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34 relations: Alcalde, Alentejo, Alto Alentejo (intermunicipal community), Belver (Gavião), Castle, Castles in Portugal, Christmas, Cistern, Concelho, Crato, Portugal, Denis of Portugal, Direção-Geral do Património Cultural, Easter, Freguesia, Gavião, Portugal, John I of Portugal, Keep, Kingdom of Castile, Knights Hospitaller, Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja, Mannerism, Manuel I of Portugal, May Day, Middle Ages, New Year, Nuno Álvares Pereira, Portalegre District, Portugal, Prior, Prior of Crato, Rock (geology), Romanesque architecture, Sancho I of Portugal, Tagus.
Alcalde
Alcalde, or Alcalde ordinario, is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions.
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Alentejo
The Alentejo is a geographical, historical and cultural region of south-central and southern Portugal.
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Alto Alentejo (intermunicipal community)
The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alto Alentejo (English: High Alentejo) is an administrative division in Portugal.
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Belver (Gavião)
Belver is a Portuguese civil parish in the municipality of Gavião, district of Portalegre.
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Castle
A castle (from castellum) is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages by predominantly the nobility or royalty and by military orders.
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Castles in Portugal
Castles in Portugal were crucial components of the military across history.
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Christmas
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ,Martindale, Cyril Charles.
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Cistern
A cistern (Middle English cisterne, from Latin cisterna, from cista, "box", from Greek κίστη, "basket") is a waterproof receptacle for holding liquids, usually water.
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Concelho
Concelho, is the Portuguese-language term for municipality, referring to the territorial division.
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Crato, Portugal
Crato is a municipality in Portalegre District in Portugal.
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Denis of Portugal
Denis (9 October 1261 – 7 January 1325 in Santarém), called the Farmer King (Rei Lavrador) and the Poet King (Rei Poeta), was King of Portugal and the Algarve.
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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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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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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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Gavião, Portugal
Gavião is a Portuguese municipality in the District of Portalegre, in the historical region of Alentejo.
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John I of Portugal
John I (João, ʒuˈɐ̃w̃; 11 April 1357 – 14 August 1433) was King of Portugal and the Algarve in 1385–1433.
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Keep
A keep (from the Middle English kype) is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility.
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Kingdom of Castile
The Kingdom of Castile (Reino de Castilla, Regnum Castellae) was a large and powerful state on the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages.
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Knights Hospitaller
The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), also known as the Order of Saint John, Order of Hospitallers, Knights Hospitaller, Knights Hospitalier or Hospitallers, was a medieval Catholic military order.
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Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja
Infante Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja (3 March 1506, in Abrantes – 27 November 1555, in Marvila, in Lisbon) was the second son of King Manuel I of Portugal and his second wife Maria of Aragon (the third daughter of the Catholic Monarchs).
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Mannerism
Mannerism, also known as Late Renaissance, is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520 and lasted until about the end of the 16th century in Italy, when the Baroque style began to replace it.
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Manuel I of Portugal
Dom Manuel I (31 May 1469 – 13 December 1521), the Fortunate (Port. o Afortunado), King of Portugal and the Algarves, was the son of Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu, by his wife, the Infanta Beatrice of Portugal.
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May Day
May Day is a public holiday usually celebrated on 1 May.
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.
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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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Nuno Álvares Pereira
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Portalegre District
Portalegre District (Distrito de Portalegre) is located in the east 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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Prior
Prior, derived from the Latin for "earlier, first", (or prioress for nuns) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior, usually lower in rank than an abbot or abbess.
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Prior of Crato
The Prior of Crato (Prior do Crato), was the traditional title given to the head of the Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem (Hospitaller) in Portugal.
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Rock (geology)
Rock or stone is a natural substance, a solid aggregate of one or more minerals or mineraloids.
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Romanesque architecture
Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe characterized by semi-circular arches.
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Sancho I of Portugal
Sancho I, nicknamed "the Populator" ("o Povoador"), King of Portugal (Coimbra, 11 November 115426 March 1211) was the second but only surviving legitimate son and fifth child of Afonso I of Portugal by his wife, Maud of Savoy.
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Tagus
The Tagus (Tajo,; Tejo) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_Belver
