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Torre De Moncorvo (parish)
Torre de Moncorvo (), officially the Town of Torre de Moncorvo (), is a municipality in the district of Bragança in Portugal. The population in 2015 was 7,891, in an area of 531.56 km2. In 2013, with a birth rate of 2.5 births per thousand inhabitants, Torre de Moncorvo had the lowest birth rate in Portugal. 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 (''freguesias''): * Açoreira * Adeganha e Cardanha * Cabeça Boa * Carviçais * Castedo * Felgar e Souto da Velha * Felgueiras e Maçores * Horta da Vilariça ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torre De Moncorvo Municipal Chamber
The Torre de Moncorvo Municipal Chamber () is the administrative authority in the municipality of Torre de Moncorvo. It has 13 freguesias in its area of jurisdiction and is based in the town of Torre de Moncorvo, on the Bragança District. These freguesias are: Açoreira; Adeganha e Cardanha; Cabeça Boa; Carviçais; Castedo (Torre de Moncorvo), Castedo; Felgar e Souto da Velha; Felgueiras e Maçores; Horta da Vilariça; Larinho; Lousa (Torre de Moncorvo), Lousa; Mós (Torre de Moncorvo), Mós; Torre de Moncorvo (parish), Torre de Moncorvo and Urros e Peredo dos Castelhanos. The Torre de Moncorvo City Council is made up of 5 councillors, representing, currently, four different political forces. The first candidate on the list with the most votes in a municipal election or, in the event of a vacancy, the next candidate on the list, takes office as President of the Municipal Chamber. List of the President of the Municipal Chamber, Presidents of the Municipal Chamber of Torre de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares Portugal-Spain border, the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union; to the south and the west is the North Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and southwest lie the Macaronesia, Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, which are the two Autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous regions of Portugal. Lisbon is the Capital city, capital and List of largest cities in Portugal, largest city, followed by Porto, which is the only other Metropolitan areas in Portugal, metropolitan area. The western Iberian Peninsula has been continuously inhabited since Prehistoric Iberia, prehistoric times, with the earliest signs of Human settlement, settlement dating to 5500 BC. Celts, Celtic and List of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo ( ; ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish literature, Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known works, () and (), published in the 1940s, are collections of short stories exploring motifs such as dreams, labyrinths, Indeterminism, chance, infinity, archives, mirrors, fictional writers and mythology. Borges's works have contributed to philosophical literature and the fantasy genre, and have had a major influence on the magical realism, magical realist movement in 20th century Latin American literature.Theo L. D'Haen (1995) "Magical Realism and Postmodernism: Decentering Privileged Centers", in: Louis P. Zamora and Wendy B. Faris, ''Magical Realism: Theory, History and Community''. Duhan and London, Duke University Press, pp. 191–208. Born in Buenos Aires, Borges later moved with his family to Switzerland in 1914, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synagogue
A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans. It is a place for prayer (the main sanctuary and sometimes smaller chapels) where Jews attend religious services or special ceremonies such as weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, choir performances, and children's plays. They often also have rooms for study, social halls, administrative and charitable offices, classrooms for religious and Hebrew studies, and many places to sit and congregate. They often display commemorative, historic, or modern artwork alongside items of Jewish historical significance or history about the synagogue itself. Synagogues are buildings used for Jewish prayer, study, assembly, and reading of the Torah. The Torah (Pentateuch or Five Books of Moses) is traditionally read in its entirety over a period of a year in weekly portions during services, or in some synagogues on a triennial cycle. However, the edifice of a synagogue as such is not essential for hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish People
Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, religion, and community are highly interrelated, as Judaism is their ethnic religion, though it is not practiced by all ethnic Jews. Despite this, religious Jews regard converts to Judaism as members of the Jewish nation, pursuant to the long-standing conversion process. The Israelites emerged from the pre-existing Canaanite peoples to establish Israel and Judah in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. John Day (2005), ''In Search of Pre-Exilic Israel'', Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 47.5 8'In this sense, the emergence of ancient Israel is viewed not as the cause of the demise of Canaanite culture but as its upshot'. Originally, Jews referred to the inhabitants of the kingdom of JudahCf. Marcus Jastrow's ''Dictionary of the Targumim, Talmud Babli, Talmud Yerushalmi and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reconquista
The ''Reconquista'' (Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese for ) or the fall of al-Andalus was a series of military and cultural campaigns that European Christian Reconquista#Northern Christian realms, kingdoms waged against the al-Andalus, Muslim kingdoms following the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula by the Umayyad Caliphate, culminating in the reign of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain. The beginning of the ''Reconquista'' is traditionally dated to the Battle of Covadonga ( or 722), in which an Kingdom of Asturias, Asturian army achieved the first Christian victory over the forces of the Umayyad Caliphate since the beginning of the military invasion. The ''Reconquista'' ended in 1492 with the Granada War#Last stand at Granada, fall of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada to the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, Catholic Monarchs. In the late 10th century, the Umayyad vizier Almanzor waged a series of military campaigns for 30 years in order to subjugate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonese People
The Leonese (Leonese language, Leonese: ''Llioneses;'' Spanish language, Spanish: ''Leoneses'') are a subgroup of Spaniards, native to historical region of León (historical region), León in Spain. The Leonese Kingdom was an independent kingdom in the Middle Ages until 1230 when it was joined to the Kingdom of Castile (from 1296 to 1301 the Kingdom of León was again independent); after the re-union with Castile in 1301 it remained a kingdom until 1833, but as part of a united Spain from 1479. In 1833 territorial division of Spain, 1833 it was divided into three provinces. The languages of the Leonese people are Leonese language, Leonese, Galician language, Galician and Spanish language, Castilian Spanish in Spain. Geography and demographics Political and administrative divisions The former Kingdom of León was divided into three historical regions: Asturias, León, and Extremadura, with the eastern territories into Castile. The Spanish division of 1833 recognised as Leonese t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urrós E Peredo Dos Castelhanos , a disused station of the Sabor line
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Urrós may refer to: Places in Portugal * Urrós (Mogadouro), a civil parish * Urrós (Torre de Moncorvo), a former civil parish * Urrós e Peredo dos Castelhanos, a current civil parish in Torre de Moncorvo Others * Urrós halt The Urrós halt was a station on the Sabor line that served the town of Urrós (Mogadouro), Urrós, in the municipality of Mogadouro, Portugal. Description The complex consists of a passenger building (EP), a covered pier (CC), a Public toilet, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torre De Moncorvo (parish)
Torre de Moncorvo (), officially the Town of Torre de Moncorvo (), is a municipality in the district of Bragança in Portugal. The population in 2015 was 7,891, in an area of 531.56 km2. In 2013, with a birth rate of 2.5 births per thousand inhabitants, Torre de Moncorvo had the lowest birth rate in Portugal. 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 (''freguesias''): * Açoreira * Adeganha e Cardanha * Cabeça Boa * Carviçais * Castedo * Felgar e Souto da Velha * Felgueiras e Maçores * Horta da Vilariça ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mós (Torre De Moncorvo)
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Mós may refer to the following places in Portugal: * Mós (Bragança), a civil parish in the municipality of Bragança * Mós (Torre de Moncorvo), a civil parish in the municipality of Torre de Moncorvo * Mós (Vila Nova de Foz Côa), a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Foz Côa * Mós (Vila Verde), a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Verde Vila Verde () is a municipality in the district of Braga in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 46,446, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lousa (Torre De Moncorvo)
Lousa or Lousã may refer to the following places in Portugal: * Lousa (Castelo Branco), a village in Castelo Branco Municipality * Lousa (Loures), a village in Loures Municipality * Lousa (Torre de Moncorvo), a village in Torre de Moncorvo Municipality * Lousã, a town in Coimbra District * Lousã Municipality Lousã (), officially Lousã Town (), is a town and municipality in the district of Coimbra, in the central part of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 17,604, in an area of 138.40 km2. History The oldest evidence provides an indication of ..., a municipality in Coimbra District * Lousã (parish), a village in Coimbra District {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
