Museu Militar Do Porto
The Museu Militar do Porto (translated: Military Museum of Porto) is a pertaining institution to the Portuguese Army, dedicated for the preservation of military history, located in Porto, Portugal. History The creation of a military museum in the city of Porto dates back to the late 19th century, when a ''portuense'' painter, Joaquim Vitorino Ribeiro, started collecting pieces and documents related to military history. This collection was then the base of an exposition inaugurated on August 24, 1920, by List of Presidents of Portugal, President António José de Almeida, marking the centenary of the Liberal Revolution of 1820. The exposition resulted in an interest by the City Council in creating a permanent military museum in the city. By 1957 the commandant-in-chief of the Military Region of Northern Portugal, based in Porto city, conducted a study in order to adapt the Castle of São João da Foz, at Foz do Douro parish, for a museum. However, the idea was definitively abandoned ...
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Bonfim (Porto)
Bonfim () is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol .... The population in 2011 was 24,265,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)
, Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 3.10 km².

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