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Castelo Branco (Mogadouro)
Castelo Branco is Portuguese for ''white castle'', and may refer to: People * João Rodrigues de Castelo Branco, physician, better known as Amato Lusitano and Amatus Lusitanus (1511–1568) * Camilo Castelo Branco (1825–1890), Portuguese writer * Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (1897–1967), president of Brazil between 1964 and 1967 * Sérgio Tertuliano Castelo Branco, see List of governors of São Paulo Places Brazil * Castelo Branco (João Pessoa), a neighbourhood in the municipality of João Pessoa, State of Paraiba Portugal * Castelo Branco (district), a district in the Centro Region ** Castelo Branco, Portugal, a city in the municipality of Castelo Branco * Castelo Branco (Mogadouro), a civil parish in Mogadouro Municipality ;In the archipelago of the Azores * Castelo Branco (Horta), a civil parish in the municipality of Horta, island of Faial Other * Rodovia Castelo Branco (SP-280), a roadway in the State of São Paulo * Castelo Branco cheese, a cheese name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or ) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe, and has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau. Portuguese-speaking people or nations are known as Lusophone (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Gallaecian language, Celtic phonology. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 17 million second language speakers, Portuguese has approximately 267 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the List of languages by number of native speaker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Rodrigues De Castelo Branco
João Rodrigues de Castelo Branco, better known as Amato Lusitano and Amatus Lusitanus (1511–1568), was a notable Portuguese Jewish physician of the 16th century. Like Herophilus, Galen, Ibn al-Nafis, Michael Servetus, Realdo Colombo and William Harvey, he is credited as making a discovery in the circulation of the blood. He is said to have discovered the function of the valves in the circulation of the blood. Life Lusitano was born in 1511 in Castelo Branco, Portugal. He was a descendant of a Marrano family called ''Chabib'' (= ''Amatus'', "beloved" in Latin), and was brought up in the Jewish faith. After having graduated with honors as M.D. from the University of Salamanca, he was unable to return Portugal for fear of the Inquisition. He went to Antwerp for a time and then traveled through the Netherlands and France, finally settling in Italy. His reputation as one of the most skillful physicians of his time preceded him there, and during his short sojourn at Venice, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
