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Murça Municipality
Murça (), officially the Town of Murça (), is a municipality in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,952, in an area of 189.37 km2. It is situated in the central part of the eastern district of Vila Real (district), Vila Real, and consigned to the Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro region. The town of Murça, seat of the municipal government, is on average 40 kilometres from many of the major urban centres of the region. History Although there are no clear references to the origin of this community, most suspect that it extends to Celtic period, primarily due to the ''Porca de Murça'' (), a celebrated monument to a wild boar (and presumably a Celtic divinity). The first references to the region of Murça appeared in the ''Inquirições'' (inquiries/inventory) of King Afonso II of Portugal, Afonso II. Municipal autonomy became a reality in the 13th century, when King Sancho II of Portugal, Sancho II issued a foral (charter) on 8 May 1224. This was later confirmed and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murça Municipal Chamber
The Murça Municipal Chamber () is the administrative authority in the municipality of Murça. It has 7 freguesias in its area of jurisdiction and is based in the town of Murça, on the Vila Real District. These freguesias are: Candedo (Murça), Candedo; Carva e Vilares; Fiolhoso; Jou (Murça), Jou; Murça (parish), Murça; Noura e Palheiros and Valongo de Milhais. The Murça City Council is made up of 5 councillors, representing, currently, two different political forces. The first candidate on the list with the most votes in a municipal election or, in the event of a vacancy, the next candidate on the list, takes office as President of the Municipal Chamber. List of the President of the Municipal Chamber, Presidents of the Municipal Chamber of Murça * Joaquim Ferreira Torres – (1971–1974) * ??? – (1974–1976) *Cândido Abel Borges – (1976–1979) *António Constantino Pereira – (1979–1981) *Alexandre Teixeira – (1981–1982) *Belmiro Morais Vilela – (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Of Portugal
Denis (, ; 9 October 1261 – 7 January 1325), called the Farmer King (''Rei Lavrador'') and the Poet King (''Rei Poeta''), was King of Portugal from 1279 until his death in 1325. Dinis was the eldest son of Afonso III of Portugal by his second wife, Beatrice of Castile, and grandson of Afonso II of Portugal, Denis succeeded his father in 1279. He was married to Elizabeth of Aragon, who was later canonised as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. Denis ruled Portugal for over 46 years. He worked to reorganise his country's economy and gave an impetus to Portuguese agriculture. He ordered the planting of a large pine forest (that still exists today) near Leiria to prevent the soil degradation that threatened the region and to serve as a source of raw materials for the construction of the royal ships. He was also known for his poetry, which constitutes an important contribution to the development of Portuguese as a literary language. Reign In 1290, Denis began to pursue the sys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aníbal Milhais
Aníbal Augusto Milhais GOTE (; 9 July 1895 – 3 June 1970), nicknamed "Soldado Milhões" (; "Soldier Millions", for being "worth a million men"), was the most decorated Portuguese soldier of World War I and the only Portuguese soldier awarded the highest national honour, the Military Order of the Tower and of the Sword, of Valour, Loyalty and Merit on the battlefield instead of the usual public ceremony in Lisbon. Origin Milhais was a farmer; he was born on 9 July 1895 in the small village of Valongo de Milhais, a parish of Murça, in northern Portugal. War service On 30 July 1915 he was drafted into the Infantry of Bragança. In 1917, he was mobilized to join the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps. He arrived in France in the same year, as a member of the Trás os Montes Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division of the Expeditionary Corps. The division was deployed to the front line. The participation of Portugal in World War I took place mostly in Flanders, Belgium. Portugues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriarch Of Lisbon
The Patriarch of Lisbon (, ), also called the Cardinal-Patriarch of Lisbon once he has been made cardinal, is the ordinary bishop of the Archdiocese of Lisbon. He is one of the few patriarchs in the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, along with the Patriarchs of Venice, the East Indies, and Jerusalem. The diocese of Lisbon was created in the 4th century, but it lay vacant after 716 when the city was captured by the Moors; the diocese was restored when the city was captured by king Afonso I of Portugal during the Second Crusade in 1147. In 1393, Lisbon was raised to the dignity of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Boniface IX with the papal bull ''In eminentissimae dignitatis''. In 1716, at the request of King John V, Pope Clement XI issued the bull ''In Supremo Apostolatus Solio'' granting the rank of Patriarch to the King's Chaplain, who had since been made Archbishop of West Lisbon. The bull '' Inter praecipuas apostolici ministerii'', issued by Pope Clement XII in 1737, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardinal (Catholic Church)
A cardinal is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. As titular members of the clergy of the Diocese of Rome, they serve as advisors to the pope, who is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. Cardinals are chosen and formally created by the pope, and typically hold the title for life. Collectively, they constitute the College of Cardinals. The most solemn responsibility of the cardinals is to elect a new pope in a conclave, almost always from among themselves, with a few historical exceptions, when the Holy See is vacant. During the period between a pope's death or resignation and the election of his successor, the day-to-day governance of the Holy See is in the hands of the College of Cardinals. The right to participate in a conclave is limited to cardinals who have not reached the age of 80 years by the day the vacancy occurs. With the pope, cardinals collectively participate in papal consistories, in which matters of im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inácio Do Nascimento De Morais Cardoso
'' Dom'' Inácio do Nascimento de Morais Cardoso (20 December 1811 – 23 February 1883) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was Patriarch of Lisbon. Morais Cardoso was born in Murça, Portugal, the son of Hipólito de Morais Cardoso, Captain-Major of Murça, and wife Eufémia Joaquina. He was educated at the University of Coimbra, where he was awarded a licentiate in theology. Priesthood He was ordained on 19 December 1835. He served as treasurer of the church of São Roque da Misericórdia as well as chaplain and confessor of King Pedro V of Portugal and was treasurer of the Royal Chapel of the Palace of Necessidades. Episcopate He was appointed as Bishop of Faro (or of Algarve) on 28 September 1863. He was consecrated on 14 February 1863 in Lisbon, by Cardinal Manuel Bento Rodrigues da Silva. He participated in the First Vatican Council that was called in Rome during 1869 to 1870. Morais Cardoso was promoted to the patriarchal see of Lisbon on 25 April 1871 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jou (Murça)
Jou is a parish of the municipality of Murça, Vila Real District, in northeast Portugal. The population in 2011 was 654,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 37.29 km2. References Freguesias of Murça {{VilaReal-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freguesia (Portugal)
(), 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 popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alto Douro (region)
Alto Douro may refer to: * Alto Douro, São Tomé and Príncipe * Alto Douro Wine Company * Alto Douro (region), region in Portugal * Douro DOC Douro is a Portuguese wine region centered on the Douro River in the Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro region. It is sometimes referred to as the ''Alto Douro'' (upper Douro), as it is located some distance upstream from Porto, sheltered by mountain ..., a Portuguese wine region See also * Douro (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnation Revolution
The Carnation Revolution (), code-named Operation Historic Turn (), also known as the 25 April (), was a military coup by military officers that overthrew the Estado Novo government on 25 April 1974 in Portugal. The coup produced major social, economic, territorial, demographic, and political changes in Portugal and its overseas colonies through the Ongoing Revolutionary Process (''Processo Revolucionário em Curso''). It resulted in the Portuguese transition to democracy and the end of the Portuguese Colonial War. The revolution began as a coup organised by the Armed Forces Movement (, MFA), composed of military officers who opposed the regime, but it was soon coupled with an unanticipated popular civil resistance campaign. Negotiations with African independence movements began, and by the end of 1974, Portuguese troops were withdrawn from Portuguese Guinea, which became a UN member state as Guinea-Bissau. This was followed in 1975 by the independence of Cape Verde, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estado Novo (Portugal)
The ''Estado Novo'' (, ) was the Corporate statism, corporatist Portuguese state installed in 1933. It evolved from the ''Ditadura Nacional'' ("National Dictatorship") formed after the 28 May 1926 coup d'état, ''coup d'état'' of 28 May 1926 against the unstable First Portuguese Republic, First Republic. Together, the ''Ditadura Nacional'' and the ''Estado Novo'' are recognised by historians as the Second Portuguese Republic (). The ''Estado Novo'', greatly inspired by conservative and autocratic ideologies, was developed by António de Oliveira Salazar, who was Prime Minister of Portugal, President of the Council of Ministers from 1932 until illness forced him out of office in 1968. Opposed to communism, socialism, syndicalism, anarchism, liberalism and anti-colonialism, the regime was conservative, corporatist, and nationalist in nature, defending Religion in Portugal, Portugal's traditional Catholicism. Its policy envisaged the perpetuation of Portugal as a pluricontinenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5 October 1910 Revolution
5 October 1910 Revolution () was the overthrow of the centuries-old List of Portuguese monarchs, Portuguese monarchy and its replacement by the First Portuguese Republic. It was the result of a ''coup d'état'' organized by the Portuguese Republican Party. By 1910, the Kingdom of Portugal was in deep crisis: national anger over the 1890 British Ultimatum, the royal family's expenses, the Lisbon Regicide, assassination of the King and his heir in 1908, changing religious and social views, instability of the two political parties (Progressive Party (Portugal), Progressive and Regenerator Party, Regenerator), the dictatorship of João Franco, and the regime's apparent inability to adapt to modern times all led to widespread resentment against the Monarchy. The proponents of the republic, particularly the Republican Party, found ways to take advantage of the situation. The Republican Party presented itself as the only one with a programme capable of regaining Portugal's lost status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
