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Aerial view of Cape Sagres with the Fortress of Sagres. The School of Sagres (Escola de Sagres in Portuguese), also called Court of Sagres is supposed to have been a group of figures associated with fifteenth century Portuguese navigation, gathered by prince Henry of Portugal in Sagres near Cape St. Vincent, the southwestern end of the Iberian Peninsula, in the Algarve.
The Escola Superior Náutica Infante D. Henrique is a Portuguese maritime and Polytechnical college dedicated to education and training of merchant marine officers (deck officers, engineering officers and electro-technical officers), as well as the training of other professionals for the maritime industry, ports, transportation and logistics.
This is a list of cities in Portugal.In Portugal, a city (Portuguese: cidade) is an honorific term given to locations that meet several criteria, such as having a minimum number of inhabitants good infrastructure (schools, medical care, cultural and sports facilities), or have a major historical importance.
The myth of the "Sagres school" allegedly founded by Prince Henry was created in the 18th century, mainly by Samuel Purchas and Abbé Prévost. In nineteenth-century Portugal, the idealized vision of Prince Henry as a putative pioneer of exploration and science reached its apogee. [22]
The Naval School (Portuguese: Escola Naval) is a higher education level naval academy in Alfeite, Portugal.The Naval School is located in the Lisbon Naval Base premises, located on the south bank of the Tagus river, in front of the city of Lisbon.
This Academy is the origin of the present Naval schools of Portugal and of Brazil. In 1792, the three naval regiments (two of infantry and one of artillery) were reorganized and merged as the Royal Brigade of the Navy (Portuguese: Brigada Real de Marinha). This Brigade was commanded by a flag officer and included divisions of naval artillery ...
Philippine Merchant Marine School [73] Legazpi City: Mariners' Polytechnic Colleges Foundation [73] Manila: FEATI University [73] PMI Colleges: Other campuses in Quezon City and Tagbilaran: STI-NAMEI [73] United Marine Training Centre: Mariveles: Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific [73] Muntinlupa: West Bay College [73] Naval
Catholic University of Portugal (includes polytechnic schools) European University of Lisbon; Fernando Pessoa University (Porto and Ponte de Lima) (includes polytechnic schools) Lusíada University (Lisbon, Porto and Vila Nova de Famalicão) Lusófona University (Lisbon and Porto) (includes polytechnic schools)