Castelo De São Filipe
Castelo may refer to: Places Brazil * Castelo, Espírito Santo, a municipality in the State of Espírito Santo * Castelo (Rio de Janeiro), a neighbourhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro Portugal * Castelo (Lisbon), a civil parish in the municipality of Lisbon * Castelo (Moimenta da Beira), a civil parish in the municipality of Moimenta da Beira * Castelo (Sertã), a civil parish in the municipality of Sertã * Castelo (Sesimbra), a civil parish in the municipality of Sesimbra * Santa Maria do Castelo e São Miguel (Torres Vedras), a civil parish in the municipality of Torres Vedras * Castelo do Neiva (Viana do Castelo), a civil parish in the municipality of Viana do Castelo Viana do Castelo () is a concelho, municipality and seat of the district of Viana do Castelo District, Viana do Castelo in the Norte Region, Portugal, Norte Region of Portugal. The population in 2021 was 85,778, in an area of . The urbanized are ... Other * Castelo Futebol Clube, a Brazilian football (s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Castelo, Espírito Santo
Castelo is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the southwest of the state of Espírito Santo in Brazil. Its population was 37,747 (2020) and its area is 664 km². History There is information on two Amerindian tribes inhabiting the area before the colonial era. The main tribe was called Puris, and the secondary, with less presence, were the Botocudos. The first non-native immigration into the region was of gold prospectors who moved into the area, but this was a short-lived adventure which by 1830 had been abandoned. After 1830, local interest turned towards the land. Medium-sized properties were established using slave labour until 1888, when it was abolished. Soon after, Italian immigrants from the neighbouring municipality of Alfredo Chaves began to settle in Castelo. In 1891 Castelo became a district of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim and remained part of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim until 1928, when it separated. Geography Highest point in the municipality is the Forno Grande ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Castelo (Rio De Janeiro)
Castelo is a region in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but not officially recognized as a neighborhood, and officially forms part of the Centro neighborhood. It is generally considered to be located in the region between Avenida Rio Branco, the Santos Dumont Airport and Praça Quinze de Novembro. The area derives its name from the former Morro do Castelo in that location, which was demolished by water jets in the 1920s. As most of the buildings in the area were designed and built in the first half of the twentieth century, after the demolition of Morro do Castelo (''Castle Hill'') in 1921, the region became home to a large collection of Art Deco Art Deco, short for the French (), is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design that first Art Deco in Paris, appeared in Paris in the 1910s just before World War I and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920 ... buildings. Art Deco was the prevalent architectural style in Rio de Janeiro at that time. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Castelo (Lisbon)
Castelo ( English: ''Castle'') is a former parish ('' freguesia'') in the municipality of Lisbon Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ..., Portugal. It is one of the oldest parishes of Lisbon dated from 1147. At the administrative reorganization of Lisbon on 8 December 2012 it became part of the parish Santa Maria Maior. ''Diário da República'', 1.ª Série, n.º 216. Accessed 25/11/2012. Main sites * Castle of ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lisbon
Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainland Europe's westernmost capital city (second overall after Reykjavík, Reykjavik), and the only one along the Atlantic coast, the others (Reykjavik and Dublin) being on islands. The city lies in the western portion of the Iberian Peninsula, on the northern shore of the River Tagus. The western portion of its metro area, the Portuguese Riviera, hosts the westernmost point of Continental Europe, culminating at Cabo da Roca. Lisbon is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world and the second-oldest European capital city (after Athens), predating other modern European capitals by centuries. Settled by pre-Celtic tribes and later founded and civilized by the Phoenicians, Julius Caesar made it a municipium ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Castelo (Moimenta Da Beira)
Castelo may refer to: Places Brazil * Castelo, Espírito Santo, a municipality in the State of Espírito Santo * Castelo (Rio de Janeiro), a neighbourhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro Portugal * Castelo (Lisbon), a civil parish in the municipality of Lisbon Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ... * Castelo (Moimenta da Beira), a civil parish in the municipality of Moimenta da Beira * Castelo (Sertã), a civil parish in the municipality of Sertã * Castelo (Sesimbra), a civil parish in the municipality of Sesimbra * Santa Maria do Castelo e São Miguel (Torres Vedras), a civil parish in the municipality of Torres Vedras * Castelo do Neiva (Viana do Castelo), a civil parish in the municipality of Viana do Castelo Other * Castelo Futebol Clube, a Brazilian fo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Moimenta Da Beira Municipality
Moimenta da Beira () is a municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ... in the northern part of Portugal, located in the district of Viseu. The population in 2011 was 10,212, in an area of 219.97 km2. History Moimenta's history is fairly recent: Alfonso III of Asturias conquered Lamego from the Moors, when the first settlements along the Douro began by remnants of Visigothic tribes. ''"And there they entered into power, becoming absolute masters of everything that the force of arms would take"'', from the writings of the Scribe Santa Rosa Viterbo. These bands created rural villages and homes that received in their local dialects the names Leomil, Baldos, Alvite, Toitam, Milieu, Segões, Sever and Ariz. The inhabitants of the mountains and castros, such as ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Castelo (Sertã)
Castelo may refer to: Places Brazil * Castelo, Espírito Santo, a municipality in the State of Espírito Santo * Castelo (Rio de Janeiro), a neighbourhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro Portugal * Castelo (Lisbon), a civil parish in the municipality of Lisbon * Castelo (Moimenta da Beira) Castelo may refer to: Places Brazil * Castelo, Espírito Santo, a municipality in the State of Espírito Santo * Castelo (Rio de Janeiro), a neighbourhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro Portugal * Castelo (Lisbon), a civil parish in the municipalit ..., a civil parish in the municipality of Moimenta da Beira * Castelo (Sertã), a civil parish in the municipality of Sertã * Castelo (Sesimbra), a civil parish in the municipality of Sesimbra * Santa Maria do Castelo e São Miguel (Torres Vedras), a civil parish in the municipality of Torres Vedras * Castelo do Neiva (Viana do Castelo), a civil parish in the municipality of Viana do Castelo Other * Castelo Futebol Clube, a Brazilian foo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sertã
Sertã (), officially Sertã Town (), is a municipality in Castelo Branco District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,880, in an area of 446.73 km2. The present mayor is José Farinha Nunes, elected by the PSD. The municipal holiday is the June 24. Etymology The town's name literally means " frying pan", but is near-certainly a phono-semantic matching of a pre-Roman toponym. This hasn't stopped the creation of all manner of folk etymological legends seeking to explain name of the town, the most famous of which is the so-called "Legend of Celinda", supposedly a Lusitanian woman who had been frying eggs while the settlement was under attack by Quintus Sertorius' forces and, upon learning of her husband's death, poured boiling hot cooking oil on the besiegers. This story has lent the town its name (). General information Local sports club: Sertanense Futebol Clube (mainly devoted to soccer, playing (2004-2005) the 3rd Division Championship). Local newspaper: ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Castelo (Sesimbra)
Castelo may refer to: Places Brazil * Castelo, Espírito Santo, a municipality in the State of Espírito Santo * Castelo (Rio de Janeiro), a neighbourhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro Portugal * Castelo (Lisbon), a civil parish in the municipality of Lisbon * Castelo (Moimenta da Beira), a civil parish in the municipality of Moimenta da Beira * Castelo (Sertã), a civil parish in the municipality of Sertã Sertã (), officially Sertã Town (), is a municipality in Castelo Branco District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,880, in an area of 446.73 km2. The present mayor is José Farinha Nunes, elected by the PSD. The municipal holida ... * Castelo (Sesimbra), a civil parish in the municipality of Sesimbra * Santa Maria do Castelo e São Miguel (Torres Vedras), a civil parish in the municipality of Torres Vedras * Castelo do Neiva (Viana do Castelo), a civil parish in the municipality of Viana do Castelo Other * Castelo Futebol Clube, a Brazilian footb ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sesimbra
Sesimbra () is a municipality of Portugal, in the Setúbal District, lying at the foothills of the ''Serra da Arrábida'', a mountain range between Setúbal and Sesimbra. Due to its particular position at the Península de Setúbal, Setúbal Bay, near the mouth of the Sado River and its natural harbour, it is an important fishing town. The population in 2011 was 49,500, in an area of 195.47 km². The present Mayor is Francisco Jesus. General information Besides professional fishing and sport fishing (mainly of swordfish), the most significant revenues in Sesimbra come from tourism. The town is known for its beaches, fish restaurants and nightlife. The original recorded name was ''Cempsibriga'', a compound of the widespread Celtic languages, Celtic element ''-briga'' "high place, fortification" and the Lusitanians, Lusitanian or Celtic tribal name ''Cempsi'' (maybe from the Celtic root ''*kemm''). Close by, on a mountaintop, Above mean sea level, above sea level, lies strate ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Santa Maria Do Castelo E São Miguel (Torres Vedras)
Santa Claus (also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle or Santa) is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Christmas Eve. Christmas elves are said to make the gifts in Santa's workshop, while flying reindeer pull his sleigh through the air. The popular conception of Santa Claus originates from folklore traditions surrounding the 4th-century Christian bishop Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of children. Saint Nicholas became renowned for his reported generosity and secret gift-giving. The image of Santa Claus shares similarities with the English figure of Father Christmas, and they are both now popularly regarded as the same person. Santa is generally depicted as a portly, jolly, white-bearded man, often with spectacles, wearing a red coat with white fur collar and cuffs, white-fur-cuffed red trousers, a red hat trimmed with white fur, a black ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Torres Vedras
Torres Vedras () is a concelho, municipality in the Portugal, Portuguese district of Lisbon (district), Lisbon, approximately north of the capital Lisbon. It is a strong agricultural region thanks to its vineyards, and has an intense commercial and industrial life. It is a strong agricultural region linked to its vineyards, and has an intense commercial and industrial life. It is part of the Intermunicipal communities of Portugal, intermunicipal community Oeste (intermunicipal community), Oeste and the region Oeste e Vale do Tejo. The population was 83,075, in an area of . History In 1148, Afonso I of Portugal, Afonso I took the town of Torres Vedras from the Moors, in the then region of Estremadura Province (1936-1976), Estremadura, an area encircled by gentle hills and valleys. King Afonso III of Portugal, Afonso III conceded a foral (''charter'') in 1250, which was later confirmed by King Manuel I of Portugal, Manuel I in 1510. This latter decree conferred on the town many ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |