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Ericeira (Portuguese pronunciation: [eɾiˈsɐjɾɐ]) is a civil parish and seaside community on the western coast of Portugal (in Mafra municipality, located 35km ...
Erica (heaths or heathers) is a large genus of flowering trees, shrubs, and subshrubs most diverse in southern Africa but found throughout the continent and in Europe. They have been introduced to Australia and North America.
Count of Ericeira (Portuguese: Conde da Ericeira) was a title created by King Philip III of Portugal, through a 1 March 1622 letter in favour of Diogo de Meneses (1553–1625). Diogo de Meneses (1622–1625); 1st Count of Ericeira; Fernando de Meneses (1614–1699); 2nd Count of Ericeira; Luís de Meneses (1632–1690); 3rd Count of Ericeira.
Grupo Desportivo União Ericeirense is a Portuguese association football club, founded in Ericeira, a small parish within Mafra, on 1 December 1921. The club plays in the second division of the Lisbon Football Association league, holding their home matches at the Campo Henrique Tomás Frade .
Bordalo's international project Big Trash Animals is a series of installations featuring huge images of animals created from rubbish. The project spanned many European cities, including Lisbon, Barcelona , Dresden , Hamburg , and Tallinn , with the first of these in Łódź in Poland, in August–September 2015. [ 3 ]
D. Fernando de Meneses, 2nd Count of Ericeira (27 November 1614 — 22 June 1699) was a Portuguese nobleman and military man. He was Governor of Tangier until 1661. He was Governor of Tangier until 1661.
He was the second son of D. Henrique de Meneses, 5th Lord of Louriçal and D. Margarida de Lima, daughter of João Gonçalves de Ataíde, 5th Count of Atouguia, . He was commander of São Cipriano de Angueira (St Cyprian), São Martinho de Frazão (St Martin) and São Bartolomeu da Covilhã (St Bartholomew) he was also commander the Order of Christ.
What is known of this portrait is a copy, made at the request of the 3rd Duke of Lafões, executed by Luís José Pereira de Resende between 1819 and 1844, from the original that was found in a green silk bag in the rubble of the fire at the palace of the Counts of Ericeira, which has since disappeared. It is a "very faithful copy" that: