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Ponte De Sor
Ponte de Sor () is a city and municipality in Portalegre District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 16,722, in an area of 839.71 km2. The present Mayor is Hugo Hilário, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is Easter Monday. Economy The economy of the municipality is based on agriculture – in particular the cork industry, of which the area is one of the biggest producers worldwide – services and light industries ranging from food to aviation. Ponte de Sor Aerodrome is base to several business, such as Sevenair Academy, the biggest flight school in Europe. Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes ('' freguesias''): * Foros de Arrão * Galveias * Longomel * Montargil * Ponte de Sor, Tramaga e Vale de Açor Sport Ponte de Sor is home to the football team Eléctrico, who play at the Estádio Municipal de Ponte de Sor. Notable people * Vitória Pais Freire de Andrade (1883–1930) an active Portuguese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alentejo
Alentejo ( , , ) is a geographical, historical, and cultural region of south–central and southern Portugal. In Portuguese, its name means "beyond the Tagus" (). Alentejo includes the regions of Alto Alentejo Province, Alto Alentejo and Baixo Alentejo Province, Baixo Alentejo. It corresponds to the districts of District of Beja, Beja, District of Évora, Évora, District of Portalegre, Portalegre, and Alentejo Litoral. Its main cities are Évora, Beja, Portugal, Beja, Sines, Serpa, Estremoz, Elvas, and Portalegre, Portugal, Portalegre. It has borders with Beira Baixa Province, Beira Baixa in the north, with Spain (Andalucia and Extremadura) in the east, Algarve in the south, and the Atlantic Ocean, Ribatejo, and Estremadura Province (historical), Estremadura in the west. Alentejo is a region known for its traditional polyphonic singing groups, similar to those found in Tuscany, Corsica, and elsewhere. History In the 19th century, the comarca of the Alentejo became the Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galveias
Galveias is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponte de Sor, in the Portuguese northern Alentejo, district of Portalegre. The population in 2011 was 1,061,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 79.83 km2. The small parish developed under the patronage of Order of Aviz, endowments from the Marquês Ratão family. History The founding of this settlement is attributed to Lourenço Afonso, a master in the Order of Aviz, in 1342. Galveias was a |
Populated Places In Portalegre District
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and plants, and has specific uses within such fields as ecology and genetics. Etymology The word ''population'' is derived from the Late Latin ''populatio'' (a people, a multitude), which itself is derived from the Latin word ''populus'' (a people). Use of the term Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined feature in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species which inhabit the same geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where interbreeding is possible between any opposite-sex pair within the area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Court Of Justice (Portugal)
The Supreme Court of Justice (, , STJ) is the highest court of law in Portugal without prejudice to the jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court. The judges of the STJ are referred to as "counselors" (''conselheiros''). Its president is elected by and from among the judges of the court. The STJ is installed in the buildings of the northern wing of the '' Terreiro do Paço'' square in Lisbon. Competences The competences of the Supreme Court of Justice are the following: *To try the President of Portugal, the President of the Assembly of the Republic and the Prime Minister of Portugal for crimes committed during the exercise of their office; *To harmonize rulings by setting uniform jurisprudence; *To hear appeals in matters of law; *To try crimes committed by the members of the Supreme Court, of the Courts of Appeal or Public Prosecutors. History The Supreme Court of Justice was created by the Constitution of 1822 and installed eleven years after, in the scope of the separatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Santana Maia
Maria Laura Santana Maia (born 1937) is a Portuguese lawyer who became the first female member of the Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal in May 2004. Early life and education Maia was born on 8 October 1937 in Ponte de Sor in the Portalegre District of Portugal’s Alentejo region. Her full name was Maria Laura de Carvalho Santana Maia. Her father, António Maria Santana Maia, who originally came from the nearby parish of Mouriscas in the Santarém District, was a lawyer and notary as well as a farmer. A keen painter, Maia did not begin to study law until she was 30, after her husband died. They had two children. Career At that time, under the '' Estado Novo'' dictatorship, women were not allowed to become judges or magistrates. After obtaining her qualifications she worked in the Public Prosecutor's Office in various locations, including Loulé and Guimarães. After the overthrow of the ''Estado Novo'' by the Carnation Revolution of April 1974 it became possible for women to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luís Peixoto
José Luís Marques Peixoto (; born September 4, 1974) is a Portuguese author, poet and playwright. A professional writer since 2001, his works have been translated into more than 30 languages. Biography José Luis Peixoto was born in the village of Galveias, in the Portuguese region of Alentejo. He lived in Galveias until the age of 18. He obtained a bachelor's degree in modern languages and literature from NOVA University Lisbon. After university, he was a teacher for some years in several schools in Portugal and Cape Verde, before becoming a professional writer in 2001. Peixoto's first book, ''Morreste-me'' (English title: ''You Died on Me''), was published in 2000. In 2001, he became the youngest ever recipient of the José Saramago Prize, at the age of 27, for his novel ''Nenhum Olhar''. International editions Translated editions of Peixoto's books are available from the following publishers: Bloomsbury (UK), Doubleday, Random House (US), Grasset, Seuil (France), Lit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitória Pais Freire De Andrade
Vitória Pais Freire de Andrade (18831930) was an active Portuguese feminist who played an important role in the ''Conselho Nacional das Mulheres Portuguesas'' (National Council of Portuguese Women - CNMP) in the 1920s. She is also known for her campaigning against bullfighting in Portugal. Early life Vitória Pais Freire de Andrade Madeira was born on 20 January 1883, in Ponte de Sor in the Portalegre District of Portugal. She was the daughter of José Albertino Freire de Andrade, a primary school teacher, and of Arsenia Maria Mineira. In 1903, at the age of 20 and already married, to Manuel Joaquim Madeira, a trader from Portalegre, she entered the Normal School of Portalegre, having already started teaching in several primary schools near her home. Feminism At an early age, Freire de Andrade, who rarely used her husband's surname and was often called simply, Vitória Pais, began to demonstrate support for feminist causes, joining the ''Liga das Mulheres Republicanas'' (Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eléctrico F
Eléctrico (born August 21, 1986) is a Mexican '' Luchador'' '' enmascarado'' or masked professional wrestler who works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He is a former and the longest reigning Mexican National Lightweight Champion. Eléctrico's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. From 2006 to 2018 Eléctrico worked in CMLL's '' Mini-Estrellas'' division, however that does not mean that Eléctrico has dwarfism as several short wrestlers work in the "Mini" division. In 2018 he was moved from the ''Mini-Estrellas'' division to the "regular sized" division. During his career he has won the mask of Pequeño Black Warrior and also won the 2014 ''Pequeño Reyes del Aire#Pequeño Reyes del Aire (2010), Pequeño Reyes del Aire'' tournament. Professional wrestling career Eléctrico began his training at the age of just 15, training under Tony Salazar a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponte De Sor, Tramaga E Vale De Açor
Ponte, a word meaning ''bridge'' in Italian, Portuguese, and Galician languages, may refer to: Places England *Pontefract, a town in the Metropolitan City of Wakefield France *Ponte Leccia, a civil parish (hameau) in the department of Haute-Corse Italy ;Municipalities * Ponte (BN), in the Province of Benevento *Ponte Buggianese, in the Province of Pistoia *Ponte dell'Olio, in the Province of Piacenza *Ponte di Legno, in the Province of Brescia *Ponte di Piave, in the Province of Treviso *''Ponte Gardena'', Italian name for Waidbruck, in South Tyrol * Ponte in Valtellina, in the Province of Sondrio *Ponte Lambro, in the Province of Como * Ponte nelle Alpi, in the Province of Belluno *Ponte Nizza, in the Province of Provincia di Pavia *Ponte Nossa, in the Province of Bergamo *Ponte San Nicolò, in the Province of Padua * Ponte San Pietro, in the Province of Bergamo ;Civil parishes and quarters *Ponte (Rome), a ''rione'' in the City of Rome *Ponte di Cerreto, in the Province of Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montargil
Montargil is a parish (''freguesia'') in the municipality of Ponte de Sor Ponte de Sor () is a city and municipality in Portalegre District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 16,722, in an area of 839.71 km2. The present Mayor is Hugo Hilário, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is Easter ... in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 2,316,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 296.94 km2. References Freguesias of Ponte de Sor {{Portalegre-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longomel
Longomel is a village and a civil parish of the municipality of Ponte de Sor Ponte de Sor () is a city and municipality in Portalegre District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 16,722, in an area of 839.71 km2. The present Mayor is Hugo Hilário, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is Easter ..., Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,228,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 46.19 km2. References Freguesias of Ponte de Sor {{Portalegre-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foros De Arrão , membership dues paid to Athens by the members of the Delian League in Classical Greece
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Foros may refer to: * Foros, Crimea, a resort town in Crimea * Foros Group, a boutique investment group headquartered in New York City * '' Foros Timis Ston Greco'', a classical album by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis * Foros (crater), an impact crater in the Argyre quadrangle of Mars * ''Foros'' (icebreaker), a Latvian icebreaking salvage tug See also * Phoros In Ancient Greece, phoros () was the name for the membership dues paid to Athens by the members of the Delian League, formed to offer protection from Persian forces. It could be paid in military equipment (such as triremes) or money, most usually t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
