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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.
Prior to 1976, only Lisbon had used a system, of six zones (Lisboa 1 to Lisboa 6).. 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:
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.
Logo Livraria Bertrand in Chiado, Lisbon. Livraria Bertrand is a Portuguese book retailer operating 59 branches nationwide, including 2 in Madeira.Founded in 1732, its original store in the Chiado neighborhood of Lisbon was declared to be the oldest operating bookstore in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2011. [1]
The Museu Nacional do Azulejo (Portuguese for National Museum of the Azulejo), occasionally known in English as the National Tile Museum, is an art museum in Lisbon, Portugal dedicated to the azulejo, traditional tilework of Portugal and the former Portuguese Empire, as well as of other Iberophone cultures. [1]
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.
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 .
Prazeres (English: pleasures) is a civil parish in the municipality of Calheta in the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 704, [1] in an area of 10.03 km 2. [2] Prazeres is located along the main Regional 222 Roadway, linking it to Fajã da Ovelha and Estreito da Calheta. Agriculture continues to be the driving ...