Linhó is an affluent village in the municipality of

Sintra Sintra (, ), officially the Town of Sintra (), is a town and municipality in the Greater Lisbon region of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The population of the municipality in 2021 was 385,654, in an area of . Sintra is one of the ...

, on the

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, known for its

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, restaurants, and its two prominent gated communities, Quinta da Penha Longa and

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. Linhó is home to a large

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community, the only American school in Portugal (

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), and has hosted a

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. Linhó is known for its gourmet culinary scene, including,

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shops,

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, and events like

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s and its annual Artisanal Beer Festival.

History

The Igreja da Penha Longa and its

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convent date originally to the 14th century, but the church's current interior dates from the reign of Cardinal-King

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, in the 16th century. On 12 April 1903, the ''Grupo União Recreativa do Linhó'' (Linhó Recreational Union), a society for local civic life, is founded. Famed

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n poet Roy Campbell lived in Linhó in the 1950s, from 1956 until his death.

Marcelo Caetano Marcello José das Neves Alves Caetano (17 August 1906 – 26 October 1980) was a Portuguese politician and scholar. He was the second and last leader of the Estado Novo after succeeding António de Oliveira Salazar. He served as prime mini ...

, 101st

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and last leader of the Estado Novo regime, had his summer home in Linhó. Beginning in 1958, Caetano, then an ousted politician and Rector of the

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, began using his Linhó home to host meetings and plan his assent to become Prime Minister, which he became in 1968.Observador - Como foram os anos de Marcelo no Liceu Pedro Nunes
/ref> A street is named for him in Linhó, despite attempts to change the name owing to Caetano's relationship to the Estado Novo regime. In 1998,

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, then

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, inaugurated the newly built campus of the American International School of Lisbon in Linhó. The 1999

was hosted at the

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Penha Longa Resort in Quinta da Penha Longa.

Communities

Linhó is home to two prominent gated communities of the

: *'' Quinta da Penha Longa'' *''

Tourism

Linhó is near to numerous

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s, such as

Pena National Palace The Pena Palace () is a Romanticist castle in São Pedro de Penaferrim, in the municipality of Sintra, on the Portuguese Riviera. The castle stands on the top of a hill in the Sintra Mountains above the town of Sintra, and on a clear day it ...

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, and the Historic Centre of

, as well as numerous landmarks and sites within the larger

. Linhó is a prominent

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, and

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destination.

Gastronomy

Linhó is home to two

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-starred restaurants: *LAB by Sergi Arola () *Midori ()

Resorts

* Pestana Golf Resort - ''

'' * Ritz-Carlton Resort - '' Quinta da Penha Longa''

Golf

's golf courses were designed by American golf architect Rocky Roquemore, and Quinta da Penha Longa's courses were designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. Penha Longa has hosted the

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three times, the Estoril Challenge de Portugal twice, and the Estoril Open once. Beloura holds the Portuguese Golf Federation's annual National Senior's Championship.

Tennis

Linhó's Beloura Tennis Academy (BTA) has hosted the

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's prestigious ''Campeonato Nacional Absoluto'' (National Absolute Championship) in 2017. BTA is known for hosting the annual Beloura Junior Open, a European qualifying tournament. Since 2017, Beloura annually hosts the BTA Futures, part of the

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's Men's Circuit.

Equestrian

Linhó's

Equestrian Center ( Portuguese: ''Centro Hípico Quinta da Beloura'') holds numerous equestrian events including the Portuguese Equestrian Federation's 2015 ''Taça de Portugal'' (Portuguese Cup Championship). The Beloura team won this event in 2004. Beloura hosted the 2017 Portuguese National

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Championship, as well as the 2017 and 2018 ''Troféu de Dressage em Póneis'' (

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: Pony Dressage Trophy), an annual

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competition held between equestrian academies of the Portuguese Riviera.

Education

The

is the oldest American school in the

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and the only

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-sanctioned school in Portugal. In 2020, TASIS Schools, a highly ranked private Swiss group of international boarding schools, established

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in Linhó.

Notable people

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, Portuguese footballer *

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-winning Canadian musician *

, 101st

José Sócrates José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa (born 6 September 1957), commonly known as José Sócrates (), is a Portuguese politician who was the prime minister of Portugal from 12 March 2005 to 21 June 2011. For the second half of 2007, he acted ...

, 117th

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, Portuguese model and actress * Roy Campbell, famed

n poet *

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- Portuguese concert pianist *

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- Canadian politician, former

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"About Suzanne"
, ''Suzanne Anton Website'', Accessed August 29, 2009. * Pedro Pinto - Chief of Press for

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, former

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anchor LinkedIn - Pedro Pinto
/ref> * Shahal M. Khan, American owner of the

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References

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