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El Corte Inglés S.A. (Spanish pronunciation: [el ˈkoɾte jŋˈɡles]), [a] headquartered in Madrid, [2] is the biggest department store group in Europe and ranks third worldwide. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Its primary source of sales is from department stores, followed by internet sales.
São Bento Palace, then known as the Palace of the Cortes, c. 1851. The Chamber of Most Worthy Peers, upper house of the former Cortes Gerais, in session in 1867. The Assembly of the Republic's sessions chamber as it appears today.
Lisbon (/ ˈ l ɪ z b ən / ⓘ LIZ-bən; Portuguese: Lisboa [liʒˈβoɐ] ⓘ) [2] is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131 as of 2023 within its administrative limits [3] and 2,961,177 within the metropolis. [4]
The core shareholders were: Caja Madrid– 23.45%, British Airways 13.2%, SEPI– 5.20%, El Corte Inglés– 2.90%. [86] British Airways raised its stake in Iberia by purchasing American Airlines' remaining shares, reportedly paying £13m for the small shareholding. This increased BA's total stake in Iberia to around 10% and preserved its two ...
The library was created by Decree of 29 February 1796, under the name of Royal Public Library of the Court (Portuguese: Real Biblioteca Pública da Corte). The library's objective was to allow the general public access to the court's collections, thus bucking the trend of the time only available to scholars and sages could access the treasures ...
Bairro Alto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbajʁu ˈaltu]; literally: Upper District) is a central district of the city of Lisbon, the Portuguese capital. Unlike many of the civil parishes of Lisbon, this region can be commonly explained as a loose association of neighbourhoods, with no formal local political authority but social and historical significance to the urban community of Lisbon and ...
Benfica (locally [bɐ̃jˈfikɐ]) is a freguesia (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.Located in northern Lisbon, Benfica is west of São Domingos de Benfica, Carnide, and Campolide, north of Belém, Ajuda, and Alcântara, and directly east of Lisbon's border with Amadora.
The Praça do Comércio (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpɾasɐ ðu kuˈmɛɾsju]; transl. Commerce Plaza) is a large, harbour-facing plaza in Portugal's capital, Lisbon, and is one of the largest in Portugal, with an area of 175 by 175 m (574 by 574 ft), that is, 30,600 m 2 (329,000 ft 2).