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Maya TV, also known as Canal 66, is a television station in Honduras. External links. Television portal; Official website; Maya TV at LyngSat Address;
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Torres Vedras (European Portuguese: [ˈtoʁɨʒ ˈvɛðɾɐʃ] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Portuguese district of Lisbon, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the capital Lisbon. It is a strong agricultural region thanks to its vineyards, and has an intense commercial and industrial life.
As a bitter winter approaches, Wellington withdraws his troops towards the fortifications he has prepared in secret at the Lines of Torres Vedras. Using a scorched earth defence, he forces the inhabitants to evacuate the land in front of the Lines and destroys all supplies which could be useful to the French. The film illustrates these dramatic ...
The Lines of Torres Vedras were lines of forts and other military defences built in secrecy to defend Lisbon during the Peninsular War.Named after the nearby town of Torres Vedras, they were ordered by Arthur Wellesley, Viscount Wellington, constructed by Colonel Richard Fletcher and his Portuguese workers between November 1809 and September 1810, and used to stop Marshal Masséna's 1810 ...
Torres Vedras: 250 5 112 Fort of Gentias 220 4 113 Battery of Foz 50 2 114 Fort no.1 of Subserra: Alhandra: 100 2/3 114A Battery Nova de Subserra: 2 115 Fort no.2 of Subserra 100 2 116 Fort no.3 of Subserra 100 5 116A Battery annex for Fort no.3 of Subserra Unknown 116B Battery do Casal da Entrega 4 117 Redoubt Novo da Costa da Freiria 150 Un ...
The Municipal Museum of Torres Vedras was founded in 1929. It was initially installed in rooms attached to the church of St. Peter (S. Pedro), identifying itself as a “Museum of History, Archaeology and Prehistory”. In 1944 the museum and the city library were transferred to the headquarters of the Brotherhood of Santa Casa da Misericórdia.
The Lines of Torres Vedras were lines of forts and redoubts built in secrecy by Anglo-Portuguese forces in 1809-10 to defend Lisbon during the Peninsular War. There were three lines connecting the Atlantic with the River Tagus , amounting to over 150 defensive positions.