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The Alfragide Towers (Portuguese: Torres de Alfragide) are a set of residential buildings in Alfragide, Amadora, Portugal. The complex consists of three residential towers and a shopping centre at ground level, connecting the three buildings. It also contains an underground car park and a complex of swimming pools, currently unused.
Alfragide (Portuguese pronunciation: [alfɾɐˈʒiðɨ]) is a parish in Amadora Municipality. The population in 2011 was 17,044, [1] in an area of 2.51 km². [2] Its patron saint is Our Lady of Fatima. In the extreme south of the parish is located the first IKEA store in Portugal as part of a major shopping areas of Lisbon.
The first provinces, instituted during the Roman occupation of the Iberian peninsula, divided the peninsula into three areas: Tarraconensis, Lusitania and Baetica, established by Roman Emperor Augustus between 27 and 13 B.C. [1] Emperor Diocletian reordered these territories in the third century, dividing Tarraconesis into three separate territories: Tarraconensis, Carthaginensis and Gallaecia.
Lisboa e Vale do Tejo (European Portuguese pronunciation: [liʒˈβoɐ i ˈvalɨ ðu ˈtɛʒu]; English: Lisbon and Tagus Valley) was one of the five regions of Portugal (NUTS II subdivisions). Today two of the subregions are in the new Lisboa Region , two in the Centro Region and one in the Alentejo Region .
Flag of Portugal Location of Portugal in Europe. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country in the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe.Featuring the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union; to the south and the west is the North Atlantic Ocean; and to ...
The square is dedicated to the restoration of the independence of Portugal in 1640, after 60 years of Spanish domination. The obelisk in the middle of the square, inaugurated in 1886, carries the names and dates of the battles fought during the Portuguese Restoration War, in 1640.
Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo (Portugal's national archive) Câmara Municipal de Lisboa's Services (Lisbon City Hall's service center) Museu da Cidade (Lisbon's City Museum) Universidade Lusófona of Lisbon
São João da Madeira (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐ̃w ʒuˈɐ̃w dɐ mɐˈðɐjɾɐ] ⓘ), is a city and a municipality in northwestern region of the Portuguese Norte region. It's part of the larger Porto Metropolitan Area , located 30 km from central Porto .