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  2. Restauradores Square - Wikipedia

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    The square is dedicated to the restoration of the independence of Portugal in 1640, after 60 years of Spanish domination. The obelisk in the middle of the square, inaugurated in 1886, carries the names and dates of the battles fought during the Portuguese Restoration War, in 1640. The Monument to the Restorers is located in the center of the ...

  3. Monument to the Restorers - Wikipedia

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    The monument is unveiled, 1886. The Central Commission of 1 December 1640 [] was established in 1861 as reaction to groups defending Iberian federalism.The patriotic society was founded by Feliciano de Andrade Moura, a Lisbon merchant, and soon attracted notable figures of Portuguese society, such as Alexandre Herculano and Anselmo Braamcamp Freire.

  4. Rua Augusta Arch - Wikipedia

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    The Rua Augusta Arch (Portuguese: Arco da Rua Augusta) is a stone, memorial arch -like, historical building and visitor attraction in Lisbon, Portugal, on the Praça do Comércio. It was built to commemorate the city's reconstruction after the 1755 earthquake. It has six columns (some 11 m high) and is adorned with statues of various historical ...

  5. Monument of the Discoveries - Wikipedia

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    The Monument of the Discoveries ( Portuguese: Padrão dos Descobrimentos, Portuguese pronunciation: [pɐˈðɾɐ̃w duʒ ðɨʃkuβɾiˈmẽtuʃ]) is a monument on the northern bank of the Tagus River estuary, in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém, Lisbon. Located along the river where ships departed to explore and trade with India and ...

  6. List of World Heritage Sites in Portugal - Wikipedia

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    There are 17 World Heritage Sites listed in Portugal, with a further 18 on the tentative list. The first four sites listed in Portugal were the Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon, the Monastery of Batalha, the Convent of Christ in Tomar, and the town of Angra do Heroísmo, in 1983. The most recent additions to the list ...

  7. Parque das Nações - Wikipedia

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    Casino Lisboa (left) and Vodafone Portugal HQ (right) from the Tagus The Vasco da Gama Bridge, the longest bridge in both the European Union and Europe. Parque das Nações was the designation given to the neighborhood that emerged within the former Intervention Zone of Expo, encompassing the site where the 1998 World Expo was held as well as all areas that were under the administration of ...

  8. La Redoute - Wikipedia

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    La Redoute was founded in 1837 when Joseph Pollet, son of a rural family, moved to the capital of the French wool region, Roubaix. There he opened the first worsted spinning operation, inventing a number of processes. His son, Charles, took up the torch and, in 1873, built a factory on a plot at rue de Blanchemaille and rue de La Redoute.

  9. Patriarch of Lisbon - Wikipedia

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    The Patriarch of Lisbon ( Latin: Patriarcha Olisiponensis, Portuguese: Patriarca de Lisboa ), also called the Cardinal-Patriarch of Lisbon once he has been made cardinal, is the ordinary bishop of the Archdiocese of Lisbon. He is one of the few patriarchs in the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, along with the Patriarchs of Venice, the East ...

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