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The Vila Real de Santo António lighthouse is located on the right bank of the river Guadiana, in Vila Real de Santo António, in the Algarve region of Portugal. History [ edit ]
Praia da Luz (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpɾajɐ ðɐ ˈluʃ]), officially Luz, is a civil parish of the municipality of Lagos, in Algarve region, Portugal. [1] The population of the civil parish in 2011 was 3,545, [ 2 ] in an area of 21.78 km 2 . [ 3 ]
Luz is a civil parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz da Graciosa on the island of Graciosa in the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 683, [ 1 ] in an area of 11.70 km 2 . [ 2 ] It contains the localities Alto do Sul, Fajã da Folga, Folga, Carapacho, Luz and Pedras Brancas.
It is one of the few municipalities in Portugal without territorial continuity: its territory comprises two parts, with the municipal seat located in the eastern part. Vila Real de Santo António was founded after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake , and largely expanded in 1774 using the same architectural and construction techniques employed in the ...
Praia da Luz (Beach of Light) - located in the parish of Luz, the beach is bounded in the east by Rocha Negra (English: Black Rock), providing summer vacationers with a popular escape. Praia da Balança- located after Praia da Boneca and Praia dos Pinheiros, it is a sandy cove enclosed by towering cliffs. [26]
Luz (biblical place), either of two cities mentioned in the Bible; Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil, a municipality Roman Catholic Diocese of Luz, in the city of Luz in the ecclesiastical province of Belo Horizonte; Luz (Santa Cruz da Graciosa), Portugal, a civil parish in the Azores; Luz, a parish of Mourão, Alentejo, Portugal
In 1272, as a new incentive to repopulation, King Afonso III of Portugal wrote another unsuccessful foral to establish Vila Real de Panóias. Only in 1289, the third foral written by King Denis of Portugal was successful in establishing Vila Real de Panóias, whose name, meaning Royal Town, is a testimony to its origin by royal decree.
Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Luz. The Church-Shrine of Our Lady of Light (Portuguese: Igreja-Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Luz) is a Marian shrine and Catholic church in freguesia Carnide of Lisbon, Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument.