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Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) held the Festival RTP da Canção 1983 at the Coliseu do Porto in Porto on 5 March 1983, hosted by Valentina Torres and Eládio Clímaco. The winning song was chosen by the votes of 22 regional juries. [1] Armando Gama previously took part in the 1980 Portuguese semi-finals with the group Sarabanda.
Vasco da Gama Tower is the tallest building in Portugal since 1998. This is a list of the tallest buildings in Portugal. Since 1998 the tallest building in Portugal has been the 145-metre (476 ft) Torre Vasco da Gama in Lisbon. The list only contains buildings at least 80 metres (260 ft) high.
Porto was also important during the Suebian and Visigothic times, and a center for the expansion of Christianity during that period. [23] Porto Cathedral, Sé do Porto, built in the 12th century, with Baroque and 20th-century modifications. Porto fell under Muslim rule between 714 to 716, following the Umayyad conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom ...
The Dom Luís I Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte de Dom Luís I), or Luís I Bridge, is a double-deck metal arch bridge that spans the river Douro between the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia in Portugal.
The District of Porto (Portuguese: Distrito do Porto ⓘ) is located on the north-west coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Porto , the second largest city in the country. It is bordered by the Aveiro and Viseu districts to the south, Braga district to the north and Vila Real district to the east.
There are 17 World Heritage Sites listed in Portugal, with a further 18 on the tentative list. The first four sites listed in Portugal were the Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon, the Monastery of Batalha, the Convent of Christ in Tomar, and the town of Angra do Heroísmo, in 1983.
Mindelo is part of the Porto Metropolitan Area, in the coastal part of northwestern Portugal.It is located 5 kilometres southeast of the municipal seat (Vila do Conde), 8 kilometres from the harbour of Póvoa de Varzim and 21 kilometres northwest of the city of Porto.
The Casa da Música is a concert hall in Porto, Portugal.It was designed by architect Rem Koolhaas and opened in 2005.. Designed to mark the festive year of 2001 in which the city of Porto was designated European Capital of Culture, it was the first building in Portugal aimed from its conception to be exclusively dedicated to music, either in public performances or in the field of artistic ...