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John, Constable of Portugal (1400–1442) an infante, the son of King John I of Portugal; Ferdinand the Holy Prince (1402–1443) the sixth and youngest son of King John I of Portugal; Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467/1468 – c. 1520 in Santarém) was a noble, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the discoverer of Brazil.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception [1] (Portuguese: Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Conceição; Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição do Colégio dos Jesuítas) also called Santarém Cathedral [2] formerly known as Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, is located in the historic centre of Santarém, more precisely in the parish of São Salvador in Portugal.
The administrative division of civil parishes within the municipality of Almeirim. Almeirim is situated 70 kilometres (43 mi) from Lisbon, and 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) in Santarém; its neighbours include Alpiarça (to the north), Chamusca (in the east and northeast), Salvaterra da Magos, Coruche (both in the south), Santarém (in the northwest) and Cartaxo (in the south).
The town passed hands in control, eventually to the Almohad Caliphate.In the midst of the Christian Reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula, Portuguese forces under the command of King Afonso I of Portugal, the first king of Portugal (1112-1185) seized the village and surrounding on 15 March 1147 by surprise in an assault night in the Conquest of Santarém.
In the spring of 1184, Abu Yaqub Yusuf assembled an army, crossed the straits of Gibraltar and marched to Seville.From there he marched towards Badajoz and headed west to besiege Santarém, Portugal, which was defended by Afonso I of Portugal. [1]
Reliquary displaying the relics of the Eucharistic miracle of Santarém. The Eucharistic miracle of Santarém, also called the Most Holy Miracle (Portuguese: Santíssimo Milagre), is one of the most famous and recognized eucharistic miracles in the world, which occurred in Santarém, Portugal, in the 13th century, and is still the object of national and international veneration today.
The oldest trace of human history in Portugal. The village of Almonda, within the civil parish of Zibreira, is noted for the Aroeira cave, where the 400,000 year old Aroeira 3 skull of a Homo Heidelbergensis was discovered in 2014. It is the oldest trace of human habitation in Portugal. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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