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Carviçais
Carviçais is a freguesia of the municipality of Torre de Moncorvo in the district of Bragança (Portugal). The population in 2021 was 507, in an area of 63.00 km2. The parish is composed of 7 villages: Carviçais, Macieirinha, Martim Tirado, Quinta da Estrada, Quinta das Pereiras, Quinta das Peladinhas and Quinta da Nogueirinha. Demography The population registered in the census is as follows: History and landmarks * Parish Church (Igreja Matriz) of Carviçais * Capela do Santo Cristo de Carviçais * Capela de St.ª Bárbara * Capela do Divino Espírito Santo * Capela de S. Pedro * Cruzeiro de Carviçais * Carviçais railway station Transport As the narrow gauge Sabor line ''(Linha do Sabor)'' ceased to run in 1988, the closest railway station is now Pocinho in the Douro Line with trains to Tua, Peso da Régua, Livração, Marco de Canaveses, Penafiel, Paredes, Ermesinde (connections to Braga, Guimarães, Viana do Castelo, Rio Tinto and Porto Porto (), als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carviçais Railway Station
The Carviçais railway station, Portuguese Orthographic Reform of 1911, originally called Carviçaes, was a station on the Sabor Line that used to serve the town of Carviçais, in the municipality of Torre de Moncorvo, Portugal. Description The Carviçais railway station complex had, in addition to the main building for passenger use (which was located on the south-east side of the track),(anónimo)''Mapa 20 : Diagrama das Linhas Férreas Portuguesas com as estações (Edição de 1985)'' CP: Departamento de Transportes: Serviço de Estudos: Sala de Desenho / Fergráfica — Artes Gráficas L.da: Lisboa, 1985 a warehouse for goods. It also had a Wye (rail), wye for reversing locomotives. Traces of the wye can still be seen in an aerial photograph, to the north of the track, about 100 metres east of the main building. Next to the station, on the side of the track, was a barn belonging to the . History Inauguration and active years The section between Pocinho railway station, Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabor Line
The Sabor line ''(Linha do Sabor)'' was a railway in north-east Portugal. It ran for nearly 106 km between Pocinho and Duas Igrejas, near Miranda do Douro. It closed in 1988. History The Sabor line served a very rural part of the country, following the Sabor river for part of its route. Construction of the line was partly intended to promote economic development in one of the most economically disadvantaged parts of Portugal, as well as to serve the iron ore mines at Rebordelo. The line was built by CF de Estado (State Railways), but became part of Comboios de Portugal, CP in 1947. In common with the other narrow gauge railways leading from the Douro Valley, the Sabor line was built with metre gauge tracks. Freight trains were operated by steam for almost the entire history of the line (until the early 1980s), whilst passenger trains were mostly operated by small petrol or diesel railcars. 2-4-6-0T Mallet locomotive, Mallet steam locomotives were used on the line, especia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pocinho Railway Station
Pocinho railway station is located on the Iberian gauge Douro line, which serves the town of Pocinho, in the municipality of Vila Nova de Foz Coa, in northern Portugal. It also served as a junction with the Sabor line from its opening in 1911 until its closure in 1988. Since 1988 the station has been the terminus of the Douro Line, following the closure of the section that extended to Barca d'Alva railway station, Barca d'Alva and the La Fuente de San Esteban-Boadilla railway station, Spanish border. There have been calls for this section to be reopened. Description The station is located near the town of Pocinho, with access via Estação street. In January 2011 it had two tracks, both long, and two platforms, 139 and long and high. The station also had a public information service provided by the Rede Ferroviária Nacional (National Railway Network). The National Railway Network rated the station in 2004 as a class E station, its lowest tier, indicating a small station "wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torre De Moncorvo
Torre de Moncorvo (), officially the Town of Torre de Moncorvo (), is a municipality in the district of Bragança in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,572, in an area of 531.56 km2. The present mayor is Nuno Gonçalves, elected by the PSD. Torre de Moncorvo is also a well-developed and promising mining area. Iron ore is mined at the Mua Mine by Aethel Partners. The municipal holiday is March 19. In early November, the directorate-general for energy and geology (DGEG) authorised Aethel to control the Torre de Moncorvo iron mine, a company that hopes to put Portugal in a leading position in European mining Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 13 civil parishes ('' freguesia (Portugal), freguesias''): * Açoreira * Adeganha e Cardanha * Cabeça Boa * Carviçais * Castedo * Felgar e Souto da Velha * Felgueiras e Maçores * Horta da Vilariça * Larinho * Lousa * Mós * Torre de Moncorvo * Urrós e Peredo dos Castelhanos Famous people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Tinto Railway Station
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Viana Do Castelo Railway Station
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Guimarães Railway Station
Guimarães () is a city and municipality located in northern Portugal, in the district of Braga. Its historic town centre has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001, in recognition for being an "exceptionally well-preserved and authentic example of the evolution of a medieval settlement into a modern town" in Europe. The Nicolinas are the city's main festivities. Guimarães is referred as the capital of the Ave Subregion (one of the most industrialised subregions in the country), and located in the historical Minho Province. The municipality has a population of 156,830 inhabitants according to the most recent data of 2021 in an area of . The current mayor is Domingos Bragança, of the Socialist Party. Guimarães, along with Maribor, Slovenia, was the European Capital of Culture in 2012. Guimarães also received the 2026 European Green Capital Award. The city was settled in the 9th century, at which time it was called ''Vimaranes''. This name might have had its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braga Railway Station
Braga (; ) is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality had a resident population of 201,583 inhabitants (in 2023), representing the seventh largest municipality in Portugal by population. Its area is 183.40 km2. Its agglomerated urban area extends to the Cávado River and is the third most populated urban area in Portugal, behind Lisbon and Porto Metropolitan Areas. It is host to the oldest Portuguese archdiocese, the Archdiocese of Braga of the Catholic Church and it is the seat of the Primacy of the Spains. During the Roman Empire, then known as Bracara Augusta, the settlement was the capital of the Roman province of Gallaecia and later would become the capital of the Kingdom of the Suebi that was one of the first territories to separate from the Roman Empire in the 5th century. Inside of the city there is also a castle tower that can be visited. Nowadays, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ermesinde Railway Station
Ermesinde is a civil parish in the municipality (''concelho'') of Valongo, in continental Portugal, northeast of Porto. The population in 2011 was 38940,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 7.65 km2. It is the smallest by area, and the densest by population (approximately 5000 inhabitants per kilometer square). History 
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Paredes Railway Station
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Penafiel Railway Station
Penafiel ( or ) is a municipality and former bishopric (now a Latin Catholic titular see) in the northern Portuguese district of Porto. Capital of the Tâmega Subregion, the population was 72,265 in 2011, in an area of . History The region was occupied since pre-history, as evidenced by the proliferation of megalithic monuments, stone settlements and castros. This includes the Menhir of Luzim, a tall stone dating to an occupation of 3–4000 years B.C. Similarly, in the civil parish of Luzim, are the rock engravings that have existed for 3000 years. In addition, there are various rock forts ( castros), subject of archaeological studies, such as the archaeological "city of the dead" in Citânia de Monte Mozinho. One of the largest in the Iberian Peninsula, it was the precursor to the Galician organized community of ''Cividade Gallaeci''; the hill fort is dotted with traces of various cultures: Galician-Lusitanian, Roman, Visigoth and Moorish. There different legends that indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco De Canaveses Railway Station
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