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Quinta De Santo António
The Quinta de Santo António () is a well-preserved Pombaline style, Pombaline ''quinta (estate), quinta'' in the ''Freguesia (Portugal), freguesia'' of Carcavelos e Parede, in the Concelho, municipality of Cascais, on the Portuguese Riviera. It is the seat of St. Julian's School. History The oldest reference to the site is associated with municipality of Cascais, before 1364, then known as ''Quinta da Ordem'' (the ''Estate of the Order''), pertaining to the ''Hospital e Gafaria do Santo Espírito de Sintra'' (''Sintra Hospital and Leper Colony of Santo Espírito''). Following the 16th century, the annual pension was of the estate was paid to the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Sintra, then Cascais. It was through contributions from its diverse renters that the estate was expanded: by the end of the 16th and early 17th century, the estate of Santo António included 62 hectares. In the 1760s, a few terrains were acquired to build a summer residence for José Francisco da Cruz (then tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quinta (estate)
Quinta is a traditional term for an Estate (land), estate, primarily used in Portugal and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, Portuguese-speaking world, but the term has sometimes been borrowed in non-Portuguese speaking countries of Ibero-America. Definition Mainland Portugal A quinta is a primarily rural property, especially those with historic Manor house#Portugal, manors and Palace#Portugal, palaces in continental Portugal. The term is also used as an appellation for farm, agricultural estates, such as winery, wineries, vineyards, and olive groves. In urban contexts, quintas may often be walled-off mansions in city centers, but the term may also be applied to edifices once located in a more rural setting that have since been developed. The name was later often given to generally larger land estates that might originally have been used for agricultural purposes but were converted into residential estates. Modern definitions The term has also been applied ... [...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] |
Carcavelos E Parede
Carcavelos e Parede is a civil parish in the municipality of Cascais, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Carcavelos and Parede Parede () is a former civil parish in the municipality of Cascais, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Carcavelos e Parede. In 2001 its resident population was approximately 17,830 inhabitants, covering an area of 3.6 km2 .... The population in 2011 was 45,007,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 8.11 km2. References {{lisbon-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concelho
Concelho () is the Portuguese-language term for municipality, referring to the territorial subdivision in local government. In comparison, the word ''município'' () refers to the organs of State. This differentiation is still in use in Portugal and some of its former overseas provinces, but is no longer in use in Brazil following the abolition of these organs, in favour of the French prefecture system. It is similar to borough and council. History After the civil parish (), the Portuguese ''concelho'' is the most stable territorial subdivision within the country, with over 900 years of history. Founded in the royal charters attributed to parcels and territorial enclaves, in order to establish a presence by the Crown, rather than personal fiefdoms of the nobility and aristocracy. This municipal institution changed throughout history: many were abolished and reconstituted based on the political necessity; first they were subject to the specifics of each charter (which varied bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cascais
Cascais () is a town and municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera, Estoril Coast. The municipality has a total of 214,158 inhabitants in an area of 97.40 km2. Cascais is an important tourism in Portugal, tourist destination. Its Cascais Marina, marina hosts events such as the America's Cup and the town of Estoril, part of the Cascais municipality, hosts conferences such as the Horasis Global Meeting. Since the 1870s, Cascais's has been a popular seaside resort after King Luís I of Portugal and the House of Braganza, Portuguese royal family made the seaside town their residence every September, thus also attracting members of the Portuguese nobility, who established a summer community there. Cascais is known for the many members of royalty who have lived there, including King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, when he was the Duke of Windsor, King Juan Carlos I of Spain, and King Umberto II of Italy. Former Cuban president Fulgencio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Riviera
The Portuguese Riviera (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Riviera Portuguesa'') is a term used for the affluent coastal region to the west of Lisbon, Portugal, centered on the coastal municipalities of Cascais (including Estoril), Oeiras, Portugal, Oeiras and Sintra. It is coterminous with the Estoril Coast (''Costa do Estoril'') and occasionally known as the Costa do Sol (''Sun Coast''). The region is internationally known as a luxury destination for its history as a home of High-net-worth individual, the wealthy, the famous, and European royalty. Cascais, Oeiras and Sintra municipalities are consistently rank among the richest municipalities in Portugal. Cascais's history as a luxury destination originates in the 1870s, when King Luís I of Portugal and the House of Braganza, Portuguese royal family made the seaside town their summer residence, thus attracting other members of Portuguese nobility, Portugal's aristocracy, who established a summer community there. During World W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph I Of Portugal
'' Dom'' Joseph I (; 6 June 1714 – 24 February 1777), known as the Reformer (Portuguese: ''o Reformador''), was King of Portugal from 31 July 1750 until his death in 1777. Among other activities, Joseph was devoted to hunting and the opera. His government was controlled by Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, who implemented new laws, modernized the economy and Portuguese society, marking Joseph's reign as a time of modernization of Portugal. The third child and second son of King John V, Joseph became his father's heir as an infant when his older brother, Pedro, Prince of Brazil, died. In 1729 he married Infanta Mariana Victoria, the eldest daughter of Philip V of Spain. Joseph and Mariana Victoria had four daughters: Maria, Mariana, Doroteia, and Benedita. With the death of his father in 1750, Joseph became king of Portugal. When he ascended the throne, Joseph I had at his disposal the same means of government action as his predecessors in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cable & Wireless Plc
Cable & Wireless plc was a British telecommunications company. In the mid-1980s, it became the first company in the UK to offer an alternative telephone service to BT Group, British Telecom (via subsidiary Mercury Communications). The company later offered cable television, cable TV to its customers, but it sold its cable assets to NTL Incorporated, NTL in 2000. It remained a significant player in the UK telecoms market and in certain overseas markets, especially in the former British colonies of the Caribbean, where it was formerly the monopoly incumbent. It was also the main supplier of communication in the British South Atlantic, including Saint Helena and the Falkland Islands. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. The company split in March 2010, with its international division demerging to form Cable & Wireless Communications, acquired by Liberty Global in 2015, and since spun-off in 2018 from Liberty Global to Liberty Latin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quinta Dos Ingleses 1
Quinta may refer to: * Quinta (estate) in Portugal * Quinta (musician), British multi-instrumentalist * In medieval music theory, alternative term for diapente (perfect fifth) * ''Quinta'' (skipper), genus of butterflies * Claudia Quinta, Roman matron * Quintus (vocal music), fifth voice in polyphony * Quinta Brunson, writer and comedian * shorthand for Biblia Hebraica Quinta, standard Hebrew Bible text * Quinta, Cuba an alternative name for La Quinta, Cuba * Quinta Market a market located in Quiapo, Manila See also * Tropical Cyclone Quinta, a typhoon name used in The Philippines by PAGASA * La Quinta (other) * Quinta da Beloura, an affluent gated community and golf resort located in Linhó, Sintra, on the Portuguese Riviera * Quinta Normal, Chile * Quinta Grande Quinta Grande, created on 24July 1848, is one of the five civil parishes that constitute the municipality of Câmara de Lobos in the archipelago of Madeira, Portugal. The population was 2,099, in an area of . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oculus (architecture)
An oculus (; ) is a circular opening in the center of a dome or in a wall. Originating in classical architecture, it is a feature of Byzantine architecture, Byzantine and Neoclassical architecture. A horizontal oculus in the center of a dome is also called opaion (; ). Oeil-de-boeuf An ''oeil-de-boeuf'' (; ), also ''œil de bœuf'' and sometimes anglicized as ''ox-eye window'', is a relatively small ellipse, elliptical window, typically for an upper storey, and sometimes set in a roof slope as a dormer, or above a door to let in Daylighting (architecture), natural light. These are relatively small windows, traditionally oval. The term is increasingly used for circular windows (in which case it could also be called an oculus), but not for holes in domes or ceilings. Windows of this type are commonly found in the grand architecture of baroque architecture, Baroque France. The term is also applied to similar round windows, such as those found in Georgian architecture in Great B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
