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Cidade da Maia is a civil parish in the municipality of Maia, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Gueifães, Maia and Vermoim. [1] The population in 2011 was 40,134, [2] in an area of 10.42 km 2. [3] The parish covers the central area of Maia. In 1902, Maia achieved the status of vila (town).
Alfragide (Portuguese pronunciation: [alfɾɐˈʒiðɨ]) is a parish in Amadora Municipality. The population in 2011 was 17,044, [1] in an area of 2.51 km². [2] Its patron saint is Our Lady of Fatima. In the extreme south of the parish is located the first IKEA store in Portugal as part of a major shopping areas of Lisbon.
The Alfragide Towers (Portuguese: Torres de Alfragide) are a set of residential buildings in Alfragide, Amadora, Portugal. The complex consists of three residential towers and a shopping centre at ground level, connecting the three buildings. It also contains an underground car park and a complex of swimming pools, currently unused.
Gonçalo Mendes da Maia (ca.1079 — 1170), a Portuguese knight of the 12th century David Moreira da Silva (1909-2002) a Portuguese architect of the Porto School of Architecture Fernando Teixeira dos Santos (born 1951) a Portuguese economist and professor, former Minister of Finance of Portugal
Maia is located along the northern coast of São Miguel, situated between the civil parishes of São Brás (in the west) and Lomba da Maia (in the east) in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, with the municipalities of Vila Franca do Campo and Povoação to the south. This southern border makes-up part of the Serra da Tronqueira, a rugged ridge ...
Praça da Figueira. Equestrian statue of King John I in the Praça da Figueira. The Praça da Figueira (Portuguese: [ˈpɾasɐ ðɐ fiˈɣɐjɾɐ], Square of the Fig Tree) is a large square in the centre of Lisbon, in Portugal. It is part of the Lisbon Baixa, the area of the city reurbanised after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake.
Manuel da Maia (5 August 1677, baptised – 17 September 1768) was a Portuguese architect, engineer, and archivist. Maia is primarily remembered for his leadership in the reconstruction efforts following the 1755 Lisbon earthquake , alongside Eugénio dos Santos and Carlos Mardel .
Lomba da Maia is a civil parish in the municipality of Ribeira Grande in the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,152, [1] in an area of 20.47 km 2. [2] It is situated on a plateau that overlooks the northern coast and the neighboring parish of Maia.