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Diogo de Couto, a 16th century historian who served as Guarda-Mor ("High Guardian") of the Torre do Tombo's Portuguese India archives.. The archive is one of the oldest institutions in Portugal, since its installation in one of the towers of the castle in Lisbon, occurring during the reign of Ferdinand I, and likely in 1378 (the date where the first testimony originated).
Ann Pescatello (1970). "Relatorio from Portugal: The Archives and Libraries of Portugal and Their Significance for the Study of Brazilian History". Latin American Research Review. 5. JSTOR 2502224. Lawrence J. McCrank, ed. (1993). Discovery in the archives of Spain and Portugal : quincentenary essays, 1492-1992. New York: Haworth Press.
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal. The Parochial Memories of 1758 (Portuguese: Memórias Paroquiais de 1758) are the results of an enquiry sent to every parish in Portugal after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake by the order of Sebastião de Carvalho e Melo, the Secretary of State of Internal Affairs of the Kingdom.
* Parochial Archive (ed.), Livro de Visitações da Igreja de Santa Bárbara (1661–1704) (in Portuguese), Vila do Porto (Azores), Portugal: Arquivo Paroquial de Vila do Porto; Carbalho, Manuel Chaves (2001), Igrejas e Ermidas de Santa Maria, em Verso (in Portuguese), Vila do Porto (Azores), Portugal: Câmara Municipal de Vila do Porto, p. 84
It was founded after the foral of São Martinho, bestowed by King Manuel I of Portugal on 2 June 1515. [3] In 1546, Archbishop Manuel de Sousa, evaluated the monastery and annex in 70,000 réis . Friar Baltasar Limpo, in 1580, identified Labruja as an ecclesiastical parish, and annexed the community of São Tiago de Romarigães.
The organization passed through number of iterations and reforms. In 1945 the General Directorate of Registries and Notaries was created (Portuguese: Direção Geral dos Registos e do Notariado).
The Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Portuguese: Convento da Ordem do Carmo) is a former Catholic convent located in the civil parish of Santa Maria Maior, municipality of Lisbon, Portugal.
One site, the Laurisilva, is located in the island of Madeira and is Portugal's only natural site; the other sites are cultural. Two sites are located in the Azores archipelago. The Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde is shared with Spain, making it Portugal's only transnational site. [3]