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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 (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
Avenida Padre Manuel da Nobrega 14, 2º Esq. Lisboa 1 [2] In 1976, a national postal code system was introduced, with a four-digit structure, and designated addresses added "CODEX" (abbreviation of código extraordinário) to the postal location: Instituto de Hidráulicas e Recursos Hídricos Rua dos Bragas 4099 Porto CODEX [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.
The 200 square metres (2,200 sq ft) fort is situated on Ponta da Calheta in an isolated, urban area extending out to the south and west over the sea. [1] To the east is a roadway and to the north urban buildings, while to the northeast is the Church of Nossa Senhora da Luz.
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]
Facade of the Church of Our Lady of Light in Lagoa, Algarve. As for the ornamentation of the chancel and chapels, a contract survives, dated 22 September 1770, between the parish priest, Fr. Ignácio de Oliveira e Sousa, and one of the most well-known artists of the Algarve, master-carver Manuel Francisco Xavier, for the commission to create five altar-pieces in the latest style out of wood ...
Fenais da Luz is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 2,009, [ 1 ] in an area of 7.69 square kilometres (2.97 sq mi).