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Santa Justa (other) (Spanish: ''Santa Justa y Santa Rufina'')
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* Santa Justa Lift, lift in the city of Lisbon * Santa Justa, Portuguese parish in Lisbon * Santa Justa, Portuguese parish in Arraiolos * Santa Justa Klan, Spanish music band * Santa Justa, railway station in Seville * Saints Justa and Rufina Saints Justa and Rufina (Ruffina) ( es, Santa Justa y Santa Rufina) are venerated as martyrs. They are said to have been martyred at Hispalis (Seville) during the 3rd century. Only St. Justa (sometimes "Justus" in early manuscripts) is mentione ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Justa Lift
The Santa Justa Lift ( pt, Elevador de Santa Justa, ), also called Carmo Lift ( pt, Elevador do Carmo, ), is an elevator, or lift, in the civil parish of Santa Justa, in the historic center of Lisbon, Portugal. Situated at the end of ''Rua de Santa Justa'', it connects the lower streets of the ''Baixa'' with the higher ''Largo do Carmo'' (Carmo Square). Since its construction the lift has become a tourist attraction for Lisbon as, among the urban lifts in the city, Santa Justa is the only remaining vertical (conventional) one. Others, including '' Elevador da Glória'' and ''Elevador da Bica'', are actually funicular railways, and the other lift constructed around the same time, the Elevator of São Julião, has since been demolished. History The hills of Lisbon have always presented a problem for travel between the lower streets of the main ''Baixa'' and the higher ''Largo do Carmo'' (Carmo Square). In order to facilitate the movement between the two, the civil and milit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits with a population of around 2.7 million people, being the List of urban areas of the European Union, 11th-most populous urban area in the European Union.Demographia: World Urban Areas - demographia.com, 06.2021 About 3 million people live in the Lisbon metropolitan area, making it the third largest metropolitan area in the Iberian Peninsula, after Madrid and Barcelona. It represents approximately 27% of the country's population. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Justa (Lisbon)
Santa Justa () (English language, English: ''Justa and Rufina, Saint Justa'') is a former civil parish (''freguesia'') in the city and Municipalities of Portugal, municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. It has a population of 700 inhabitants and a total area of 0.24 km². At the administrative reorganization of Lisbon on 8 December 2012 it became part of the parish Santa Maria Maior (Lisbon), Santa Maria Maior. ''Diário da República'', 1.ª Série, n.º 216. Accessed 25/11/2012. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Justa (Arraiolos)
* Santa Justa Lift, lift in the city of Lisbon * Santa Justa, Portuguese parish in Lisbon * Santa Justa, Portuguese parish in Arraiolos * Santa Justa Klan Santa Justa Klan was a Spanish band that emerged from the TV show ''Los Serrano''. It was formed by several of the actors in the series: VÃctor ElÃas, Natalia Sánchez, Adrián RodrÃguez and Andrés de la Cruz. The target audience was child ..., Spanish music band * Santa Justa, railway station in Seville * Saints Justa and Rufina (Spanish: ''Santa Justa y Santa Rufina'') {{disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arraiolos Municipality
Arraiolos () is a municipality in Évora District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,363, in an area of 683.75 km2. The town of Arraiolos has 3,351 inhabitants. The present Mayor is Silvia Pinto, elected by the Unitary Democratic Coalition. The town is famous for its castle and its embroidered wool rugs and carpets. Arraiolos rugs have been made since the Middle Ages.Fleming, John & Hugh Honour. (1977) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Decorative Arts. '' London: Allen Lane, p. 35. In October 2003, Jorge Sampaio, the then President of Portugal, invited the Presidents of Finland, Germany, as well as of soon-to-be EU members Hungary, Latvia and Poland to Arraiolos in order to discuss the consequences of the 2004 enlargement of the European Union and plans for a Constitution for Europe. Subsequent meetings of non-executive presidents of European Union member states have been dubbed ''Arraiolos meetings''. History A hoard of prehistoric objects, including a trapezoid-shaped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Justa Klan
Santa Justa Klan was a Spanish band that emerged from the TV show ''Los Serrano''. It was formed by several of the actors in the series: VÃctor ElÃas, Natalia Sánchez, Adrián RodrÃguez and Andrés de la Cruz. The target audience was children who had sent in letters referring to the sometimes troubling situations which occur in school between boys and girls. In the series, the leader of the group is Guille (ElÃas). From their first album they released two singles: "A Toda Mecha", which launched them to fame, and "Del 1 al 10 (From One to Ten)". History In 2006 they released their second studio album, "DPM" on the Dro Atlantic label, which followed the lines of the first album, talking about issues that occurred at school. Their first single was "Con Angelina Jollie me va la olla" and the second one was "Como toques mi bocadillo te muerdo (Boliche's anthem)". On August 2, a presentation tour of the album began in Ibiza but finally the group disbanded in 2007 due to the lim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seville
Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Seville has a municipal population of about 685,000 , and a metropolitan population of about 1.5 million, making it the largest city in Andalusia, the fourth-largest city in Spain and the 26th most populous municipality in the European Union. Its old town, with an area of , contains three UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Alcázar palace complex, the Cathedral and the General Archive of the Indies. The Seville harbour, located about from the Atlantic Ocean, is the only river port in Spain. The capital of Andalusia features hot temperatures in the summer, with daily maximums routinely above in July and August. Seville was founded as the Roman city of . Known as ''Ishbiliyah'' after the Islamic conquest in 711, Seville became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
