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Conqueiros
Conqueiros () is a village in the civil parish of :pt:Souto da Carpalhosa e Ortigosa, Souto da Carpalhosa e Ortigosa, in the municipality of Leiria, in Central Portugal. Its Patron saint, patron is Ildefonsus, Saint Ildephonsus. Bobi (dog), Bobi, a dog claimed to be the world's oldest dog lived in the village. Geography Conqueiros is located approximately 10 km north of the city of Leiria, and 2 km east of the village of Ortigosa, Portugal, Ortigosa, on a plateau at an elevation of around 125 metres — one of the highest points in the surrounding region. In this area there are large pine forests, vineyards, orchards, olive groves and eucalyptus plantations. The soil is fertile and irrigated in the low areas, allowing productive agriculture linked to corn, beans, fodder and vegetable products. Notable residents *Bobi (dog), Bobi (1992?-2023), a dog who was claimed to have been the oldest dog to have ever lived. References Villages in Portugal Populated places i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobi (dog)
Bobi (, 11 May 1992 – 21 October 2023) was a male purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo dog cared for by Leonel Costa of Conqueiros, Leiria, Portugal. Bobi was claimed by his caretaker to be the oldest dog to ever live and the first dog on record to reach 30 years. On 2 February 2023, Bobi was certified by Guinness World Records as the oldest living dog, along with being the oldest dog on record to ever live. However, after veterinarians became suspicious of his real age, an investigation was pursued. Once his records were revoked, he was stripped of the title. Bobi died on 21 October 2023, reportedly aged 31 years and 165 days. Early life According to Bobi's owner, Bobi was born as one of four male puppies in an outbuilding where his caretaker's family stored wood. His brothers were all buried alive after birth due to Costa's father not wanting to take care of more animals. Since Bobi blended in with the wood of the shed he was born in, Costa's father did not see him when he was col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ortigosa, Portugal
Ortigosa is a Portuguese village and former civil parish located in the municipality of Leiria, with an area of and 1971 inhabitants in 2011. In 2013 the parish merged into the new parish Souto da Carpalhosa e Ortigosa. Its patron is Santo Amaro. Population Geography Ortigosa is located from the city center of Leiria and from Figueira da Foz. History The parish of Ortigosa was established on October 2, 1962, encompassing nine villages. With an area of around 13 km2, the limits of the parish touched the limits of the villages of Amor, Monte Real, Souto da Carpalhosa, Milagres and Regueira de Pontes. It is believed that most of the places in this village were part of Reguengo do Ulmar, which would mean that until 1291 its fields would have been permanently flooded, which prevented the settlement of populations. That year, D. Dinis ordered the agronomist monks of Alcobaça to dry the wetlands, which became fertile crop fields. Places * Mother Church * Chapel of Mrs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Portugal
The Central Region (, ) or Central Portugal is one of the statistical regions of Portugal. The cities with major administrative status inside this region are Coimbra, Aveiro, Viseu, Leiria, Castelo Branco and Guarda. It is one of the seven Regions of Portugal (NUTS II subdivisions). It is also one of the regions of Europe, as given by the European Union for statistical and geographical purposes. Its area totals . As of 2011, its population totalled 2,327,026 inhabitants, with a population density of 82 inhabitants per square kilometre. History Inhabited by the Lusitanians, an Indo-European people living in the western Iberian Peninsula, the Romans settled in the region and colonized it as a part of the Roman Province of '' Lusitânia''. The Roman town of Conímbriga, near Coimbra, is among the most noted and well-preserved remains of that period. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Visigoths were the main rulers and colonizers from the 5th to the 8th century. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiria District
The District of Leiria ( ) is a district located between the Oeste e Vale do Tejo and Centro regions of Portugal, and divided between the traditional provinces of Beira Litoral and Estremadura. It borders on the north with district of Coimbra, on the east with district of Castelo Branco and with district of Santarém, on the south with district of Lisbon and on the west with the Atlantic Ocean. The district capital is the city of Leiria. Municipalities In the current main division of the country, the district is divided into two NUTS of Portugal, the Oeste e Vale do Tejo and the Centro regions, with its municipalities distributed by the Nomenclatures of territorial units for statistical purposes (NUTIII) of the Oeste (which was integrated into the new NUTII created in 2023) and the Leiria region. * Oeste e Vale do Tejo ** Oeste *** Alcobaça *** Bombarral *** Caldas da Rainha *** Nazaré *** Óbidos *** Peniche * Centro ** Leiria region *** Alvaiázere *** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities Of Portugal
This is a list of the municipalities of Portugal. Portugal is divided into 18 districts () and 2 autonomous regions (), Azores and Madeira. The districts and autonomous regions are further subdivided into 308 municipalities of Portugal ( or ). Usually, a municipality is named after its largest or historically most important town or city. Municipalities are typically much larger than the city or town after which they are named. Overview of districts List Maps File:2021 Portuguese local election results by municipality map.png, Ruling parties per municipality (2021–present) File:Portuguese municipalities area.PNG, The 20 biggest and the 20 smallest municipalities (2011) File:Portuguese municipalities population1.PNG, The 20 most and the 20 least populated municipalities (2011) File:Portuguese municipalities density1.PNG, The 20 most and the 20 least densely populated municipalities (2011) See also * Subdivisions of Portugal * Municipalities of Portugal * List of ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiria
Leiria () is a city and municipality in the Central Region, Portugal, Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, after Coimbra, with a municipality population of 128,640 (as of 2021) in an area of . It is the seat of Leiria District, its own district and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leiria-Fátima. The city is part of the historical Provinces of Portugal, province of Beira Litoral Province, Beira Litoral. History The region around Leiria has long been inhabited although its early history is obscure. The first evident inhabitants were the Turduli Oppidani, a Celtici tribe (akin to the Lusitanians), who established a settlement near (around 7 km) present-day Leiria. This settlement was later occupied by the Ancient Rome, Romans, who expanded it under the original Celtiberian language, Celtiberian name ''Collippo''. The stones of the ancient Roman town were used in the Middle Ages to build much of Leiria. The name "Leiria" in Portuguese derives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Freguesias Of Portugal
The 3092 freguesias of Portugal are listed In alphabetic groups (determined by a freguesia's first letter) in the template below. They are listed according to the following format: * Municipality ** Freguesia A complete and unbroken list of freguesias all on one page is not available. A partial list is in :Freguesias of Portugal. ''SourceEuropean Commission' {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Freguesias Of Portugal Portugal 3 Freguesias, Portugal Freguesias (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Portuguese overs ... *03 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western European Time
Western European Time (WET, UTC+00:00) is a time zone covering parts of western Europe and consists of countries using UTC+00:00 (also known as Greenwich Mean Time, abbreviated GMT). It is one of the three standard time zones in the European Union along with Central European Time and Eastern European Time. The following Western European countries and regions use UTC+00:00 in winter months: *Portugal, since 1912 with pauses (except Azores, UTC−01:00) *United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies, since 1847 in England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, and since 1916 in Northern Ireland, with pauses *Ireland, since 1916, except between 1968 and 1971 *Canary Islands, since 1946 (rest of Spain is CET, UTC+01:00) *Faroe Islands, since 1908 * North Eastern Greenland ( Danmarkshavn and surrounding area) *Iceland, since 1968, without summer time changes All the above countries except Iceland implement daylight saving time in summer (from the last Sunday in March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patron Saint
A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy or Oriental Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person. The term may be applied to individuals to whom similar roles are ascribed in other religions. In Christianity Saints often become the patrons of places where they were born or had been active. However, there were cases in medieval Europe where a city which grew to prominence obtained for its cathedral the remains or some relics of a famous saint who had lived and was buried elsewhere, thus making them the city's patron saint – such a practice conferred considerable prestige on the city concerned. In Latin America and the Philippines, Spanish and Portuguese explorers often named a location for the saint on whose feast or commemoration day they first visited the place, with that saint naturally becoming the area's patron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ildefonsus
Ildefonsus or Ildephonsus (rarely ''Ildephoses'' or ''Ildefonse''; Spanish: San Ildefonso; c. 8 December A.D. 607 – 23 January A.D. 667) was a scholar and theologian who served as the metropolitan (religion), metropolitan Bishop of Toledo for the last decade of his life. His Gothic language, Gothic name was Hildefuns. In the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church he is known as Dexius (ደቅስዮስ ''Daqsəyos'') based on the Ge'ez translation of #Legends, legends about his life. Although his writings were less influential outside of Hispania, Ildefonsus was canonised and remained a potent force in the Iberian Peninsula for centuries. Spanish missionaries, and to a lesser extent Portuguese ones, spread his ideas worldwide. Life Ildefonsus was born to a prominent Visigothic family in Toledo during the reign of Witteric. Civil wars racked the List of Visigothic Kings, Visigothic kingdom during most of Ildefonsus' life. His uncle Eugenius II of Toledo, Eugenius, who later became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eucalyptus
''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of more than 700 species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. Most species of ''Eucalyptus'' are trees, often Mallee (habit), mallees, and a few are shrubs. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalypteae, including ''Corymbia'' and ''Angophora'', they are commonly known as eucalypts or "gum trees". Plants in the genus ''Eucalyptus'' have bark that is either smooth, fibrous, hard, or stringy and leaves that have oil Gland (botany), glands. The sepals and petals are fused to form a "cap" or Operculum (botany), operculum over the stamens, hence the name from Greek ''eû'' ("well") and ''kaluptós'' ("covered"). The fruit is a woody Capsule (botany), capsule commonly referred to as a "gumnut". Most species of ''Eucalyptus'' are Indigenous (ecology), native to Australia, and every state and territory has representative species. About three-quarters of Australian forests are eucalypt forests. Many eucalypt species have adapted to wildfire, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
