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VisitEurope.PT Coimbra tourism - Figueira da Foz (Portugal)

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:05:10 +0000

jorgetavares.planetaclix.pt Figueira da Foz is a city of the district of Coimbra, in Portugal. It is located at the mouth of the Mondego river, 40 km west of Coimbra, and sheltered by the Serra (mountain) da Boa Viagem. The city proper has a population of 27742 and the municipality has in total 62601 inhabitants. It is a coastal city with several beaches, summer and seaport facilities in the Atlantic Ocean coast. As a city of tourism it plays an important part in the centre of the country. A zone of legal gambling, you find here one of the biggest casinos of the Iberian Peninsula -- the Casino Peninsular. According to the legend the place's name is due to a fig tree, which stood at the quay of Salmanha, where the fishermen used to tie up their boats. The historian Nelson Borges said, however, that Figueira comes from the word "fagaria", which means "opening, huge mouth". Foz comes from the Latin word "fouces" = "mouth of a river", and Mondego comes from the pre-romanic expressions "mond" = "mouth" and "aec"= "river". That means, Figueira da Foz would be "the river's mouth opening". Some historical traces show that people were settling in this region since the neolithic age. The oldest known document, however, dates from the year 1096. In this an abbot named Pedro donates estates, which belonged to the church of S. Julião, to the cathedral Sé Velha of Coimbra. Knowing the great importance rivers had in the development of cities and of ancient civilizations, the mouth of...

VisitEurope.PT Coimbra tourism - Tomar - Coimbra

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:05:08 +0000

Viagem de Tomar para Coimbra pela velhinha N110. Cerca de 1 hora em 4 minutos. Trip from Tomar to Coimbra (Portugal) on the old N110 road. About 1 hour drive in 4 minutes.

VisitEurope.PT Aveiro tourism Portugal - Visit Portugal - The tranquility of the coastal region

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:31:50 +0000

Visit the Ria de Aveiro estuary in the Centro de Portugal region, travel to the Buçaco Palace Hotel and its surrounding woodlands and also Coimbra. Spend two days away from it all. A must. www.visitportugal.com

VisitEurope.PT Aveiro tourism Portugal - Ria de Aveiro

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:31:45 +0000

Ria de Aveiro jorgetavares.planetaclix.pt http jtavarespt.blogspot.com Portugal A ria de Aveiro estende-se, pelo interior, paralelamente ao mar, numa distância de 45 quilómetros e com uma largura máxima de onze quilómetros, no sentido Este-Oeste, desde Ovar até Mira. A Ria é o resultado do recuo do mar, com a formação de cordões litorais que, a partir do século XVI, formaram uma laguna que constitui um dos mais importantes e belos acidentes hidrográficos da costa portuguesa. Abarca onze mil hectares, dos quais seis mil estão permanentemente alagados, desdobra-se em quatro importantes canais ramificados em esteiros que circundam um sem número de ilhas e ilhotes. Nela desaguam o rio Vouga, o Antuã, o Boco eo Fontão, tendo como única comunicação com o mar um canal que corta o cordão litoral entre a Barra e S. Jacinto, permitindo o acesso ao Porto de Aveiro, de embarcações de grande calado. Rica em peixes e aves aquáticas, possui grandes planos de água, locais de eleição para a prática de todos os desportos náuticos. Ainda que tenha vindo a perder, de ano para ano, a importância que já teve na economia aveirense, a produção de sal, utilizando técnicas milenares, é, ainda, uma das actividades tradicionais mais características de Aveiro. The seat of the municipality is the city of Aveiro, with about 67003 inhabitants in the 5 urban city(cidade) parishes. Located on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, Aveiro is an industrial city with an important seaport. The city of Aveiro is...

VisitEurope.PT Castello Branco Portugal - Castelo Branco Portugal

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:23:16 +0000

Castelo Branco is located in the Beira Baixa region of Portual. It's a city full of fountains and the episcopal park with statues of Portugal's kings. The Spaniards ruled Portugal for 60 years, 500 years ago. Their kings are shown at half size. Very funny. Taken with a Nokia N93.

VisitEurope.PT Coimbra Portugal - Penacova

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:14:50 +0000

Descobrir a bonita vila de Penacova no distrito de Coimbra

VisitEurope.PT Coimbra Portugal - Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal)

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:14:48 +0000

jorgetavares.planetaclix.pt Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal) It is one of the oldest universities in continuous operation in Europe and the world, the oldest university of Portugal, and one of its largest higher education and research institutions. It is organized into eight different faculties according to a wide range of fields, granting all the highest academic degrees in architecture, education, engineering, humanities, law, mathematics, medicine, natural sciences, psychology, social sciences and sports. It is a founding member of the Coimbra Group, a group of leading European research universities, whose inaugural meeting it hosted. The University of Coimbra has over 21000 students, and hosts one of the largest communities of international students in Portugal, being the most cosmopolitan Portuguese university. Coimbra é uma cidade portuguesa, capital do Distrito de Coimbra, principal cidade da região Centro de Portugal e situada na subregião do Baixo Mondego, em 2007 uma estimativa apontava para cerca de 137.000 habitantes no seu concelho. Cidade historicamente de estudantes, conta actualmente com perto de 30 mil estudantes, grande parte dos mesmos de fora, somando-se ainda cerca de 45 a 48 mil entradas de população que reside em concelhos periféricos, resulta uma população flutuante de aproximadamente 212.000 pessoas. Coimbra is a city and a municipality in Portugal, former capital of the country during the first dynasty period (12th century) and home to the...

VisitEurope.PT Aveiro Portugal - 【HD】 Cidade de Aveiro 1 (High Definition HDV)

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:03:28 +0000

Cidade de Aveiro Portugal hd - high definition HD 720 p - HD 1080 p (One of) the most beautiful town of Portugal: Aveiro is sometimes called "The Portuguese Venice", because of its canals and boats that remind one of the Italian city of Venice, as the city faced similar problems when it tried to conquer the water. It is the second most populous city in the Centro region of Portugal after Coimbra. However the city of Aveiro together with neighbouring Ílhavo, make one conurbation which has a population of 113908 inhabitants that makes it one of the most important by population density in Centro region within a few km². Aveiro is known in Portugal for its traditional sweets, the ovos-moles and the trouxas de ovos, both made from eggs. The city dates back at least to the 10th century when it was known by its first Latin name of Aviarium, literally, "a gathering place or preserve of birds". The Moors invaded and then held it until the 11th century, after which it became popular with Portuguese royalty. In the winter of 1575 a terrible storm closed the entrance to its port, ending a thriving trade in metals and tiles. The same storm also created a reef barrier at the Atlantic Ocean. The city is also famous for its production of salt and for its seaweed harvest, which is used for fertiliser in the area. jorgetavares.planetaclix.pt http jtavarespt.blogspot.com JT 2009

VisitEurope.PT Aveiro Portugal - Aveiro e Vista Alegre (Portugal)

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:03:23 +0000

jorgetavares.planetaclix.pt Vista Alegre Born in a period of revolutions, Vista Alegre is a dream come true of a typical modern xixth century man, José Ferreira Pinto Basto. Influenced by the success of the Marinha Grande glass factory, Pinto Basto decided to create a "porcelain, glass and chemical processes" factory. Museum The Historic Museum of Vista Alegre (Museu Histórico da Vista Alegre) was opened in 1964 and is located in the Factory premises. There, we can see the historical evolution of porcelain in the last two centuries and we can admire Vista Alergre's representative pieces, both in ceramic and glass, since the creation of the Factory to present time. We can also find paintings and objects related to the history of the Factory, its workers and founders, sculptures, special collections and original pieces ordered by royalty. Aveiro e Ria Aveiro é uma cidade portuguesa, capital do Distrito de Aveiro, na região Centro e subregião do Baixo Vouga, situada a cerca de 58 km a norte de Coimbra e conta com aproximadamente 60 000 habitantes. É sede de um município com 199,77 km² de área e 73 559 habitantes (2006), subdividido em 14 freguesias. O município é limitado a norte pelo município de Murtosa (seja através da Ria de Aveiro, seja por terra), a nordeste por Albergaria-a-Velha, a leste por Águeda, a sul por Oliveira do Bairro, a sueste por Vagos e por Ílhavo (sendo os limites com este último concelho também feitos por terra e através da ria), e com uma faixa...