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Corpo de Deus: Thursday, date varies. 60 days after Easter Sunday. It is religion based. Last observed 19 June 2025: moveable: Autonomous Region of Azores Day (Whit Monday) Dia da Região Autónoma dos Açores Dia da Pombinha Dia do Bodo Only celebrated in Azores. [5] 10 June: Portugal Day: Dia de Portugal, de Camões e das Comunidades ...
The popular tradition of taking a trip during Ferragosto arose under the Fascist regime.In the second half of the 1920s, during the mid-August period, the regime organised hundreds of popular trips through the fascist leisure and recreational organisations of various corporations, and via the setting up of the "People's Trains of Ferragosto", which were available at discounted prices.
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At the state level, the Day of the Azores corresponds to Dia de Portugal, de Camões e das Comunidades Portuguesas (Portugal Day), instituted by Portuguese decrees 51/92 (11 April 1992), 39B/78 (2 March 1978) and 80/77 (4 March 1977). [2]
Dia de la Constitució Variable Good Friday: Divendres Sant Variable Easter Monday: Dilluns de Pasqua 1 May Labour Day: Festa del Treball Variable Whit Monday: Dilluns de Pentecosta 15 August Assumption Day: Assumpció 8 September National Day: Mare de Déu de Meritxell 1 November All Saints' Day: Tots Sants 8 December Immaculate Conception ...
26 August – A 5.3 magnitude earthquake in the Richter scale, was felt in all Southern Portugal and the Lisbon metro area. [13] No damages or victims were reported. [14] 30 August – Four people are killed and one other is reported missing after a National Republican Guard helicopter crashes into the Douro river in Lamego. [15]
Rio de Mouro (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁi.u ðɨ ˈmoɾu]) is a town and civil parish in the municipality of Sintra, Portugal. It is located at a distance of 15 km from the capital, Lisbon. The population in 2011 was 47,311, [1] in an area of 16.49 km 2. [2] Church of Nossa Senhora de Belém (16th century)
Madeira Day, officially known as Autonomous of Region of Madeira and Madeiran Communities' Day (Portuguese: Dia da Região Autónoma da Madeira e das Comunidades Madeirenses), celebrated in Madeira on 1 July, is a holiday marking the date when Portuguese explorers arrived in Machico's bay in 1419.