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Monastery of Santa Maria de Pombeiro

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The Monastery of Santa Maria de Pombeiro (Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Pombeiro), shortened to Monastery of Pombeiro, is a monastery in the civil parish of Pombeiro de Ribavizela, in the municipality of Felgueiras (district in Porto), in the northern region of Portugal. [1]

33 relations: Abbot, Afonso I of Portugal, Almoner, Cabeceiras de Basto, Carnation Revolution, Christmas, Cupola, Direção-Geral do Património Cultural, Dom (title), Douro, Easter, Estado Novo (Portugal), Felgueiras, Ferdinand I of León, Freguesia, Jerónimos Monastery, May Day, Monastery, New Year, Norte Region, Portugal, Pew, Philip II of Spain, Pope Leo IV, Porto, Porto District, Portugal, Portuguese real, Retable, Romanesque architecture, Sousa family, Tâmega Subregion, Teresa of León, Countess of Portugal, Veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church.

Abbot

Abbot, meaning father, is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity.

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Afonso I of Portugal

Afonso IOr also Affonso (Archaic Portuguese-Galician) or Alphonso (Portuguese-Galician) or Alphonsus (Latin version), sometimes rendered in English as Alphonzo or Alphonse, depending on the Spanish or French influence.

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Almoner

An almoner is a chaplain or church officer who originally was in charge of distributing money to the deserving poor.

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Cabeceiras de Basto

Cabeceiras de Basto is a municipality in the district of Braga in Portugal.

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Carnation Revolution

The Carnation Revolution (Revolução dos Cravos), also referred to as the 25th of April (vinte e cinco de Abril), was initially a military coup in Lisbon, Portugal, on 25 April 1974 which overthrew the authoritarian regime of the Estado Novo.

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Christmas

Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ,Martindale, Cyril Charles.

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Cupola

In architecture, a cupola is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building.

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Direção-Geral do Património Cultural

The Direção-Geral do Património Cultural (DGPC), formerly Instituto de Gestão do Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico (IGESPAR) and Instituto Português do Património Arquitectónico (IPPAR), (Directorate-General for Cultural Heritage) is a Directorate-General of Government of Portugal tasked with the conservation, preservation, and inventory of Portuguese architectural heritage.

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Dom (title)

Dom is an honorific prefixed to the given name.

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Douro

The Douro (Douro; Duero; translation) is one of the major rivers of the Iberian Peninsula, flowing from its source near Duruelo de la Sierra in Soria Province across northern-central Spain and Portugal to its outlet at Porto.

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Easter

Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the Book of Common Prayer, "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher and Samuel Pepys and plain "Easter", as in books printed in,, also called Pascha (Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary 30 AD.

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Estado Novo (Portugal)

The Estado Novo ("New State"), or the Second Republic, was the corporatist authoritarian regime installed in Portugal in 1933, which was considered fascist.

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Felgueiras

Felgueiras is a municipality in Porto District, Portugal.

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Ferdinand I of León

Ferdinand I (c. 1015 – 24 December 1065), called the Great (el Magno), was the Count of Castile from his uncle's death in 1029 and the King of León after defeating his brother-in-law in 1037.

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Freguesia

Freguesia, usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution.

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Jerónimos Monastery

The Jerónimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery (Mosteiro dos Jerónimos), is a former monastery of the Order of Saint Jerome near the Tagus river in the parish of Belém, in the Lisbon Municipality, Portugal; it was secularised on 28 December 1833 by state decree and its ownership transferred to the charitable institution, Real Casa Pia de Lisboa.

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May Day

May Day is a public holiday usually celebrated on 1 May.

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Monastery

A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).

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New Year

New Year is the time or day at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count increments by one.

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Norte Region, Portugal

Norte (Região Norte,; "North Region") or Northern Portugal is the most populous region in Portugal, ahead of Lisboa, and the third most extensive by area.

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Pew

A pew is a long bench seat or enclosed box, used for seating members of a congregation or choir in a church or sometimes a courtroom.

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Philip II of Spain

Philip II (Felipe II; 21 May 1527 – 13 September 1598), called "the Prudent" (el Prudente), was King of Spain (1556–98), King of Portugal (1581–98, as Philip I, Filipe I), King of Naples and Sicily (both from 1554), and jure uxoris King of England and Ireland (during his marriage to Queen Mary I from 1554–58).

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Pope Leo IV

Pope Saint Leo IV (790 – 17 July 855) was pope from 10 April 847 to his death in 855.

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Porto

Porto (also known as Oporto in English) is the second-largest city in Portugal after Lisbon and one of the major urban areas of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Porto District

The District of Porto (Distrito do Porto), is located on the north-west coast of Portugal.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa),In recognized minority languages of Portugal: Portugal is the oldest state in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times.

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Portuguese real

The real (meaning "royal", plural: réis or reais) was the unit of currency of Portugal from around 1430 until 1911.

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Retable

A retable is a structure or element placed either on or immediately behind and above the altar or communion table of a church.

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Romanesque architecture

Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe characterized by semi-circular arches.

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Sousa family

Sousa is a noble family of Portugal.

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Tâmega Subregion

Tâmega Subregion is a NUTS3 subregion and is part of the NUTS2 region of Norte Region, Portugal.

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Teresa of León, Countess of Portugal

Teresa of León (Portuguese: Teresa; Galician-Portuguese: Tareja) (1080 – 11 November 1130) was Countess and Queen of Portugal.

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Veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church

In the Catholic Church, the veneration of Mary, mother of Jesus, encompasses various Marian devotions which include prayer, pious acts, visual arts, poetry, and music devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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Redirects here:

Mosteiro de Pombeiro, Pombeiro Monastery.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastery_of_Santa_Maria_de_Pombeiro

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