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Carlos Manuel Félix Moedas (born 10 August 1970) is a Portuguese civil engineer, economist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), who is the current Mayor of Lisbon. From 2014 until 2019, Moedas served as European Commissioner covering the portfolio of Research, Science and Innovation under the leadership of President Jean-Claude ...
The Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Portuguese pronunciation: [tiˈatɾu nɐsiuˈnal dɨ sɐ̃w ˈkaɾluʃ]) (National Theatre of Saint Charles) is an opera house in Lisbon, Portugal. It was opened on June 30, 1793 by Queen Maria I [ 1 ] as a replacement for the Tejo Opera House , which was destroyed in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake .
Santa Clara (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃tɐ ˈklaɾɐ]) is a freguesia (civil parish) and typical quarter of Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal.Located in northern Lisbon, Santa Clara is north of Lumiar, west of Olivais, and directly south of Lisbon's border with Odivelas and Loures.
The Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portuguese: Área Metropolitana de Lisboa; abbreviated as AML) is a metropolitan area in Portugal centered on Lisbon, the capital and largest city of the country. The metropolitan area, covering 17 cities in 18 municipalities , is the largest urban area in the country and the 10th largest in the European Union ...
São Vicente (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐ̃w viˈsẽtɨ]) is a freguesia (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.Located in the historic center of Lisbon, São Vicente is to the east of Santa Maria Maior, south of Arroios, and west of Penha de França.
Time zone: UTC+00:00 • Summer UTC+01:00 ... At the administrative reorganization of Lisbon on 8 December 2012 it became part of the parish Misericórdia. [1]
Grand Lisboa (Chinese: 新葡京, Portuguese: Grande Lisboa) is a 47-floor, [1] 261-metre-tall (856 ft) hotel in Sé, Macau. It is owned by Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau and designed by Hong Kong architects Dennis Lau and Ng Chun Man with the interiors created by Khuan Chew, Design Principal of KCA International. Its casino and ...
Churches and palaces were built over time. Of the many buildings, the following stand out: Quinta do Monte do Carmo or Jardim do Monte do Carmo; Palacete da Ribeira Grande or ancient Escola Secundária Rainha D. Amélia; Edifício da Administração do Porto de Lisboa or Palacete Ponte or Palacete dos Condes da Ponte; Santo Amaro Chapel