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Tavares
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Tavares may refer to: Places Brazil *Tavares, Paraíba *Tavares, Rio Grande do Sul *Rodovia Raposo Tavares, the longest highway in São Paulo *Tavares Bastos (favela), a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *Tavares River Jamaica *Tavares Gardens, Kingston, Jamaica Portugal *Chãs de Tavares, Mangualde * Travanca de Tavares, Mangualde * Várzea de Tavares, Mangualde United States *Tavares, Florida *Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic Railroad Other * Tavares (group), an American soul music group *Tavares (restaurant), one of the oldest restaurants in the world, in Lisbon, Portugal *Tavares (surname) *Tavares, a variety of limequat tree *Tavares, a type of soil Soil, also commonly referred to as earth or dirt, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life. Some scientific definitions distinguish ''dirt'' from ''soil'' by restricting the former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tavares (group)
Tavares (also known as The Tavares Brothers) is an American R&B, funk and soul music group composed of five Cape Verdean-American brothers. Some were born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island, and they would move back and forth between the two cities throughout their childhood. They are probably best known for their 1976 hit " Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel". History The brothers, whose parents were of Cape Verdean descent, started performing in 1959 as Chubby and the Turnpikes when the youngest brother was nine years old. P-Funk keyboardist/architect Bernie Worrell briefly joined the group in 1968, while attending the New England Conservatory of Music. Future Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer appeared as the with the group in a later incarnation called The Turnpikes from the fall of 1969 until September 1970, when he was invited to join Steven Tyler's band. He was later replaced with drummer Paul Klodner and bassist Steve Strout, which gave them a tight, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tavares, Florida
Tavares (, ) is a city in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Lake County, Florida, Lake County. The population at the 2020 census was 19,003, and in 2019 the population was estimated to be 17,749. It is part of the Greater Orlando, Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name is a popular Portuguese surname and toponym. History Tavares was founded in 1880 by Alexander St. Clair Abrams, Alexander St. Clair-Abrams, a newspaper and railroad man from a Creole peoples, Creole family in New Orleans . He gave it the surname of a Portuguese people, Portuguese ancestor. In 1883 a post office was established; by the next year, a hotel, three stores, a sawmill, and eight cottages were built. St. Clair-Abrams's dream of Tavares as the state capital was not realized, but in 1887 it was designated the county seat of Lake County. St. Clair-Abrams later chartered a railroad from Tavares to Orlando, Florida, Orlando. In 1919, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tavares (surname)
Tavares is a Portuguese surname. The Spanish version of this name is Tavarez. This surname was adopted by Sephardic Jews as well. Notable people with the surname General * Alda Bandeira Tavares Vaz da Conceição (born 1949), São Toméan politician * António Raposo Tavares (1598–1658), Portuguese explorer and bandeirante *Aureliano Cândido Tavares Bastos (1839–1875), Brazilian politician, writer and journalist * Aurélio de Lyra Tavares, Brazilian general *Carlos Tavares (born 1958), Portuguese businessman *Charmaine Tavares (born 1943), American politician * Chelsea Tavares, American actress and singer * Gonçalo M. Tavares (born 1970), Portuguese writer *Eugénio Tavares (1867–1930), Cape Verdean writer *Fernanda Tavares (born 1980), Brazilian supermodel *Freddie Tavares (1913–1990), American musician and inventor * Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver, United States musician and composer * Kibwe Tavares, British film maker and architect *Miguel Sousa Tavares (born 1952), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tavares Gardens
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Tavares may refer to: Places Brazil *Tavares, Paraíba *Tavares, Rio Grande do Sul *Rodovia Raposo Tavares, the longest highway in São Paulo *Tavares Bastos (favela), a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *Tavares River Jamaica * Tavares Gardens, Kingston, Jamaica Portugal * Chãs de Tavares, Mangualde * Travanca de Tavares, Mangualde * Várzea de Tavares, Mangualde United States *Tavares, Florida * Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic Railroad Other *Tavares (group), an American soul music group * Tavares (restaurant), one of the oldest restaurants in the world, in Lisbon, Portugal * Tavares (surname) *Tavares, a variety of limequat tree *Tavares, a type of soil Soil, also commonly referred to as earth or dirt Dirt is an unclean matter, especially when in contact with a person's clothes, skin, or possessions. In such cases, they are said to become dirty. Common types of dirt include: * Debri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tavares, Rio Grande Do Sul
Tavares is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It has received some newsworthy highlights as several parts of the municipality were abandoned in the late 1990s due to dune and sea reclaiming the area. Some families left the area as early as 1986 due to harsh conditions to keep access and the area from eroding. The area has been eventually turned into a reserve, called "Parque Nacional da Lagoa do Peixe" (National Park of the Fish Lagoon). Villages like Barra da Lagoa (which once held over 200 families) and Balneário Paiva (around 25 families) are all but faded remains, the later having almost nothing left. In Balneário de Lagamarzinho, where once a community of at least 250 families lived, due streets were swallowed by the sea, The only settlement as of 2015 was Balneário de Talha-Mar, where once 180 families lived, only a few remain. These abandoned villages are now called "The phantom villages" of Tavares. Some other neighborhoods eventually also reloca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodovia Raposo Tavares
Rodovia Raposo Tavares (official designation SP-270) is the longest highway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, with 654 km. The highway starts in the city of São Paulo and continues westward, serving the main cities of Cotia, Vargem Grande Paulista, São Roque, Sorocaba, Itapetininga, Angatuba, Ourinhos, Assis, Presidente Prudente, Presidente Bernardes, Presidente Venceslau and Presidente Epitácio, at the shores of the Paraná River, by the border with Mato Grosso do Sul. It receives the Castelo Branco Highway at Ourinhos. The highway was named in honour of António Raposo Tavares, one of the leading bandeirantes (explorers of the backlands in the 16th and 17th centuries). It is managed and maintained in its first 120 km by a state concession to private company ViaOeste, and this section requires a toll. The remainder of the highway is maintained by the State of São Paulo's Department of Roads (DER). See also * Highway system of São Paulo * Brazili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tavares River
The Tavares River or Rio Tavares is a river of Florianópolis, capital of Santa Catarina state in southeastern Brazil. Rio Tavares is also the name of a neighborhood in the city which is cut by the river. Biolife Part of the Pirajubaé Marine Extractive Reserve since 20 May 1992, it holds various species of pink (''Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis'') and white (''Litopenaeus schmitti'') shrimps in the mangroves. The river holds the Brazilian Mullets ( Mugil brasiliensis), Silver Mullets ( Mugil curema), crabs, catfishes and other species. The mangroves near Rio Tavares are also used as shelters for several seabirds species and migratory birds. See also * List of rivers of Santa Catarina *(pt) Marine Extractive Reserve of Pirajubaé References Mapfrom Ministry of Transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tavares Bastos (favela)
Tavares Bastos is a favela in the Catete neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is named after the Brazilian politician Aureliano Cândido Tavares Bastos. The main access road is the ''Rua Tavares Bastos''. Many films have been filmed in the Tavares Bastos, including '' Elite Squad'', '' Last Stop 174'' and ''The Incredible Hulk''. The Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams music video "Beautiful" was also filmed in the favela. The favela used to be the only major city slum where drug trafficking or activities of militias were curtailed due to the presence of the headquarters of the Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais, the special police unit of the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State. This was described in the factual book ''Elite da Tropa ''Elite da Tropa'' is a Brazilian book written by the ex-police officers André Batista and Rodrigo Pimentel together with Luiz Eduardo Soares. It was first published in 2006. The book originated the film ''Elite Squad''. Synop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chãs De Tavares
Chãs de Tavares is a former civil parish in the municipality of Mangualde, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Tavares (Chãs, Várzea e Travanca). It is located 36 kilometres along the A25 road east of Viseu Viseu () is a city and municipality in the Centro Region of Portugal and the capital of the district of the same name, with a population of 100,000 inhabitants, and center of the Viseu Dão Lafões intermunipical community, with 267,633 inhabi .... References Former parishes of Mangualde {{Viseu-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tavares, Orlando And Atlantic Railroad
The Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic Railroad Company was incorporated by Florida state law chapter 3499, approved March 5, 1883, as owned by Alexander St. Clair-Abrams of New Orleans, W. R. Anno, Nat Poyntz and J. L. Bryan of Orange County, Florida; L. H. Davis of New Jersey; John P. Morton of Kentucky; and Charles Jay of Vermont. The line was defined as beginning at Tavares, in Lake County, running thence to Orlando in Orange County, passing through or near Apopka City, thence to such point on the Atlantic coast as the said company by its President and Board of Directors may determine, together with a branch from or near Apopka City, to or near Oakland, on the south side of Lake Apopka. The railroad was promised land grants along its line. See also *West Orange Trail The West Orange Trail is a long multi-use rail trail owned by Orange County Parks and Recreation in Orange County, Florida, in the United States. The paved trail passes through downtown Oakland, Winter Garde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tavares (restaurant)
The Tavares is a historic restaurant located in Lisbon, Portugal that has operated continuously since 1784. It is the oldest restaurant in Lisbon, having operated in the same location (though not the same building) since this time. It is the second oldest restaurant in the Iberian Peninsula, and has been classified as a national landmark in Portugal. The restaurant was frequented by writer Eça de Queiroz, who referenced it in his book Os Maias ''Os Maias: Episódios da Vida Romântica'' ("The Maias: Episodes of Romantic Life") is a realist novel by Portuguese author Eça de Queiroz. ''Maia'' is the name of the fictional family the novel is about. As early as 1878, while serving in t .... References External links * Restaurants in Portugal 1784 establishments in Portugal {{Portugal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tavares, Paraíba
Tavares, Paraíba is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area .... See also * List of municipalities in Paraíba References Municipalities in Paraíba {{Paraíba-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
