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Torres Vedras (European Portuguese: [ˈtoʁɨʒ ˈvɛðɾɐʃ] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Portuguese district of Lisbon, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the capital Lisbon. It is a strong agricultural region thanks to its vineyards, and has an intense commercial and industrial life.
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Campelos e Outeiro da Cabeça is a civil parish in the municipality of Torres Vedras, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Campelos and Outeiro da Cabeça. [ 1 ] The population in 2011 was 3,667, [ 2 ] in an area of 29.96 km².
Caldas da Rainha has a railway station served by the Linha do Oeste (western line) of Comboios de Portugal. [171] Regional trains, which make frequent local stops, run south to Lisbon, to its suburbs, or to Torres Vedras, and north to Leiria. [171] Interregional trains, which make select stops, run north to Coimbra via Leiria. [171]
The Municipal Museum of Torres Vedras was founded in 1929. It was initially installed in rooms attached to the church of St. Peter (S. Pedro), identifying itself as a “Museum of History, Archaeology and Prehistory”. In 1944 the museum and the city library were transferred to the headquarters of the Brotherhood of Santa Casa da Misericórdia.
The Cinema Batalha is a Portuguese cinema and concert venue in civil parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, municipality of Porto. Originally known as the Salão High-Life ( High Life Cinema ), it was moved from Boavista by its owners to its current location, and rebuilt by architect Artur Andrade [ 1 ] in ...
UCI's logo used in Germany and Austria from 2014 to 2018. The organization was announced in October 1988 as a joint venture between United Artists Theaters, United International Pictures (a partnership of Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Universal Pictures), and AMC Theatres, to operate, under the AMC brand, 200 screens in the UK and Ireland with 3 new cinemas opening in Bochum ...
The Fort of São Vicente (St. Vincent) is in the town and municipality of Torres Vedras, in the Lisbon District of Portugal.In 1809 it was the first of 152 forts, redoubts and other defences to be developed as part of three defensive lines between the Atlantic Ocean and the River Tagus that were designed by the Duke of Wellington to protect the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, from possible ...