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São Brás (other) , Goa, India
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São Brás or São Braz (Portuguese for Saint Blaise) may refer to: In Brazil *São Brás, Alagoas, in Alagoas *São Brás do Suaçuí, in Minas Gerais * São Braz, Belém, a neighbourhood of Belém, Brazil *São Braz do Piauí, in Piauí In Portugal *São Brás de Alportel, a municipality in the Faro District *São Brás (Amadora), a parish in the municipality of Amadora In the Azores * São Brás (Praia da Vitória), a civil parish in the municipality of Praia da Vitória * São Brás (Ribeira Grande), a civil parish in the municipality of Ribeira Grande In India * São Brás, a parish in Gandaulim (Ilhas) Gandaulim is a village located on the western bank of the Cumbarjua Canal, within Ilhas in the state of Goa, India. Some Croatian writers have claimed that it was a colonial outpost of the Republic of Ragusa. History Gandaulim might have bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Blaise
Blaise of Sebaste (, ''Hágios Blásios''; martyred 316 AD) was a physician and bishop of Sivas, Sebastea in historical Lesser Armenia (modern Sivas, Turkey) who is venerated as a Christian saint and martyr. He is counted as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. Blaise is a saint in the Catholic Church, Catholic, Western Rite Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox Churches, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches and is the patron saint of wool combers and of sufferers from Otorhinolaryngology, ENT illnesses. In the Latin Church, his feast falls on 3 February. In the Eastern Churches, it is on 11 February. According to the ''Acta Sanctorum'', he was martyred by being beaten, combing (torture), tortured with iron combs, and beheaded. Early records The first reference to Blaise is the medical writings of Aëtius Amidenus () where his aid is invoked in treating patients with objects stuck in the throat. Marco Polo reported on the place where "Messer Saint Blaise obtained the glorious cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Brás, Alagoas
São Brás is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population was 6,969 (2020) and its area is 140 km².Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE /ref> See also * List of municipalities in Alagoas References Municipalities in Alagoas {{Alagoas-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Brás Do Suaçuí
São Brás do Suaçuí is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Conselheiro Lafaiete. As of 2020, the estimated population was 3,754. See also * List of municipalities in Minas Gerais This is a list of the municipalities in the States of Brazil, state of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast Region of Brazil. Minas Gerais is divided into 853 Municipalities of Brazil, municipalities, ... References Municipalities in Minas Gerais {{MinasGerais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Braz, Belém
SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Serb Autonomous Regions (''Srpska autonomna oblast'', SAO), during the breakup of Yugoslavia Science and technology * Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory of the Smithsonian Institution in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. ** Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog, which assigns SAO catalogue entries * Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science (SAO RAS) * Session-At-Once, a recording mode for optical discs Transportation * Saco Transportation Center, a train station in Saco, Maine, U.S., station code SAO * Sahel Aviation Service, Mali, ICAO airline code SAO * Airports in Greater São Paulo, Brazil, IATA airport code SAO People * Ligi Sao (born 1992), a Samoan rugby league player * Ron Sao, Western Australian politician Other uses * Sao (moon), a satellite of Neptune * Sao (my ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belém
Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará), often called Belém of Pará, is the capital and largest city of the state of Pará in the north of Brazil. It is the gateway to the Amazon River with a busy port, airport, and bus/coach station. Belém lies approximately 100 km (62.1 miles) upriver from the Atlantic Ocean, on the Pará River, which is part of the greater Amazon River system, separated from the larger part of the Amazon delta by ''Ilha de Marajó'' ( Marajo Island). With an estimated population of 1,303,403 people — or 2,491,052, considering its metropolitan area — it is the 12th most populous city in Brazil, as well as the 16th by economic relevance. It is the second largest in the North Region, second only to Manaus, in the state of Amazonas. Founded in 1616 by the Kingdom of Portugal, Belém was the first European colony on the Amazon but did not become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Braz Do Piauí
São Braz do Piauí is a municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast region of Brazil. The municipality is in the Capivara-Confusões Ecological Corridor, created in 2006 to link the Serra da Capivara National Park to the Serra das Confusões National Park. See also *List of municipalities in Piauí This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Piauí (PI), located in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Piauí is divided into 224 municipalities, which are grouped into 15 microregions, which are grouped into 4 mesoregions. See als ... References Municipalities in Piauí {{Piauí-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Brás De Alportel
São Brás de Alportel () is a town and municipality in the District of Faro, Algarve region, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 10,662, in an area of 153.37 km2. The present Mayor is Vítor Guerreiro, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is June 1. History The human occupation in the municipality of São Brás de Alportel goes back to Prehistory (since the Paleolithic), as attested by several findings, such as flint chips, quartz and quartzite, a black schist burnisher and a pebble in jasper shale that seems to have a bovine drawn on one surface and, on the other, a horse. As far as Protohistory is concerned, there is still a total lack of knowledge. The most represented and, therefore, most studied historical periods are the Roman and the Islamic medieval. Conii and Turdetanian Like the rest of Algarve region, the area was inhabited by the Conii and Turdetanian before the arrival of the Romans. Roman period The Roman presence was witnessed, in this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Brás (Amadora)
São Brás or São Braz (Portuguese for Saint Blaise) may refer to: In Brazil * São Brás, Alagoas, in Alagoas *São Brás do Suaçuí, in Minas Gerais * São Braz, Belém, a neighbourhood of Belém, Brazil * São Braz do Piauí, in Piauí In Portugal *São Brás de Alportel, a municipality in the Faro District * São Brás (Amadora), a parish in the municipality of Amadora In the Azores * São Brás (Praia da Vitória) São Brás () is a landlocked civil parish in the municipality of Praia da Vitória on the Portuguese island of Terceira in the Azores The Azores ( , , ; , ), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (), is one of the two autonomous regi ..., a civil parish in the municipality of Praia da Vitória * São Brás (Ribeira Grande), a civil parish in the municipality of Ribeira Grande In India * São Brás, a parish in Gandaulim (Ilhas), Goa, India {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amadora
Amadora (), officially Amadora City (), is a List of cities in Portugal, city and concelho, municipality in the northwest of the Lisbon metropolitan area and 10 km from central Lisbon. The population in 2011 was 175,136, in an area of 23.78 km2 (9.2 sq mi). It is the fourth biggest and most densely populated city in Portugal. History There is significant evidence of Neolithic settlements in the municipality. The Necropolis of Carenque consists of three artificial caves that served as tombs from around 3000 BCE. Amadora was originally named ''Porcalhota'', for being a Majorat of the daughter of a man surnamed ''Porcalho'' who was called for being a female ''Porcalhota''. The Aqueduto das Águas Livres, which brings water from the Sintra hills to Lisbon, and stretches , was finished in the 1770s and includes the largest masonry arch ever built, located in Campolide — the local coat of arms also displays the aqueduct (like others along its way). At the request of its pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Brás (Praia Da Vitória)
São Brás () is a landlocked civil parish in the municipality of Praia da Vitória on the Portuguese island of Terceira in the Azores The Azores ( , , ; , ), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira). It is an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atl .... The population in 2011 was 1,088, in an area of 4.68 km². It contains the localities Baldio, Canada da Quinta, Canada das Covas, Cruz, Fundões, Ladeira do Cardosa, Lourais, Quatro Canadas and São Brás. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sao Bras (Praia Da Vitoria) Freguesias of Praia da Vitória ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Brás (Ribeira Grande)
São Brás ( Portuguese for Saint Blaise) is a parish in the district of Ribeira Grande in the Azores The Azores ( , , ; , ), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira). It is an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atl .... The population in 2011 was 650, in an area of 8.08 km2. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sao Bras (Ribeira Grande) Parishes of Ribeira Grande, Azores ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
