parish
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, located in the city of
Santa Maria da Feira
Santa Maria da Feira () is a city and a concelho, municipality in Aveiro District in Portugal, 23 km from central Porto. The population in 2011 was 139,309,Eurostat /ref> Its
post code
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is 4535.
Mozelos is located 8 km from the city of Espinho and around 20 km from
Porto
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. The district capital Aveiro is approximately 50 km from the town.
In 1097, the village was known as Moazellus. It has a
Roman road
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nearby the church. It declared itself a town on 24 June 1989, and it celebrates the transition to a town on 24 June each year. It is where
Américo Amorim
Américo Ferreira Amorim (21 July 1934 – 13 July 2017) was a Portuguese billionaire businessman, and a 50% owner of Corticeira Amorim, founded by his grandfather. He was the richest person in Portugal at the time of his death with a fortune es ...