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Pax-Julia, was its latin name under Roman Empire rule, capital of the southernmost province of Lusitania. After the barbarian invasions, it became a Visigoth city and bishopry - now with the name of Paca. In the beginning of the 8th century, it fell into Muslim rule, renamed Beja. Successive attempts of conquest and reconquer for the Christian kings, gradually reduced it into rubbles, falling definitively in Portuguese ownership from 1234. Only with D. Manuel I in 1521 it reached again the status of city, and to head of diocese in 1770, more than a thousand y ...

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There are 18 Districts (distritos, singular - distrito) in mainland Portugal: Lisbon (Lisboa in Portuguese) Leiria Santarém Setúbal Beja Faro Évora Portalegre Castelo Branco Guarda Coimbra Aveiro Viseu Bragança Vila Real Oporto (Porto in Portuguese) Braga Viana do Castelo note: Territorial division in Portugal is currently in flux, because of p ...

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Alentejo (pron. IPA /ɐ.lẽ.'tɛ.ʒu/) is a south-central region of Portugal. Its name's origin, "além do Tejo", literally translates to "beyond the Tagus". The region is separated from the rest of Portugal by the Tagus river, and extends to the south where it borders the Algarve. There are four sub-regions; the Alto (High) Alentejo, the Baixo (Lower) Alentejo, the Alentejo Central, and the Alentejo Litoral. Its main cities are Évora (region's capital), Portalegre, Beja, and Sines. It has 776,585 inhabi ...

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Ataegina (Portuguese: Atégina) was the Goddess of rebirth (Spring), fertility, nature, and cure in the Lusitanian mythology. She is also seen as the Lusitanian goddess of the moon. The name of Ataegina comes from the Celtic Ate + Gena, meaning "reborn". The consecrated animal of Ataegina was the goat. She had a devotio cult, in which someone would invoke the goddess to cure someone, or occasionally curs ...

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List of colleges and universities in Portugal - State-Run Polytechnic Institutes. Instituto Politécnico da Guarda (Guarda) Instituto Politécnico de Beja (Beja) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (Bragança) Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco (Castelo Branco) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (Coimbra) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (Leiria) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa (Lisbon) Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre (Portalegre)

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The District of Bragança (pron. IPA /bɾɐ.'gã.sɐ/ or /bɾɐ.'gɐ̃.sɐ/) is located in the Northeast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Bragança. Mirandela and Macedo de Cavaleiros are also important centres. Its area is 1,173 km². The district contains 12 municipalities: Alfândega da Fé Bragança Carrazeda de Ansiães Freixo de Espada Cinta Macedo de ...

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Prince Henry was succeeded in the governorship of the Order by Prince Ferdinand, son of King Edward I, who died in 1470. In 1484, Emmanuel, Duke of Beja, became the XIth Governor of the Order. Due to the fact that the discipline of the order was declining, Pope Alexander VI commuted the vow of celibacy to that of conjugal chastity in 1492; in 1496 the brethren were dispensed from celibacy and in 1505 from poverty, but they still continued their responsions (one third of their revenues) to the Order's treasury. (the condition that they ...

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With this information Joseph returned to Portugal, while Covilhã, with Abraham of Beja, again visited Aden and Hormuz. At the latter he left the rabbi; and himself came back to Jedda, the port of the Arabian holy land, and penetrated (as he told Francisco Alvarez many years later) even to Mecca and Medina. Finally, by Mount Sinai, Tor and the Red Sea, he reached Zeila, whence he struck inland to th ...

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List of football clubs in Portugal - Serie A. Esposende - AD Esposende - Associação Desportiva de Esposende Bragança - GD Bragança - Grupo Desportivo de Bragança List of football clubs in Portugal - Serie B. Leça - Leça FC - Leça Futebol CLube Famalicão - FC Famalicão - Futebol Clube de Famalicão List of football clubs in Portugal - Serie C. União de Coimbra - Clube de Futebol União de Coimbra

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Timeline of Portuguese history First Dynasty - 12th century. 1128 July 24 – Count Afonso Henriques defeats his mother, Theresa, Countess of Portugal, in the Battle of São Mamede and becomes sole ruler (Dux - Duke) after demandes for independence from the county's people, church and nobles. 1129 - April 6, Afonso Henriques proclaims himself Prince of Portugal. 1130 Prince Afonso Henriques invades Galicia. Prince Afonso Henriques' mother, Theresa, Countess ...

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Portugal was worried about the maintenance of its independence and sought help to find a new king. By this time the Portuguese throne was disputed by several claimants; among them were Catherine, Duchess of Braganza (1540-1614), her nephew Rainuccio Farnese of Parma, Philip II of Spain and Anthony, Prior of Crato. The Duchess was later acknowledged as the legitimate heir, after her descendants obtained the thone in 1640 (in form of John IV of Portugal), but at that time, she was only one of several possible heirs. According to the feudal cus ...

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Viriathus never forgot the Roman treachery. Later, when some Lusitanian leaders prepared to make a new agreement with the Romans after a major loss of lives to the Roman army of Caius Vetilius, Viriathus reminded them of Galba's trick and proposed a Lusitanian War against the Romans. The Lusitanians cried with joy. Viriathus organized an attack against Caius Vetilius in Tribola. Since the Romans were better armed, he organized guerrilla tactics and sprung imaginative ambushes. Charging with iron spears, tridents and roars, the Lusitanians defeated Vetilius. After him, the Lusitanians clashed with the armies of ...

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