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SPOT Satellite image of Lisbon on the north bank of the Mar da Palha (Sea of Straw), right. The Atlantic Ocean is to the left. The history of Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, revolves around its strategic geographical position at the mouth of the Tagus, the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. Its spacious and sheltered natural harbour ...
The Pavilhão da Luz Nº 1, currently known as Pavilhão Fidelidade for sponsorship reasons, is the main arena (or pavilion) of Portuguese multi-sport club S.L. Benfica.It has a full capacity of 2,400 seats and is mainly used by the basketball, futsal and roller hockey departments of the club.
In 1995, basketball stopped being one of the sports practiced in the club, returning in 2012, just with the women's team. In 2019, the men's team was refounded after 24 years. Sporting submitted a proposal to go directly into the 2019–20 Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol with their men's team.
1422 – Lisbon "made the capital of the kingdom by John I" [7] 1441 – African slave trade begins (abolished in 1836). [9] 1450 – Estaus Palace built (approximate date). 1467 – Palácio Almada (residence) built. [1] 1495 – Printing press in operation (approximate date). [10] 1497 – Vasco da Gama departs from Lisbon on first voyage to ...
The club's first title came from the basketball team, which won the 1942/43 Regional Championship of Lisbon. This was the first of five Lisbon Championships won within a decade. The basketball team also won the Cup of Honour (predecessor of the Portuguese Cup) in 1943/44, a 2nd Division title in 1943/44, and a Portuguese Cup in 1953/54.
In 2009 edition (Lisbon) 1500 athletes participated from 12 countries. In the football tournament five U-20 national teams competed. [6] The sport marked with an asterisk (*) means that it was a demonstration event. Aquatics Sports Diving Open water swimming Swimming Synchronized swimming Water polo
Pavilhão João Rocha is a multi-sports pavilion located in Lisbon, next to the Estádio José Alvalade and it is the home of Sporting CP sports. The pavilion is named after João Rocha, a former club president who remained in office from September 1973 to October 1986.
1487 — Afonso de Paiva and Pero da Covilhã traveled overland from Lisbon in search of the Kingdom of Prester John. 1488 — Bartolomeu Dias, crowning 50 years of effort and methodical expeditions, rounded the Cape of Good Hope and entered the Indian Ocean. They had found the "Flat Mountain" of Ptolemy's Geography.