 civil parishes (''freguesias''): ... Municipality, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,898, in an area of 26.95 km². Within the Parish of Lorvão are the following places and towns: Foz do Caneiro, Caneiro, São Mamede, Aveleira, Roxo, Paradela do Lorvão, Chelo, Rebordosa. See also * Apocalypse of Lorvão References External links * Freguesias of Penacova {{Coimbra-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apocalypse Of Lorvão
''The Apocalypse of Lorvão'' is an illuminated manuscript from Lorvão, Portugal containing the ''Commentary on the Apocalypse'' of Beatus of Liébana Monastery, Spain. It is currently kept at the Torre do Tombo National Archive in Lisbon. History This is a well-dated manuscript whose origin is identified through its colophon, which indicates that it was completed in 1189 in the scriptorium of the Lorvão monastery in the present municipality of Penacova, near Coimbra. It was signed by the scribe Egeas, who might also be the author of illustrations. It remained preserved in the abbey until the nineteenth century, including while the monastery changed denomination in 1205 and hosted a Cistercian community.Notice du ministère de la Culture espagnol The historian Alexandre Herculano discovered the manuscript in the library of the monastery in 1853 and transferred it to the national archives of Portugal in Lisbon to be part of the corpus of documents and texts in the hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penacova
Penacova ( or ) is a town and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,251, in an area of 216.73 km². Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 8 civil parishes (''freguesias''): * Carvalho * Figueira de Lorvão * Friúmes e Paradela * Lorvão * Oliveira do Mondego e Travanca do Mondego * Penacova * São Pedro de Alva e São Paio do Mondego * Sazes do Lorvão Demographics Notable people * António José de Almeida (1866 in Penacova, São Pedro de Alva – 1929) a politician, the sixth President of Portugal The president of Portugal, officially the president of the Portuguese Republic ( pt, Presidente da República Portuguesa, ), is the head of state and highest office of Portugal. The powers, functions and duties of prior presidential offices, an ..., 1919 until 1923. References External links * Photos from Penacova Municipalities of Coimbra District {{Coimbra-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centro Region, Portugal
The Central Region ( pt, Região do Centro, ) or Central Portugal is one of the statistical regions of Portugal. The cities with major administrative status inside this region are Coimbra, Aveiro, Viseu, Caldas da Rainha, Leiria, Castelo Branco, Covilhã, Torres Vedras and Guarda. It is one of the seven Regions of Portugal ( NUTS II subdivisions). It is also one of the regions of Europe, as given by the European Union for statistical and geographical purposes. Its area totals . As of 2011, its population totalled 2,327,026 inhabitants, with a population density of 82 inhabitants per square kilometre. History Inhabited by the Lusitanians, an Indo-European people living in the western Iberian Peninsula, the Romans settled in the region and colonized it as a part of the Roman Province of '' Lusitânia''. The Roman town of Conímbriga, near Coimbra, is among the most noted and well-preserved remains of that period. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Visigoths w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Região De Coimbra
The Comunidade Intermunicipal da Região de Coimbra () is an administrative division in Portugal. It was created in October 2013, replacing the previously existing ''Greater Metropolitan Area of Coimbra''. Since January 2015, Região de Coimbra is also a NUTS3 subregion of Centro Region, that covers the same area as the intermunicipal community. Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 18 March 2015 The main city and seat of the intermunicipal community is |
Coimbra District
Coimbra District ( pt, Distrito de Coimbra, or ) is located in the Centro Region, Portugal. The district capital is the city of Coimbra. Municipalities The district is composed by 17 municipalities: * Arganil * Cantanhede * Coimbra * Condeixa-a-Nova * Figueira da Foz * Góis * Lousã * Mira * Miranda do Corvo * Montemor-o-Velho * Oliveira do Hospital * Pampilhosa da Serra Pampilhosa da Serra () is a town and a municipality in the Coimbra District Coimbra District ( pt, Distrito de Coimbra, or ) is located in the Centro Region, Portugal. The district capital is the city of Coimbra. Municipalities The district ... * Penacova * Penela * Soure * Tábua * Vila Nova de Poiares Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2022 , - class="unsortable" !rowspan=2, Parties!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S , - class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 , 1976 !colspan=2 , 1979 !colspan=2 , 1980 !colspan=2 , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parish (administrative Division)
A parish is an administrative division used by several countries. To distinguish it from an '' ecclesiastical parish'', the term ''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 below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...'' is used in some jurisdictions, as noted below. The table below lists countries which use this administrative division: See also * Muban References {{Terms for types of country subdivisions Types of administrative division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
