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Maria João Bastos
Maria João David da Silva Bastos (born 18 June 1975) is a Portuguese actress. She has participated in several Brazilian productions, becoming a known actress in Brazil. Biography Maria João was born in Benavente, Santarém District. She holds a degree in Communication Sciences from the Independent University of Lisbon. Maria took an English course in England in 1993, a casting and video and dummy course at Visual LX in 1994 and a theater, film and television course in New York City in the year 2000. She signed an exclusive contract with The Portuguese television station, TVI. Bastos is ambassador of the Jaguar car brand, and representative of the Italian brand Furla, in Portugal. Her character "Liliane Marise", a pimba music singer, in the novel ''Destinos Cruzados'', was so remarkable that it released a CD that reached first place in the Portuguese music charts. Incarnating this same personage, she made a concert in MEO Arena, in Lisbon, in October 2013, and another in Guim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benavente, Portugal
Benavente () is a municipality and parish in Santarém District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 29,019, in an area of 521.38 km². History In 1199 the fixation of foreign settlers on the left bank of the Tagus River created a Town on a peninsula in the tagus estuary. Situated in the western limits of Coruche castle dominion, subordinate to the Order of Calatrava. This small settlement remained under the Seignory of this Military Order, which named it Benavente, the same name as a castle of the same Military order in the Kingdom of León (Benavente, Zamora). It received its foral on March 25, 1200, given by D. Paio (or ''Pelágio''), master of the Military Order of Santa Maria of Évora. The foral was confirmed in Santarém in 1218 by Sancho I. King Manuel gave it a new foral on January 16, 1516. The present Mayor is Carlos Coutinho, elected by the Unitary Democratic Coalition (Communist and Green coalition). Benavente is crossed by National Road 118, which divid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |