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Torres Novas. / 39.467°N 8.533°W / 39.467; -8.533. Torres Novas ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈtoʁɨʒ ˈnɔvɐʃ] ⓘ) is a Portuguese municipality in the district of Santarém, in the Médio Tejo of the Oeste e Vale do Tejo region. The population of the municipality was approximately 36,717 (from the 2011 census), in an area that ...
Castle of Torres Novas. Coordinates: 39°28′48″N 8°32′26″W. Torres Novas Castle. The Castle of Torres Novas ( Portuguese: Castelo de Torres Novas) is a medieval castle in the civil parish of Torres Novas (São Pedro), Lapas e Ribeira Branca, municipality of Torres Novas, Portuguese district of Santarém. [citation needed] It is ...
Torres Vedras. / 39.083°N 9.267°W / 39.083; -9.267. Torres Vedras ( European Portuguese: [ˈtoʁɨʒ ˈvɛðɾɐʃ] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Portuguese district of Lisbon, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the capital Lisbon. It is part of the intermunicipal community Oeste and the region Oeste e Vale do Tejo. [ 1]
Álvaro Martins, also known as Álvaro Martins Homem, was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer alleged to have explored the western Atlantic and later the African coast. He is claimed to have accompanied João Vaz Corte-Real on an undocumented expedition to Terra Nova do Bacalhau (literally, "New Land of the Codfish") in the early 1470s, by Gaspar Frutuoso in his 1570s book Saudades da Terra.
Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Torres Novas" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
It is essential, at this point, to remember the fact that there were only four occasions when the Cortes were of immense importance for the History of Portugal: with the coronation of D. João I, in the Courts of Coimbra in 1385; with the appointment of D. Pedro, Duque de Coimbra, as regent of D. Afonso V, in the Cortes of Torres Novas of 1438 ...
This is a list of the municipalities of Portugal. Portugal is divided into 18 districts ( Portuguese: distritos) and 2 autonomous regions ( regiões autónomas ), Azores and Madeira. The districts and autonomous regions are further subdivided into 308 municipalities of Portugal ( municípios or concelhos ). Usually, a municipality is named ...
Siege of Silves (1191) April 1191, Almohads led by Yaʿqūb al-Manṣūr led a new expedition which besieged and captured Alcácer do Sal (Qaşr Abi Danis) and Torres Novas, then moved on to Silves which was at last taken three months later. After this victory, and the conclusion of a truce with the Christian kings.