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[4] A major part of the "Save Vama Veche" campaign is the 2003 founding of the Stufstock music festival. Both "Save Vama Veche" campaign and Stufstock Festival were initiated by the "Association for the Conservation of Bio-Cultural Protected Areas" NGO. The August 2003 festival drew a crowd of about 10,000. The 2004 edition drew about 20,000 ...
The separated municipalities of Gaia and Vila Nova were integrated in the administration of Porto city between 1383 and 1518. [2] In 1936, when Portugal was divided into 13 official provinces, Entre Douro e Minho was split into Minho Province and Douro Litoral Province.
Lisboa, until 2009 named Estremadura, is a Portuguese wine region covering the same areas as the Estremadura region, and taking its name from the country's capital. [1] The region is classified as a Vinho Regional (VR), a designation similar to a French vin de pays region.
The Vasco da Gama Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte Vasco da Gama) is a cable-stayed bridge flanked by viaducts that spans the Tagus River in Parque das Nações in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. It is the second longest bridge in Europe , after the Crimean Bridge , [ 8 ] and the longest one in the European Union .
The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alentejo Litoral (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐlẽˈtɛʒu lituˈɾal]; English: Littoral Alentejo) is an administrative division in Portugal. It was created in May 2009. [1] It is also a NUTS3 subregion of the Alentejo Region. [2] The seat of the intermunicipal community is Grândola.
A view along the Tagus River, c. 1730, showing the area in Santa Maria Maior and the Casa dos Bicos (tenth from the right in front of the right square) A public image from between 1910 and 1920, published in Lisboa Velha (Afonso Lopes Vieira), showing the former codfish warehouse in 1925
Belém Tower, a Manueline military outpost built in the Tagus river.. With the establishment of the Kingdom of Portugal by Afonso III, royal surveys, or inquirições gerais (general inquiries), were made at his command to inspect titles of lands claimed by the nobility and clergy, [4] determined that the population around Lisbon was dispersed throughout the lowlands, which were suitable for ...
The beach of Praia de Miramar, showing the white fine sand areal. Arcozelo is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the centre of the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from Porto and about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Espinho, with roadways and raillines providing access to many of the centres of northern and central Portugal, and former province of Douro Litoral. [3]