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Ovar Municipality
Ovar ( or ) is a city and a municipality in Aveiro District, Baixo Vouga Subregion in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 55,398, in an area of 147.70 km2. It had 42,582 eligible voters (2006). The municipality includes two cities: Ovar (16,849 inhabitants in 2001) and Esmoriz (11,020 inhabitants in 2001). The present Mayor is Salvador Malheiro, elected by the Portuguese Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is July 25. Ovar is home to the football team A.D. Ovarense who play at the Estádio Marques da Silva. The main beach area is Furadouro, and Ovar is located in the northern point of the Ria de Aveiro (Aveiro Lagoon) Demographics Cities and towns There are two cities and three towns in the municipality. * Esmoriz (city) * Ovar (city) * Cortegaça (town) * São João (town) * Válega (town) Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes (''freguesias''): * Cortegaça * Esmoriz * Maceda * Ovar, São João, Arada e São V ... [...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 NUTS statistical regions of Portugal, statistical regions of Portugal. The cities with major administrative status inside this region are Coimbra, Aveiro, Portugal, Aveiro, Viseu, Caldas da Rainha, Leiria, Castelo Branco, Portugal, Castelo Branco, Covilhã, Torres Vedras and Guarda, Portugal, Guarda. It is one of the seven Regions of Portugal (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS II subdivisions). It is also one of the regions of Europe, as given by the European Union for statistical and Geography, 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 Proto-Indo-Europeans, Indo-European people living in the western Iberian Peninsula, the Roman Republic, Romans settled in the region and colonized it as a part of the Roman Province of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São João (Ovar)
São João, Portuguese for "Saint John", may refer to: Architecture *Forte de São João (other) *Capela de São João Batista (Chapel of St. John the Baptist), Church of São Roque, Lisbon Places Brazil * Barra de São João, Casimiro de Abreu, Rio de Janeiro * Cedro de São João, Sergipe *Mata de São João, Bahia * São João, Paraná *São João, Pernambuco *São João d'Aliança, Goiás *São João do Araguaia, Pará *São João do Arraial, Piauí *São João da Baliza, Roraima *São João da Barra, Rio de Janeiro * São João Batista, Maranhão *São João Batista, Santa Catarina *São João Batista do Glória, Minas Gerais *São João da Boa Vista, São Paulo *São João do Caiuá, Paraná *São João da Canabrava, Piauí *São João do Cariri, Paraíba *São João do Carú, Maranhão *São João das Duas Pontes, São Paulo *São João Evangelista, Minas Gerais *São João da Fronteira, Piauí *São João de Iracema, São Paulo *São João do Itaperiú, Santa Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Reis
Roberto Mauro Silva Reis (born 2 March 1980) is a Portuguese volleyball player who plays for Sporting and the Portugal national team. Reis also competes in Beach Volleyball, together with Kibinho, winning the national championship in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014. Career Born in Esmoriz, Reis started his professional career as an 18-year-old in his hometown club, Esmoriz Ginásio Clube, which led him to his debut for the national team against Czech Republic in 2000. After a brief spell in the Italian Volleyball League, he moved to Sporting de Espinho, taking part in the conquest of four national titles and one cup. In 2009, he signed with Vitória de Guimarães, but stayed just one year, as he joined Benfica, helping them win an historic three-peat, plus two cups. In 2017, he was released by Benfica and returned to Sporting de Espinho. A year later, he went back to Lisbon to play for Sporting. In international level, Reis competed at 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Sá
Edgar Francisco Reis Sá (born 10 April 1979) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender. Football career Born in Esmoriz, Aveiro District, Sá spent most of his career with S.C. Covilhã, for whom he played 273 games between the Segunda Liga and the third division, scoring 27 goals in his three spells. He was awarded the club's medal of honour when he left in June 2016 at the age of 37, having already majored in sports science. At the professional level, Sá also represented F.C. Marco, A.D. Ovarense and C.D. Santa Clara Clube Desportivo Santa Clara is a Portuguese football club from Ponta Delgada, Azores. They play in the 13,277-seat Estádio de São Miguel. They are the most successful football team from the Azores Islands as the only team from the archipelag ..., going on to total 349 appearances. References External links * * Edgar Sáat ZeroZero {{DEFAULTSORT:Sa, Edgar 1979 births Living people People from Ovar Portuguese football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events, one event more than those scheduled for the 2004 Summer Olympics. This was the first time China had hosted the Olympic Games, and the third time the Summer Olympic Games had been held in East Asia, following the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, and the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. These were also the second Summer Olympic Games to be held in a communist state, the first being the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union (with venues in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Estonia). Beijing was awarded the 2008 Games over four competitors on 13 July 2001, having won a majority of votes from members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after two rounds o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarisse Cruz
Clarisse Cruz (born 9 July 1978 in Ovar) is a Portuguese runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Competitions At the 2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics she won the silver medal in the Women's 3000 metres steeplechase event with a time of 9:55.24. At the 2008 Summer Olympics she ran in heat 1 of round 1 of the Women's 3000 metres steeplechase event, finishing overall in round 1 in 34th place with a time of 9:49.45. She competed in the Women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. In round 1 she finished in 10th place in heat 1 with a time of 10:06.96 and did not qualify for the final. She competed in the Women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2012 European Athletics Championships. In round 1 she qualified for the final with a personal best time of 9:40.30. In the final she finished in 9th place with a time of 9:47.76. She competed in the Women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2012 Summer Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Bruno
Miguel Bruno Pereira Cardoso (born 8 December 1971) is a former Portuguese professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby .... Career statistics Club References External links * 1971 births Living people People from Ovar Portuguese footballers Portugal youth international footballers Portugal under-21 international footballers Association football forwards C.D. Feirense players FC Porto players A.D. Ovarense players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players S.C. Beira-Mar players C.F. Os Belenenses players Gil Vicente F.C. players S.C. Salgueiros players Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players S.C. Espinho players Varzim S.C. players Segunda Divisão players Liga Portugal 2 players Primeira Liga players Sportspeople from A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luís Filipe Menezes
Luís Filipe de Menezes Lopes (born 2 November 1953) is a Portuguese politician. Background He is a son of José António Lopes (Porto, Alvar, 10 September 1925 –), an Industrialist (son and paternal grandson of cattle dealers and maternal grandson and great-grandson of farmers and maternal grandson of an ''exposed'' daughter of unknown parents), and wife (m. Coimbra, Sé Nova, 11 November 1949) Maria Helena de Menezes Borges (Viseu, Abraveses, Aguieira, 15 April 1928 –), a Licentiate in Philosophy from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Porto and a High School Teacher, whose paternal grandfather was Spanish and whose mother was from the local Nobility. Career He is a Licentiate in Medicine specialized in pediatrics from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto. He started his career as a medical doctor. Affiliated with the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he was a Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs and from 1997 to 2013 he was Mayor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Camarão
José Soares Santa (25 December 1902 – 5 April 1968), known as Santa Camarão ("''Camarão''" being a family nickname meaning Shrimp in English) or Zé Santa in Portugal, and as Jose Santa or Joe Santa in the United States, was a Portuguese boxer. At he was one of the tallest heavyweight boxers in history. Life and career Son of António Soares Santa and Josefa Pereira dos Santos, Santa was a remarkable individual growing up to at a time when the average height for a man in Portugal was . He was born in Ovar, and in 1911 moved to Lisbon, where his father was earning for his family. There he had a brief career in wrestling, before changing to professional boxing in 1922. Santa's professional boxing career lasted until 1934, which he mostly spent in Portugal (1922–26, with a few fights later in 1929), Brazil (1926–28 and 1933–34), and the United States (1930–33) where he was widely popular with the Portuguese immigrants livings in southern Massachusetts and Rhode I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freguesia (Portugal)
''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Portuguese overseas territories of Cape Verde and Macau (until 2001). In the past, was also an administrative division of the other Portuguese overseas territories. The ''parroquia'' in the Spanish autonomous communities of Galicia and Asturias is similar to a ''freguesia''. A ''freguesia'' is a subdivision of a ''município'' (municipality). Most often, a parish takes the name of its seat, which is usually the most important (or the single) human agglomeration within its area, which can be a neighbourhood or city district, a group of hamlets, a village, a town or an entire city. In cases where the seat is itself divided into more than one parish, each one takes the name of a landmark within its area or of the patron saint from the usually cot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igreja Matriz De Santa Maria De Valega; Parish Church Of Valega, Portugal
"Igreja" ("Church") is a single by Brazilian rock band Titãs, released in 1986, part of their ''Cabeça Dinossauro'' album. Lyrics and composition According to songwriter and then bassist and vocalist Nando Reis, the song was written on the acoustic guitar at his mother's house in the district of Butantã, São Paulo: By the time of the album's release, Reis said: Reception within the band It was one of the last songs to be selected for the album and it stirred controversy among the members themselves - vocalist Arnaldo Antunes, at first, didn't want to record it and would even leave the stage sometimes when the song was performed live. When the members had a meeting at vocalist Branco Mello's apartment to discuss the album's repertoire, vocalist, bassist and saxophonist Paulo Miklos also opposed the song's inclusion, but soon changed his mind as the band performed it live. Antunes, on the other hand, said "the song is against the Church as the institution, but at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
