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  • Elevador da Bica

    The Bica Funicular (Portuguese: Elevador da Bica or Ascensor da Bica) is a funicular in Lisbon, Portugal, that forms the connection between the Calçada do Combro/Rua do Loreto and the Rua de S. Paulo.

  • Bombarral

    Bombarral (Portuguese pronunciation: [bõbɐˈʁaɫ]) is a Portuguese municipality in the Oeste Subregion, region Centro. The population in 2011 was 13,193, in an area of 91.29 km².

  • Gondomar, Portugal

    Gondomar (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡõduˈmaɾ]) is a municipality located in the east of Portugal's Porto Metropolitan Area. The population in 2011 was 168,027, in an area of 131.86 km².

  • Valongo

    Valongo (Portuguese pronunciation: [vɐˈlõɡu]) is a Portuguese municipality located in the District of Porto. The city population is 18,698, and the municipality is composed of 4 parishes, of which three are cities (Alfena, Valongo and Ermesinde). Th…

  • University of Madeira

    The University of Madeira (UMa – Portuguese: Universidade da Madeira, pronounced: [univɨɾsiˈdad(ɨ) dɐ mɐˈdɐjɾɐ], (32°39′32″N16°55′28″W) is a Portuguese public university, created in 1988 in Funchal. It houses the following departments (or faculties…

  • Porto de Mós

    Porto de Mós is a town and a municipality in Leiria District in Portugal. It is in the Centro Region and the Pinhal Litoral subregion.

  • Navy Museum

    The Navy Museum (Portuguese: Museu de Marinha) of Lisbon is dedicated to all aspects of the History of navigation in Portugal. The museum is administered by the Portuguese Navy and is located in the touristic district of Belém.

  • Góis

    Góis (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡɔjʃ]) is a municipality of the district of Coimbra, in the central part of continental Portugal.

  • Ferragudo

    Ferragudo is a Portuguese civil parish at the western border of the municipality of Lagoa. The population in 2011 was 1,973, in an area of 5.41 km².

  • Estádio de São Luís

    Estadio de São Luís is a multi-use stadium in Faro, Portugal. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of S.C. Farense. The stadium is able to hold 15,000 people and opened in 1922. It was used continuously by Farense betwee…

  • Electricity Museum (Lisbon)

    The Electricity Museum (in Portuguese Museu da Electricidade) is a cultural centre that presents the evolution of Energy with a Museum of Science and Industrial Archaeology concept, where themed and experimental exhibits live side by side with a gre…

  • Dume

    Dume is a former civil parish in the municipality of Braga, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Real, Dume e Semelhe.

  • Deserta Grande Island

    The Deserta Grande Island is the main island of the Desertas Islands archipelago, a small chain of three islands in the Portuguese Madeira Islands Archipelago of Macaronesia.

  • Aveiro Lagoon

    The Aveiro lagoon (Ria de Aveiro) is a lagoon in Portugal. It is located on the Atlantic coast of Portugal, south of the municipality of Espinho and north of Mira (to the north of the Cape Mondego). Its average area covers approximately 75 km². It i…

  • Amora (Seixal)

    Amora is a civil parish, in the municipality of Seixal in the district of Setúbal, Portugal. It is part of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area.

  • Alto Trás-os-Montes

    Alto Trás-os-Montes (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈaɫtu ˌtɾazuʒˈmõtɨʃ]), or Nordeste Transmontano, is a large NUTS-level 3 subregion of the Norte Region of Portugal.

  • Algar do Carvão

    The Algar do Carvão (Cavern of Coal) is an ancient lava tube or volcanic vent located in the central part of the island of Terceira in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.

  • São Jorge Airport

    São Jorge Airport (Portuguese: Aérodromo de São Jorge) (IATA: SJZ, ICAO: LPSJ) is an airport located 6 km (3.7 mi) northwest of Velas and 28 km (17 mi) southeast of Calheta on São Jorge Island in the Azores.

  • Pessegueiro Island

    Pessegueiro Island (Portuguese: Ilha do Pessegueiro), literally island of the Peachtree, is a small island/islet located along the southwest coast of the civil parish of Porto Covo in the municipality of Sines.

  • Oliveira do Hospital

    Oliveira do Hospital (Portuguese pronunciation: [oliˈvɐjɾɐ ðu ɔʃpiˈtaɫ]) is a municipality in the old district of Coimbra, in the central part of continental Portugal.

  • Monte Real Air Base

    Monte Real Air Base (ICAO: LPMR), officially designated as Air Force Base No. 5 (Portuguese: Base Aérea Nº 5, BA5), is a Portuguese Air Force Military airbase located in Monte Real, Leiria, Portugal. Its mission is to guarantee the readiness and dep…

  • Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha

    The ruins of the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha (St Clare-the-Older) are located in the city of Coimbra, in Portugal. The monastery was built in the 14th century on the left bank of the Mondego River, but had to be abandoned in the 17th century du…

  • Miróbriga

    Miróbriga (Mirobriga Celticorum) is an ancient Roman town located near the village and civil parish of Santiago do Cacém, in the municipality of the same name in the south-west of Portugal.

  • Miramar, Portugal

    Miramar is a small seaside village near the towns of Gulpilhares and Arcozelo, in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, in the subregion of Greater Porto, Portugal (Grande Porto).

  • Central Mosque of Lisbon

    The Central Mosque of Lisbon (Portuguese: Mesquita Central de Lisboa) is the main mosque of Lisbon, Portugal, serving the capital city's Islamic community. The building was designed by architects António Maria Braga and João Paulo Conceição; its ext…

  • Gruta das Torres

    The Gruta das Torres (Portuguese: Grotto of Towers), is a lava cave, a geological formation of volcanic origin formed from the flow and cooling of subterranean magma rivers. This formation is located outside the parish of Criação Velha, in the munic…

  • Graciosa Airport

    Graciosa Airport (Portuguese: Aérodromo da Graciosa) (IATA: GRW, ICAO: LPGR) is an airport located 2 km (1.2 mi) west northwest of Santa Cruz da Graciosa on Graciosa Island in the Azores .