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Travassós
Fafe () is a Concelho, municipality in the Norte Region, Portugal, northern Portugal, Portuguese Braga District, district of Braga. The population in 2021 was 48,502, in an area of approximately (. The city itself had a population of 14,144 in 2001. The present mayor is Antero Barbosa, elected by the Socialist Party (Portugal), Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is May 16. History In the 10th century King Ordoño III of León donated the Vila de Moraria (Moreira de Rei) and Monte Longo to the monastery of Guimarães, founded by the Countess Mumadona. The territory was effect the Diocese of Braga in the 12th century, and was one of the largest of the seven dioceses, with approximately 950 to 1000 parishes divided into 38 group. During the 1220 ''Inquirições'' (''Inquiries''), the territory of Monte Longo was first identified. This location would have an effect; in 1258, the municipality was designated as the lands and ''julgado'' (''judicial territory'') of Monte Longo. By 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fafe
Fafe () is a municipality in the northern Portuguese district of Braga. The population in 2021 was 48,502, in an area of approximately (. The city itself had a population of 14,144 in 2001. The present mayor is Antero Barbosa, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is May 16. History In the 10th century King Ordoño III of León donated the Vila de Moraria (Moreira de Rei) and Monte Longo to the monastery of Guimarães, founded by the Countess Mumadona. The territory was effect the Diocese of Braga in the 12th century, and was one of the largest of the seven dioceses, with approximately 950 to 1000 parishes divided into 38 group. During the 1220 ''Inquirições'' (''Inquiries''), the territory of Monte Longo was first identified. This location would have an effect; in 1258, the municipality was designated as the lands and ''julgado'' (''judicial territory'') of Monte Longo. By 1320, Fafe was part of the Diocese of Braga and the Terra de Entre Ave e Vizela, also kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parochial Memories Of 1758
The Parochial Memories of 1758 ( pt, Memórias Paroquiais de 1758) are the results of an enquiry sent to every parish in Portugal following the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, by order of Sebastião de Carvalho e Melo, the Secretary of State of Internal Affairs of the Kingdom. The exercise was organised according to a plan containing sixty written questions; the compiled answers, relaying accounts on not only the damage sustained by the earthquake but also information on the local geography, demography, history, and economy, are valuable historical documents and are stored in the country's National Archive. Because Secretary Carvalho e Melo (today more commonly known by the title of Marquis of Pombal Count of Oeiras () was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated July 15, 1759, by King Joseph I of Portugal, and granted to Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, head of the Portuguese government. Later, through another roy ...) was the first to attempt an objectiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandro Cunha
Sandro Fernando Silva Cunha (born 5 December 1982) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Born in Fafe, Braga District, Cunha spent five of his first six seasons as a senior in the third division, in representation of AD Fafe, FC Porto B, G.D. Tourizense and F.C. Lixa. In 2007 he upgraded to the Segunda Liga, where he first appeared with S.C. Olhanense. In the 2010–11 campaign, Cunha contributed 29 games and two goals as Gil Vicente F.C. returned to the Primeira Liga after an absence of five years. He made his debut in the competition on 12 August 2011, playing the full 90 minutes in the 2–2 home draw against S.L. Benfica. His first goal arrived on 19 May 2013, but in a 1–3 home loss to G.D. Estoril Praia. In the summer of 2014, after one season in the second tier with Moreirense FC, Cunha signed for Varzim S.C. in the third. He won promotion in his debut campaign with a career-best seven goals, then spent a furthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armindo Freitas-Magalhães
Armindo Freitas-Magalhães (; born 1966) is a Portuguese psychologist working on the psychology of the human smile in the context of emotion and facial expression. His research and clinical-forensic expertise includes investigative interviewing, credibility assessment, forensic assessment, facial expression of emotion and variables associated with eyewitness memory in victims and offenders of crime and trauma. He has also provided consultation and training overseas. Biography Freitas-Magalhães was born in Fornelos, Norte region, Portugal. He studied at the University of Coimbra, and he did a Ph.D. in Psychology at Universidade Aberta, Lisbon. He is the author of the book "The Psychology of Human Smile". Since 2006 he is Professor of the Psychology of Emotions, Psychology and Law, Applied Psychology and Experimental Psychology at University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), in Porto. He is founder and current director of the Facial Emotion Expression Lab (FEELab) at that university. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Vila Real
The Portuguese Catholic diocese of Vila Real ( la, Dioecesis Villaregalensis) has existed since 1922. In that year it was formed from territories in the diocese of Bragança-Miranda, archdiocese of Braga, and diocese of Lamego. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Braga, in the Norte region, with its see at the Cathedral of Vila Real. Notes Vila Real Vila Real () is the capital and largest city of the Vila Real District, in the North region. It is also the seat of the Douro intermunicipal community and of the Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro historical province. The Vila Real municipality covers ... Vila Real, Roman Catholic Diocese of {{Europe-RC-diocese-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joaquim Gonçalves
D. Joaquim Gonçalves (17 May 1936 – 31 December 2013) was a Portuguese Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood on 10 July 1960, Gonçalves was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vila Real, 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 ... on 19 January 1991 and retired on 17 May 2011. References 1936 births 2013 deaths People from Fafe 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Portugal 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Portugal {{Portugal-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freitas E Vila Cova
Freitas e Vila Cova is a civil parish in the northern Portuguese municipality of Fafe, in the district of Braga The district of Braga ( pt, Distrito de Braga ) is a district in the northwest of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Braga, and it is bordered by the district of Viana do Castelo in the north, Vila Real in the east, Spain ( Galicia) .... History The population in 2011 of the former civil parishes included 804 inhabitants,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of approximately . It was formed in 2013 through the merger of the former-parishes of Freit ... [...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] |
Guimarães Line
Guimarães () is a city and municipality located in northern Portugal, in the district of Braga. Its historic town centre has been listed as a UNESCWorld Heritage Sitesince 2001, in recognition for being an "exceptionally well-preserved and authentic example of the evolution of a medieval settlement into a modern town" in Europe. Guimarães is also a part of the Ave Subregion (one of the most industrialised subregions in the country), as well as the historical Minho Province. The city has a population of 152,309 inhabitants according to the most recent data of 2019 in an area of . The current Mayor is Domingos Bragança, of the Socialist Party. Guimarães, along with Maribor, Slovenia, was the European Capital of Culture in 2012. The city was settled in the 9th century, at which time it was called ''Vimaranes''. This denomination might have had its origin in the warrior Vímara Peres, who chose this area as the main government seat for the County of Portugal which he conquer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquis Of Valença
Marquis of Valença (in Portuguese ''Marquês de Valença'') was a Portuguese title of nobility granted by royal decree of King Afonso V of Portugal, dated from October 11, 1451, to ''Dom'' Afonso of Braganza (1400–1460), who already was 4th Count of Ourém. It is the 1st Marquis title in Portugal. This title was only renovated later in the 17th century: when the 7th Count of Vimioso (belonging to the 1st Marquis’ lineage) died, King Pedro II of Portugal, through a special decree, issued on December 13, 1681, legitimated the count's natural and only son, Francisco de Paula de Portugal e Castro (Francis III), as 8th Count, and also granted him the title of 2nd Marquis of Valença. List of the Marquesses of Valença # Afonso de Portugal (c.1400-1461), 4th Count of Ourém; Eldest grandson of Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira, second Constable of Portugal, eldest son of the 1st Duke of Braganza; #Francisco de Paula de Portugal e Castro (1679–1749), 8th Count of Vimioso; #José Miguel J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norte Region, Portugal
The North Region ( pt, Região do Norte ) or Northern Portugal is the most populous region in Portugal, ahead of Lisbon Region, Lisbon, and the third most extensive by area. The region has 3,576,205 inhabitants according to the 2017 census, and its area is with a density of 173 inhabitants per square kilometre. It is one of five Regions of Portugal, regions of Mainland Portugal (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS II subdivisions). Its main population center is the urban area of Porto, with about one million inhabitants; it includes a larger political metropolitan region with 1.8 million, and an urban-metropolitan agglomeration with 2.99 million inhabitants, including Porto and neighboring cities, such as Braga, Guimarães and Póvoa de Varzim. The Commission of Regional Coordination of the North (CCDR-N) is the agency that coordinates environmental policies, land-use planning, cities and the overall development of this region, supporting local governments and ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ave (intermunicipal Community)
The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Ave () is an administrative division in Portugal. It was created in 2009. It takes its name from the Ave River. The seat of the intermunicipal community is Guimarães. Ave comprises parts of the former districts of Braga and Vila Real. The population in 2011 was 425,411, in an area of 1,451.31 km². Ave is also a NUTS3 subregion of Norte Region. Since January 2015, the NUTS 3 subregion covers the same area as the intermunicipal community. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
