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Portela
Portela or Pórtela may refer to: People * Portela (surname) Places * Lisbon Portela Airport, the international airport of Lisbon, Portugal * Residence of Portela, 17th-century country house in Paços de Brandão, Portugal Civil parishes * Portela (Amares), a civil parish in the municipality of Amares, Portugal * Portela (Arcos de Valdevez), a civil parish in the municipality of Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal * Portela (Loures), a civil parish in the municipality of Loures (also known as Portela de Sacavém), Portugal * Portela (Monção), a civil parish in the municipality of Monção, Portugal * Portela (Penafiel), a civil parish in the municipality of Penafiel, Portugal * Portela (Vila Nova de Famalicão), a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal * Portela Susã (Viana do Castelo), a civil parish in the municipality of Viana do Castelo, Portugal Other uses * Portela (samba school) The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Portela in Rio de Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portela (samba School)
The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Portela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is a decorated, traditional samba school. It was champion of the 2017 Carnival parade and has the highest number of wins in the top-tier Rio parade, with 22 titles in total. History At the start of the 20th century, in Oswaldo Cruz, a neighborhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro there was a carnivalesque group of dancers called ''Quem Fala de Nós Come Mosca'' literally translated as "Who talks about us eats flies". They were based in Dona Ester. A dissidence of this group of dancers (called "bloco" in Brazilian Portuguese) appeared in 1922 and another ''bloco'', the ''Baianinhas de Oswaldo Cruz'' ( Baianas of Oswaldo Cruz) was created. Later, a dissidence of Baianas created the ''Conjunto Carnavalesco Oswaldo Cruz'' (Carnaval Ensemble Oswaldo Cruz) on April 11, 1926. The founders were from Oswaldo Cruz however, Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Portela was actually founded, on 412 Portela Road, in the nei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portela (Loures)
Portela () is a former civil parish in the municipality of Loures, Lisbon District, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Moscavide e Portela. History In toponymic terms, ''Portela'' gets its name from two Portuguese definitions: ''portela'' is derived from a corruption of the Latin or , which means "small door" or "entryway"", since it can be considered the access to Lisbon (and/or south part of the Tagus estuary); the term ''portela'' is also, literally "a point where a road or street forms a bend or angle, ordinarily in a bottleneck or tributary"". Geographically, the second statement is also true, since the parish's northern limits are cornered by two important bends (Avenida Infante Dom Henriques-IC17 and IC17-A1). Portela's masterplan was deeply inspired by Swiss architect Le Corbusier's utopian scheme of ''"A Contemporary City for 3 Million People"'' (1922), and its urbanism based on the premise of a modern architecture that was exposed it to the maxim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portela (surname)
Portela is a surname of Iberian origin. Notable people with the name include: * Adrián Portela (born 1986), Argentine handball player * Ângela Portela (born 1962), Brazilian politician * Antonio Portela (born 1966), Puerto Rican swimmer * Carlos García Portela (1921–2011), Puerto Rican lawyer, politician and senator * Consuelo Portela Audet (1885–1959), Cuban-born Spanish cuplé singer * Diogo Portela (born 1988), Brazilian darts player * Eduardo Portela (born 1934), Spanish basketball player, coach, and executive * Edurne Portela Camino (born 1974), Spanish academic * Ena Lucía Portela (born 1972), Cuban novelist, essayist, and writer of short stories * Francisco Portela (1833–1913), Brazilian physician and politician * Henrique Portela ( 1920–1929), Portuguese football midfielder * José M. Portela (born 1949), officer of the United States Air Force * Juan Portela (born 1984), Spanish football defender * Lincoln Portela (born 1953), Brazilian politician, tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Residence Of Portela
The Residence of Portela ( pt, Casa da Portela) is a 17th-century country house located in the civil parish of Paços de Brandão, in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, in the Portuguese Centro district of Aveiro 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 Po .... It was classified as a monument in 1982. History By 1629, the residence was identified as the property of Francisco Saraiva and his wife British Aranha. The home was acquired by the noble family Pintos e Almeidas in 1788. During the 19th century there were various projects to reform the building and its spaces. Architecture The manorhouse is located in an urban space, on a berm along a main roadway, that includes gardens and forest to the rear of the building. The two-storey horizontal "U"-shape plan extends acr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbon Portela Airport
Humberto Delgado Airport , informally Lisbon Airport and formally Portela Airport, is an international airport located northeast of the city centre of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. The airport is the main international gateway to Portugal. As of 2021, it was the 16th-largest airport in Europe in terms of passenger volume, and carried 190,700,00 tonnes of cargo. It is an important European hub to Brazil, the largest European Star Alliance hub to South America and also a European hub to Africa. The airport is the main hub of Portugal's flag carrier TAP Air Portugal, including its subsidiary TAP Express, as well as being a hub for low-cost airlines Ryanair and easyJet. It is a focus city for Azores Airlines, euroAtlantic Airways, Hi Fly and White Airways. The airport is run by ANA Aeroportos de Portugal, which was concessioned to the French group Vinci SA in February 2013. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portela (Amares)
Torre e Portela is a civil parish in the municipality of Amares Amares () is a municipality in Braga District, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 18,889, in an area of 81.95 km². The present Mayor is Manuel Moreira, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is June 13. Demographic ..., Braga District, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Torre and Portela. The population in 2011 was 626,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 3.59 km². [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penafiel Municipality
Penafiel ( or () is a municipality and former bishopric (now a Latin Catholic titular see) in the northern Portuguese district of Porto. Capital of the Tâmega Subregion, the population was 72,265 in 2011, in an area of . History The region was occupied since pre-history, as evidenced by the proliferation of megalithic monuments, stone settlements and castros. This includes the Menhir of Luzim, a tall stone dating to an occupation of 3–4000 years B.C. Similarly, in the civil parish of Luzim, are the rock engravings that have existed for 3000 years. In addition, there are various rock forts ( castros), subject of archaeological studies, such as the archaeological "city of the dead" in Citânia de Monte Mozinho. One of the largest in the Iberian Peninsula, it was the precursor to the Galician organized community of ''Cividade Gallaeci''; the hill fort is dotted with traces of various cultures: Galician-Lusitanian, Roman, Visigoth and Moorish. There different legends that in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcos De Valdevez
Arcos de Valdevez () is a concelho, municipality along the northern frontier of Portugal and Galicia (Spain), Galicia (Spain). The population in 2011 was 22,847,Instituto Nacional de Estatística in an area of 447.60 km². It is the largest municipality in area of the district of Viana do Castelo (district), Viana do Castelo. History 
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Monção
Monção () is a municipality in the district of Viana do Castelo in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 19,230, in an area of 211.31 km2. The current Mayor is the Social Democrat António Barbosa. The municipal holiday is March 12. Climate Monção has a Hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: ''Csa'') with mild, rainy winters and hot dry summers, although short, the dry season is dry enough to avoid being classified has a humid subtropical climate or an oceanic climate like nearby Vigo. Notable people * Joaquim Pereira Pimenta de Castro (1846 in Pias, Monção – 1918) an army officer and politician; 10th Count of Pimenta de Castro * José Gomes Temporão (born 1951) a Brazilian public health physician and Minister of Health of Brazil, 2007 to 2010. * Fernando Vilar (born 1954 in Lara, Monção) a Uruguayan journalist and news anchor. Population Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 24 civil parishes (''freguesias''): * Abedim * Anhões ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vila Nova De Famalicão
Vila Nova de Famalicão () is a Portuguese town with a population of approximately 133,048 inhabitants () in an area of 201,59 km2, subdivided into 49 parishes (Administrative Division of 11 Unions of Parishes and 23 Parish Councils,). Inserted in the Braga District, in the North Region of Portugal and in the Sub-Region of Vale do Ave, global positioned at 41⁰24’36” N , 8⁰31’13.53” W. The population of ''Vila Nova'' was created in 1205 with the charter given by the King Sancho I. The municipality was created in 1835 as a detachment from Barcelos and was elevated to the category of “Vila” with the charter given by the Queen D. Maria II. In 1985, approved by National Assembly, Vila Nova de Famalicão was elevated to the category of "city". The inhabitants of Famalicão are called ''Famalicenses''. Frequently known simply as Famalicão, the city is the south entrance of the Minho province and the last reference of the Minho province for whoever comes from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viana Do Castelo Municipality
Viana do Castelo () is a municipality and seat of the district of Viana do Castelo in the Norte Region of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 88,725, in an area of 319.02 km². The urbanized area of the municipality, comprising the city, has a population of approximately 36,148 inhabitants, although the extended densely populated region reaches surrounding municipalities like Caminha and Ponte de Lima with a population above 150,000 inhabitants. It is located on the Portuguese Way path, an alternative path of the Camino de Santiago, and at the mouth of the Lima river. History Human settlement in the region of Viana began during the Mesolithic era, from discoveries and archaeological excavations. Even around the Roman occupation the area was settled along the Mount of Santa Luzia. The settlement of ''Viana da Foz do Lima'', which it was called when King Afonso III of Portugal issued a foral (''charter'') on 18 July 1258, was a formalization of the 1253 ''Viana'' that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
