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Roads In Portugal
Roads in Portugal are defined by the Plano Rodoviário Nacional (PRN, ), which describes the existing and planned network of Portuguese roads. The present plan in force is the 2000 National Road Plan (PRN 2000), approved in 1998. It replaced PRN 1985, which itself had replaced PRN 1945. The Portuguese road infrastructure was considered the best in Europe and the second best in the world by the World Economic Forum in its ''Global Competitiveness Report for 2014–2015''. In the 2017–2018 report, it was considered to 8th best in the world. Nevertheless, all of these data were obtained through nothing more than an opinion survey of selected business executives. The scenic road between Peso da Régua and Alijó Municipality, Pinhão, in Trás-os-Montes (region), Trás-os-Montes region, was considered the world's best driving road, according to the Avis Driving Index. This road is a section of the N 222 which follows the Douro DOC, Douro Valley. History of r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porto
Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire concelho, municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 248,769 people in a municipality with only . Porto's urban area has around 1,319,151 people (2025) in an area of ,Demographia: World Urban Areas , March 2010 making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. It is recognized as a global city with a Gamma + rating from the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Located along the Douro River estuary in northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centers and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Pedro Do Sul Municipality, Portugal
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Barca De Alva
Barca d'Alva is a Portuguese village located in the municipality of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, north of the Guarda District. Barca d'Alva is also located inside the Douro International Natural Park and less than 1 km away from the Portugal-Spain border, defined by the Douro and the Águeda (river), Águeda rivers. Patrimony Population Mediterranean Agriculture Barca d'Alva is a very rich area when it comes to agricultural activities. As far as agriculture is concerned, the most important crops are olive groves, vineyards and almond groves. The land around Barca d'Alva produces excellent canned olives, Douro wine, Port wine and almonds for various confectionery products. There are also some orange groves along the banks of the Douro River, which produce excellent oranges with exceptional organoleptic characteristics. Alongside these crops, there is also livestock production, in particular Churra, Churra da Terra Quente sheep. History 19th century In 1887, Barca d'Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penafiel
Penafiel ( or ) is a Municipalities of Portugal, municipality and former bishopric (now a Latin Catholic titular see) in the Norte Region, Portugal, northern Portugal, Portuguese Porto District, district of Porto. Capital of the Tâmega Subregion, the population was 72,265 in 2011, in an area of . History The region was occupied since pre-history, as evidenced by the proliferation of megalithic monuments, stone settlements and Castro culture, castros. This includes the Menhir of Luzim, a tall stone dating to an occupation of 3–4000 years B.C. Similarly, in the Freguesia, civil parish of Luzim, are the rock engravings that have existed for 3000 years. In addition, there are various rock forts (Castro culture, castros), subject of archaeological studies, such as the archaeological "city of the dead" in Castro of Monte Mozinho, Citânia de Monte Mozinho. One of the largest in the Iberian Peninsula, it was the precursor to the Galician organized community of ''Cividade Gallaeci' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
França (Bragança)
França is a civil parish in the municipality of Bragança, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 238, in an area of 53.71 km2. References Parishes of Bragança, Portugal {{Bragança-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vila Real, Portugal
Vila Real () is the capital and largest city of the Vila Real District, in the Norte, Portugal, North region, Portugal. It is also the seat of the Douro (intermunicipal community), Douro Intermunicipal communities of Portugal, intermunicipal community and of the Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Province, Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro historical province. The Vila Real municipality covers an area of and is home to an estimated population of 49,574 (2021), of which about 30,000 live in the urban area (2021). The city is located in a plateau 450 m (1,510 ft) high, over the promontory formed by the gorges of the Corgo River, Corgo and Cabril rivers, where the oldest part of town (Vila Velha) is located, framed by the escarpments of the Corgo River, Corgo gorge. The Alvão and Marão mountains overlook the town on the northwest and southwest side, respectively, rising up to 1,400 m (4,600 ft). With over seven hundred years of existence, the city was once known as the "r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amarante, Portugal
Amarante () is a Concelho, municipality and municipal seat in the Tâmega e Sousa subregion Norte Region, Portugal, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 56,264, in an area of . The city itself had a population of 11,261 in 2001. The city has been part of the Creative Cities Network, UNESCO Creative Cities Network under the category of City of Music (UNESCO), City of Music since 2017. History Amarante's origin dates to the primitive peoples that hunted and gathered in the ''Serra da Aboboreira'', sometime during the Stone Age, and extended during the Bronze Age and later the Romanization of the Iberian peninsula. The first prominent building erected during the area of Amarante was likely the ''Albergaria do Covelo do Tâmega'' sometime in the 12th century, by order of Queen D. Mafalda, wife of D. Afonso Henriques. These types of shelter were constructed in small settlements and were used by travellers, especially the poor who transited the territory. Permanent settles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guimarães
Guimarães () is a city and municipality located in northern Portugal, in the district of Braga. Its historic town centre has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001, in recognition for being an "exceptionally well-preserved and authentic example of the evolution of a medieval settlement into a modern town" in Europe. The Nicolinas are the city's main festivities. Guimarães is referred as the capital of the Ave Subregion (one of the most industrialised subregions in the country), and located in the historical Minho Province. The municipality has a population of 156,830 inhabitants according to the most recent data of 2021 in an area of . The current mayor is Domingos Bragança, of the Socialist Party. Guimarães, along with Maribor, Slovenia, was the European Capital of Culture in 2012. Guimarães also received the 2026 European Green Capital Award. The city was settled in the 9th century, at which time it was called ''Vimaranes''. This name might have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quintanilha
Quintanilha is a civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ... in the municipality of Bragança, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 216, in an area of . References Parishes of Bragança, Portugal Portugal–Spain border crossings {{Bragança-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bragança Municipality
Bragança may refer to: People * Jaime Celestino Dias Bragança, a Portuguese footballer Politics and History * House of Bragança - A Portuguese Royal House * Duke of Bragança - A Portuguese noble, and later royal, title * Bragança - One of the member constituencies of the Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal. Places Brazil * Bragança, Pará, a municipality in the State of Pará * Bragança Paulista, São Paulo, a municipality in the State of São Paulo Portugal * Bragança, Portugal, a city and municipality in the north-eastern district of Bragança * Bragança District Bragança District ( ; ) is a traditional political division of Portugal, in the northeast corner bordering on Spain (Castile and Leon and Galicia), covering 7.4% of the nation's continental landmass. the total resident population was 136,252, ..., a historical district in the Norte region of Portugal Sports * G.D. Bragança, association football club based in Bragança Mun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monção
Monção (; ) is a municipality in the district of Viana do Castelo (district), Viana do Castelo in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 19,230, in an area of 211.31 km2. The current mayor is the Social Democrat António Barbosa. The municipal holiday is March 12. Climate Monção has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification, Köppen: ''Csa'') with mild, rainy winters and hot dry summers. Although short, the summer season is dry enough to avoid being classified has a humid subtropical climate or an oceanic climate like nearby Vigo. Notable people * Joaquim Pereira Pimenta de Castro (1846 in Pias, Monção – 1918) an army officer and politician; 10th Count of Pimenta de Castro * José Gomes Temporão (born 1951) a Brazilian public health physician and Minister of Health of Brazil, 2007 to 2010. * Fernando Vilar (born 1954 in Lara, Monção) a Uruguayan journalist and news anchor. Population Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
