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The House of Aviz (Portuguese: Casa de Avis), also known as the Joanine Dynasty (Dinastia Joanina), was a dynasty of Portuguese origin which flourished during the Renaissance and the period of the Portuguese discoveries, when Portugal expanded its power globally.
Praça 8 de Maio in Coimbra, renovation by Fernando Távora c. 2002. The sixth of seven children and third of three sons of José Pinto Tavares de Mendonça Ferrão or José Ferrão de Tavares e Távora and wife Maria José do Amaral Ferrão Lobo Machado or Maria José Lobo de Sousa Machado Cardoso de Meneses, of the Viscounts of Paço de Nespereira, he inherited from his mother the House of ...
Casa do Penedo (Portuguese for Stone House or House of the Rock) is an architectural monument located between Celorico de Basto and Fafe, in northern Portugal. [1] It received its name because it was built from four large boulders that serve as the foundation, walls and ceiling of the house.
Palacete de Belomonte; Palácio da Bolsa; Palácio das Cardosas; Palácio dos Carrancas; Palácio do Bolhão; Palácio do Freixo; Episcopal Palace of Porto; Palacete Pinto Leite; Palácio de São Bento da Vitória; Palácio de São João Novo; Palácio dos Terenas; Palacete dos Viscondes de Balsemão
The Fort of Casa was the most easterly of the forts and redoubts built in 1809-10 during the Peninsular War on the second line of the three defensive Lines of Torres Vedras aimed at protecting the capital of Portugal, Lisbon. It is situated in the town of Forte da Casa, in the municipality of Vila Franca de Xira, in the Lisbon District. [1]
The front facade along the Praça do Infante D. Henrique Portion of the Roman excavations within the "museum". The Casa do Infante is addorsed to buildings in the historic centre of the city, along the riverbank, with its principal facade oriented to the inclined slope descending the Praça do Infante D. Henrique towards the Largo do Terreiro and access to the Cais da Estiva along the Douro.
The Casa da Guiné (English: House of Guinea), later known as the Casa da Guiné e Mina and also referred to as the Portuguese Guinea Company, was a state-run Portuguese commercial institution, tasked with the management of the Portuguese Empire's economic interests and colonization in West Africa, particularly on the Gulf of Guinea, on the Gold Coast, and on the Slave Coast.
Coat of arms of the Misericórdia of Lisbon. The institution traces its official foundation to 1498, when Queen Leonor opened the Misericórdia of Lisbon. [1] Recently made a widow by the death of King John II of Portugal, the Queen had begun dedicating herself intensely to the sick, poor, orphans, prisoners, artists, and sponsored the founding of the brotherhood, based on the model of ...