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Fountain Of São João (Melgaço)
The Fountain of São João () is a fountain located in the freguesia, civil parish of, municipality of Melgaço Municipality, Portugal, Melgaço, in the Norte Region, Portugal, northern Portugal. History The fountain dates to 1780, with the payment for the construction funded by Dr. João Pedro de Sá, the ''juiz de fora'' for the town of Melgaço, who lived in the locality of Assadura. He was supported with donations from the nobility of the town of Melgaço. In 1903, the fountain was transferred to the ''Praça da República'' in the municipality. At the beginning of the 20th century, the ''Praça da Repúblic'' was already punctuated with trees; the fountain was located in the area opposite the castle and old Conde de Ferreira Primary School. In May 1970, a ministerial dispatch approved the study into moving the fountain from eastern part of the ''Praça da República'' to the northeast corner of the square. From a document to the director of the Fine Arts School (in 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fountain
A fountain, from the Latin "fons" ( genitive "fontis"), meaning source or spring, is a decorative reservoir used for discharging water. It is also a structure that jets water into the air for a decorative or dramatic effect. Fountains were originally purely functional, connected to springs or aqueducts and used to provide drinking water and water for bathing and washing to the residents of cities, towns and villages. Until the late 19th century most fountains operated by gravity, and needed a source of water higher than the fountain, such as a reservoir or aqueduct, to make the water flow or jet into the air. In addition to providing drinking water, fountains were used for decoration and to celebrate their builders. Roman fountains were decorated with bronze or stone masks of animals or heroes. In the Middle Ages, Moorish and Muslim garden designers used fountains to create miniature versions of the gardens of paradise. King Louis XIV of France used fountains in the Gard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melgaço, Portugal
Melgaço () is a municipality in the district of Viana do Castelo District, Viana do Castelo in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 9,213, in an area of 238.25 km2. It is the northernmost municipality in Portugal. The present Mayor is Manoel Batista, elected by the Socialist Party (Portugal), Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is Ascension Day. Melgaço is certified by the EarthCheck, EarthCheck Sustainable Destinations program. History Parada do Monte, Gave and the plateau of Castro Laboreiro were locations of many megalithic burial mounds and graves that suggest the presence of human settlement in the mountains of the region. Alongside is the hilltop castle, that stood firm during the Galician-Leonese battles. Over the streams they built bridges in solid masonry, while dozens of fishing villages sprung from the banks of the River Minho, in addition to the Romanesque convents, churches and chapels, some of which are quite Romanesque. Oral tradition suggest that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares Portugal-Spain border, the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union; to the south and the west is the North Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and southwest lie the Macaronesia, Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, which are the two Autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous regions of Portugal. Lisbon is the Capital city, capital and List of largest cities in Portugal, largest city, followed by Porto, which is the only other Metropolitan areas in Portugal, metropolitan area. The western Iberian Peninsula has been continuously inhabited since Prehistoric Iberia, prehistoric times, with the earliest signs of Human settlement, settlement dating to 5500 BC. Celts, Celtic and List of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fountain
A fountain, from the Latin "fons" ( genitive "fontis"), meaning source or spring, is a decorative reservoir used for discharging water. It is also a structure that jets water into the air for a decorative or dramatic effect. Fountains were originally purely functional, connected to springs or aqueducts and used to provide drinking water and water for bathing and washing to the residents of cities, towns and villages. Until the late 19th century most fountains operated by gravity, and needed a source of water higher than the fountain, such as a reservoir or aqueduct, to make the water flow or jet into the air. In addition to providing drinking water, fountains were used for decoration and to celebrate their builders. Roman fountains were decorated with bronze or stone masks of animals or heroes. In the Middle Ages, Moorish and Muslim garden designers used fountains to create miniature versions of the gardens of paradise. King Louis XIV of France used fountains in the Gard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, it was also an administrative division of the other Portuguese overseas territories. The civil parishes and communities in England and Wales and in the Spanish autonomous communities of Galicia and Asturias is similar to a in Portugal. The average land area of a Portuguese parish is about and an average population of about 3,386 people. The largest parish by area is Alcácer do Sal (Santa Maria do Castelo e Santiago) e Santa Susana, with a land area of , and the smallest parish by area is São Bartolomeu (Borba), with a land area of . The most populous parish is Algueirão - Mem Martins, with a population of 68,649 people and the least populous is Mosteiro, with a popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melgaço Municipality, Portugal
Melgaço may refer to: * Melgaço, Portugal, a municipality in Portugal * Melgaço, Pará, a municipality in Pará, Brazil * Barão de Melgaço, a municipality in Mato Grosso, Brazil * Barão de Melgaço River in western Brazil {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norte Region, Portugal
The North Region ( ) or Northern Portugal is the most populous region in Portugal, ahead of 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 Mainland Portugal ( 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 associations. Northern Portugal is a culturally varied region. It is a land of dense vegetation and prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fonte Sao Joao Baptista
Fonte means ''fountain'', ''source'' and/or ''spring'' in several languages, and is thus present in many toponyms and titles. It may also refer to: People * Allison Fonte (born 1964), American actress and pianist * Artur Fonte (born 1959), Portuguese football player * Bartholomew de Fonte, Spanish admiral involved in the early knowledge of the Pacific Northwest * César Fonte (born 1986), Portuguese cyclist * Emanuele Fonte (born 1992), Italian football player * Francesco Fonte (born 1965), Italian football player * Jeanne de la Fonte, birth name of Renée Adorée (1898–1933), French actress * John Fonte, philosopher involved in transnational progressivism * José Fonte (born 1983), Portuguese football player * Marcello Fonte (born 1978), Italian actor * Maria Inês Fonte (born 2002), Portuguese tennis player * Mike da Fonte (born 1991), American football player * Moderata Fonte (1555–1592), Venetian writer and poet * Pedro José de Fonte y Hernández Miravete (1777–1839), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnos Dei-Melgaco
Agnos (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Departments of France, department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regions of France, region in southwestern France. Agnos is part of the urban area (''unité urbaine'') of Oloron-Sainte-Marie. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Agnosiens'' or ''Agnosiennes''. Geography Agnos is located just 2 km south of Oloron-Sainte-Marie and some 25 km southwest of Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pau. It can be accessed on the D155 road from Bidos in the northeast coming southwest to the village then continuing southeast to Gurmençon. The D555 road also passes through the commune from the north and joins the D155 northeast of the village. The commune is mixed farmland and forests with the forests scattered throughout the commune. The river Mielle, a tributary of the Gave d'Oloron (Adour basin), flows through the commune. Places and hamlets * La Baig * Candalot * Dufau * Fontaine Anglade * Laborde-Boy * La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
