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Sobreiro (other)
Sobreiro is, along with sobreira, the Portuguese (and old Galician) name for the cork oak tree (''Quercus suber''), and may refer to: Places * O Sobreiro, a place in the Xustáns parish, Ponte Caldelas municipality, Galicia (Spain) * Sobreiro, a place in the Lavadores parish, Vigo municipality, Galicia (Spain) * Sobreiro, a little hamlet in the Mafra municipality (Portugal) * Sobreiró de Baixo, a parish in Vinhais municipality (Portugal) * Bairro dos Sobreiros, a place in Rio Maior municipality (Portugal) * Vale Sobreiro, a place in Caranguejeira parish, in Leiria municipality (Portugal) Art works * ''O Sobreiro'', a 1905 painting by Carlos I of Portugal See also * Sobreira (other) * Sobroso * Sobro * Sobral (other) * Sobrado (other) Sobrado may refer to: * Sobrado (architecture), a Portuguese colonial house style Places Brazil: * Sobrado, Paraíba, municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region Spain: * Sobrado, Galicia, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sobreira (other)
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Sobreira is the Portuguese and Galician name for the cork oak tree (''Quercus suber''), and may refer to: People * Rafael Sobreira da Costa, Brazilian footballer Places * Sobreira (Paredes), a parish in Paredes Municipality, Portugal See also * Sobreiro (other) * Sobral (other) * Sobrado (other) Sobrado may refer to: * Sobrado (architecture), a Portuguese colonial house style Places Brazil: * Sobrado, Paraíba, municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region Spain: * Sobrado, Galicia, municipality in the province of A Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cork Oak
''Quercus suber'', commonly called the cork oak, is a medium-sized, evergreen oak tree in the section ''Quercus'' sect. ''Cerris''. It is the primary source of cork for wine bottle stoppers and other uses, such as cork flooring and as the cores of cricket balls. It is native to southwest Europe and northwest Africa. In the Mediterranean basin the tree is an ancient species with fossil remnants dating back to the Tertiary period. It endures drought and makes little demand on the soil quality and is regarded as a defence against desertification. Cork oak forests are home to a multitude of animal and plant species. Since cork is increasingly being displaced by other materials as a bottle cap, these forests are at risk as part of the cultural landscape and animal species such as the Iberian lynx are threatened with extinction. Description General appearance and bark The cork oak grows as an evergreen tree, reaching an average height of or in rare cases up to 25 m and a tru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponte Caldelas
Ponte Caldelas is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra. It takes its name from an ancient bridge over the Río Caldelas. Etymology The town is more than likely named after the old bridge over the river Verdugo, combined with its thermal springs (''caldas'' originates from the Latin word ''calidae'' or ''hot'' in English). Location Ponte Caldelas is bounded to the north by the municipality of Cotobade, to the south by Fornelos de Montes and Soutomaior, to east by A Lama and to the west by the municipality of Pontevedra. Parishes Ponte Caldelas has nine parishes: Anceu, Barbudo, Caritel, Forzáns, A Insua, Ponte Caldelas Ponte Caldelas is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra. It takes its name from an ancient bridge over the Río Caldelas. Etymology The town is more than likely named after the old bridge over the river Verdugo, combined ..., Taboadelo, Tourón and Xustáns. History In 1126 King Alfonso VII was gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigo
Vigo ( , , , ) is a city and Municipalities in Spain, municipality in the province of Pontevedra, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, it sits on the southern shore of an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, the Ria de Vigo, the southernmost of the Rías Baixas. The municipality, with an area of and a population of 299,321 on June 15, 2022 including rural parishes, is the most populous municipality in Galicia. The area of the municipality includes the Cíes Islands, part of the Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park. Vigo is one of the region's primary economic agents, owing to the French Stellantis Vigo Plant and to its Port of Vigo, port. Close to the Portugal–Spain border, Vigo is part of the Galicia–North Portugal Euroregion. The European Fisheries Control Agency is headquartered in Vigo. History In the Early Middle Ages, the small village of Vigo was part of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mafra Municipality
Mafra () is a city and a municipality in the district of Lisbon, on the west coast of Portugal, and part of the urban agglomeration of the Greater Lisbon subregion. The population in 2011 was 76,685, in an area of 291.66 km2. It is mostly known for the sumptuous Mafra National Palace inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Built in the baroque style, the Mafra National Palace also inspired Portuguese Nobel Prize laureate José Saramago to write his novel ''Baltasar and Blimunda'' (Memorial do Convento). Other points of interest around the municipality include the Tapada Nacional de Mafra, an enclosed wildlife and game reserve, and Ericeira's World Surf Reserve, the second in the world. History The earliest archaeological remnants discovered in Mafra date to an early settlement of this region in the Neolithic period. In Seixosa, civil parish of Encarnação, in an area that was once a beach, there were archaeological remnants from the Paleolithic period, that indicate one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinhais Municipality
Vinhais (; cel-x-proto, Veniatia) is a municipality in the district of Bragança, northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 9,066, in an area of 694.76 km2. The present mayor is Américo Afonso Pereira, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is May 20. Parishes The municipality is composed of 26 parishes: * Agrochão * Candedo * Celas * Curopos e Vale de Janeiro * Edral * Edrosa * Ervedoa * Moimenta e Montouto * Nunes e Ousilhão * Paçó * Penhas Juntas * Quirás e Pinheiro Novo * Rebordelo * Santalha * Sobreiró de Baixo e Alvaredos * Soeira, Fresulfe e Mofreita * Travanca e Santa Cruz * Tuizelo * Vale das Fontes * Vila Boa de Ousilhão * Vila Verde * Vilar de Lomba e São Jomil * Vilar de Ossos * Vilar de Peregrinos * Vilar Seco de Lomba * Vinhais Geography The northern boundary of the municipality extends to the border with Spain, 23 km away. It is perched on the slopes of the Coroa mountains at an altitude of approximately 600 meters, prot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Maior Municipality
Rio Maior () is a municipality in the Santarém District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 21,192, in an area of 272.76 km². The present mayor is Isaura Morais of the Social Democratic Party (Portugal), Social Democratic Party (PSD), the first woman to be elected mayor in the municipality. The municipal holiday is November 6. Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into ten civil parishes (''freguesia (Portugal), freguesias''): * Alcobertas * Arrouquelas * Asseiceira * Azambujeira e Malaqueijo * Fráguas * Marmeleira e Assentiz * Outeiro da Cortiçada e Arruda dos Pisões * Rio Maior * São João da Ribeira e Ribeira de São João * São Sebastião Climate Rio Maior has a Mediterranean climate with warm to hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters. Rio Maior registered a temperature of on 4 August 2018 and on January and February. Notable people * Duarte da Silva Marques (born 1983 in Rio Maior) a triathlete, competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics * P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiria Municipality
Leiria (; cel-x-proto, ɸlāryo) is a city and municipality in the Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, with a municipality population of 128,640 (as of 2021) in an area of . It is the seat of its own district and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leiria-Fátima. The city is part of the historical province of Beira Litoral. History The region around Leiria has long been inhabited although its early history is obscure. The first evident inhabitants were the Turduli Oppidani, a Celtici tribe (akin to the Lusitanians), who established a settlement near (around 7 km) present-day Leiria. This settlement was later occupied by the Romans, who expanded it under the original Celtiberian name ''Collippo''. The stones of the ancient Roman town were used in the Middle Ages to build much of Leiria. The name "Leiria" in Portuguese derives from 'leira' (from the medieval Galician-Portuguese form 'laria', from proto-Celtic *ɸlār-yo-, 'highground'/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos I Of Portugal
''Dom'' Carlos I (; English: King Charles of Portugal; 28 September 1863 – 1 February 1908), known as the Diplomat ( pt, o Diplomata), the Martyr ( pt, o Martirizado), and the Oceanographer ( pt, o Oceanógrafo), among many other names, was the King of Portugal from 1889 until his assassination in 1908. He was the first Portuguese king to die a violent death since King Sebastian in 1578. Early life Carlos was born in Lisbon, Portugal, the son of King Luís and Queen Maria Pia, daughter of King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, and was a member of the House of Braganza."While remaining patrilineal dynasts of the duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha according to pp. 88, 116 of the 1944 ''Almanach de Gotha'', Title 1, Chapter 1, Article 5 of th1838 Portuguese constitutiondeclared, with respect to Ferdinand II of Portugal's issue by his first wife, that 'the Most Serene House of Braganza is the reigning house of Portugal and continues through the Person of the Lady Queen Maria II' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sobroso
Sobroso Castle ( es, Castillo de Sobroso, glg, Castelo de Sobroso) is a medieval castle in the village of Vilasobroso in Galicia, Spain. Location The castle is located in Vilasobroso, a village in the municipality of Mondariz, belonging to the ''comarca'' of O Condado. It sits on Landín Hill, overlooking the Condado valley, right up to the Portuguese border. Due to its strategic position, the castle was known as "the key of the Kingdom of Galicia". Etymology The name of the Castle, and the village itself, comes from the Latin SUBEROSUM, in reference to the 'sobreiras', ''Quercus suber'' or cork trees that once surrounded it. History The castle was restored from its ruinous state thanks to the efforts of local journalist Alejo Carrera Muñoz, who in 1923 bought the ruins of the castle from the Count of Torre Cedeira for the sum of 5,000 pesetas. He carried out the restoration work single-handedly, without any help from local authorities, until his death in 1967. In 1981, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sobro
The South Bronx is an area of the New York City Borough (New York City), borough of the Bronx. The area comprises neighborhoods in the southern part of the Bronx, such as Concourse, Bronx, Concourse, Mott Haven, Bronx, Mott Haven, Melrose, Bronx, Melrose, and Port Morris, Bronx, Port Morris. In the early 1900s, the South Bronx was originally known as the Manor of Morrisania, as it was the manor of Lewis Morris (governor), Lewis Morris. As the Morris family continued to expand on the land, an influx of German and Irish immigrants started to populate the area, leading the Bronx to be considered the "Jewish Borough" in the 1930s. This soon changed as World War II caused rent to increase in many apartments, pushing people out. By the end of the 1950s, the South Bronx was two-thirds African American or Hispanic (of any race). The South Bronx is known for its Hip hop#Culture, hip hop culture and graffiti. Graffiti became popular in the Bronx in the early 1970s, spreading through t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sobral (other)
Sobral may refer to: People * Sobral (surname) * José María Sobral (born 1880) argentine scientist * Marcos Sobral (born 1960), Brazilian botanist whose standard author abbreviation is Sobral Places * Sobral Base, a defunct research station in Antarctica * Sobral, Ceará, a municipality in the State of Ceará, Brazil * Sobral de Monte Agraço Municipality, Portugal * Sobral de Monte Agraço (parish), a civil parish in the Portuguese municipality * Sobral Pichorro e Fuinhas, a civil parish in the municipality of Fornos de Algodres, Portugal Other uses * Sobral Fault, a geological formation in South America * Sobral Formation, a geological formation in Antarctica * Sobral Unit, a geological formation in Europe See also * Sobrado (other) * Sobreira (other) * Sobreiro (other) Sobreiro is, along with sobreira, the Portuguese (and old Galician) name for the cork oak tree (''Quercus suber''), and may refer to: Places * O Sobreiro, a place in the Xust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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