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Bartolomeu Perestrello (Portuguese pronunciation: [baɾtuluˈmew pɨɾɨʃˈtɾelu], in Italian Bartolomeo Perestrello), 1st Capitão Donatário, Lord and Governor of the Island of Porto Santo (c. 1395 – 1457) was a Portuguese navigator and explorer that is claimed to have discovered and populated Porto Santo Island (1419) together with João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira. [1]
The main urban area is the city of Vila Baleira ([ˈvilɐ bɐˈlɐiɾɐ]), also known as Porto Santo. Although a small island, the Porto Santo community has its own schools, health-care centre, police detachments, a gymnasium, churches, several local squares, a Congress Centre, museum, shopping centres, bars, hotels and restaurants.
The use of Arte Nova was largely spread by the urban elite of the Portuguese aristocracy, primarily in port cities such as Lisbon, Porto, and Aveiro. The concept defining Art Nouveau variation of Aveiro ( Portugal ) called Arte Nova was ostentation: the style was brought by a conservative bourgeoisie who wanted to express their might by ...
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The former ICBAS main building, located next to the Santo António General Hospital in Porto's downtown. The Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (Portuguese: Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar), also known for its acronym ICBAS, is a medical and life sciences graduate school of the University of Porto, named after the Portuguese and local physician Abel Salazar.
1958-1963: Boa Nova restaurant in Leça da Palmeira, Portugal. 1958-1965: Quinta de Conceição swimming-pool, Portugal. 1959-1973: Piscinas de Marés swimming-pool, Leça da Palmeira, Portugal. 1962: Miranda Santos House, Portugal. 1964: Beires House ("The Bomb House"), Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal.
Paços de Ferreira (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpasuʒ ðɨ fɨˈʁɐjɾɐ] ⓘ) is a city in the Porto District, in the north of Portugal.The population of the city in 2011 was 7491, while its municipality had 56,340 inhabitants, [1] in an area of 70.99 km².
Casa de Chá da Boa Nova (Boa Nova Tea House) is a restaurant designed by the Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Vieira. Situated on the Atlantic coast of Portugal, it is in the Leça da Palmeira parish in the municipality of Matosinhos in the Porto District .