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Ponte Da Palhaça
The Ponte da Palhaça is a bridge crossing the ''Ribeira da Tojeira'' in the civil parish of Palhaça, municipality of Oliveira do Bairro in the Portuguese district of Aveiro. History The bridge is situated along a deactivated roadway, but actually served as an important arterial until the 19th century. Yet, information from the period indicate that cattle could cross the bridge. Sometime in the 20th century the bridge was reconstructed, but since became buried up to the arches. On 2 April 1992, the DRCoimbra proposed the classification of the bridge as a cultural heritage site. On May 13 a dispatch by Vice-President of the IPPC was issued in order to validate this proposition, but the proposal expired by 23 October 2009. Architecture The structure was situated east of the village of Palhaça, crossing the affluents of the ''Ribeira da Tojeira''. It is a bridge constructed of clay (a popular material in a region to substitute stone). The bridge was structurally a one-arche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliveira Do Bairro
Oliveira do Bairro () is a town and a municipality in the district of Aveiro in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 47,729, in an area of 335.27 km2. It had 16,994 eligible voters in 2006. The town itself had a population of 3,077 in 2001. The municipality is in the Bairrada area. The present Mayor is Duarte Novo. The municipal holiday is Ascension Day. Demographics Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes ('' freguesias''): * Bustos, Troviscal e Mamarrosa * Oiã * Oliveira do Bairro * Palhaça Cultural institutions * União Filarmónica do Troviscal, Troviscal - Aveiro, conducted by André Granjo Twinning cities Oliveira do Bairro is twinned with two cities: : Benguela, Angola and : Lamballe, France Notable people * Ilda Figueiredo (born 1948 in Troviscal, Oliveira do Bairro) a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Portuguese Communist Party * João Tomás (born 1975) a Portuguese retired footba ... [...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 co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concelho
Concelho () is the Portuguese-language term for municipality, referring to the territorial subdivision in local government. In comparison, the word ''município'' () refers to the organs of State. This differentiation is still in use in Portugal and some of its former overseas provinces, but is no longer in use in Brazil following the abolition of these organs, in favour of the French prefecture system. It is similar to borough and council. History After the civil parish ( pt, freguesias), the Portuguese ''concelho'' is the most stable territorial subdivision within the country, with over 900 years of history. Founded in the royal charters attributed to parcels and territorial enclaves, in order to establish a presence by the Crown, rather than personal fiefdoms of the nobility and aristocracy. This municipal institution changed throughout history: many were abolished and reconstituted based on the political necessity; first they were subject to the specifics of each charter (wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians and Ancient Greek traders, it was ruled by the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aveiro District
Aveiro District ( pt, Distrito de Aveiro, or ) is located in the central coastal region of Portugal. The capital of the district is the city of Aveiro, which also serves as the seat of Aveiro Municipality. Aveiro District is bordered by the Porto District to the north, the Viseu District to the east, the Coimbra District to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The 19 municipalities of Aveiro District are split between Norte Region (Metropolitan Area of Porto and Espinho subregion: Grande Porto) and Centro Region ( Baixo Vouga subregion). Municipalities The district is composed of 19 municipalities: 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 , 1983 !colspan=2 , 1985 !colspan=2 , 1987 !colspan=2 , 1991 !colspan=2 , 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Bridges In Portugal
This list of bridges in Portugal lists bridges of particular historical, scenic, architectural or engineering interest. Road and railway bridges, viaducts, aqueducts and footbridges are included. Historical and architectural interest bridges Major road and railway bridges This table presents the structures with spans greater than 100 meters (non-exhaustive list). {{row indexer, {, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! class="unsortable", ! scope=col , ! scope=col , Name ! scope=col , Span ! scope=col , Length ! scope=col width="115" , Type ! scope=col width="115" , Carries''Crosses'' ! scope=col , Opened ! scope=col , Location ! scope=col , District ! class="unsortable", Ref. , - , , , _row_count, , 25 de Abril Bridge, , {{convert, 1013, m, ft, abbr=on, , {{convert, 3173, m, ft, abbr=on, , {{Sort, S, Suspension2 levels steel truss deck, steel pylons2x100+483+1013+483+99, , {{center, A2 motorway European route E1IP7 Linha do Sul''Tagus'', , 1966, , Lisbon–Almada{{Coord, 38 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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