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  • A balinger, or ballinger was a type of small, sea-going vessel. It was swift and performed well under both sail and oars. It was probably developed in...
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    Lygia Bojunga (born 26 August 1932, in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian writer of children's books under the name Lygia Bojunga Nunes. She is...
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  • Thumbnail for Castelo de Juromenha
    Castelo de Juromenha is a castle in Portugal located in Juromenha. It is classified by IGESPAR as a Site of Public Interest. 38°44′18″N 7°14′24″W / 38...
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    The Castle of Guarda (Portuguese: Castelo da Guarda) is a medieval castle in the civil parish of Guarda, municipality of Guarda, the Portuguese district...
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  • Thumbnail for Coat of arms of São Tomé and Príncipe
    The coat of arms of São Tomé and Príncipe consists of a peregrine falcon on the left and a grey parrot on the right holding a coat of arms with a palm...
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  • Marcus also known as Marcus of Memphis was an influential Manichaean missionary active in Spain in the 4th century AD. Marcus was a native Egyptian from...
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  • Thumbnail for Miradouro do Pico Matias Simão
    Miradouro do Pico Matias Simão is a monument in the Azores. It is located in Angra do Heroísmo, on the island of Terceira. v t e v t e...
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  • Thumbnail for Miradouro do Pico das Cruzinhas
    Miradouro do Pico das Cruzinhas is a monument in the Azores. It is located in Angra do Heroísmo, on the island of Terceira. v t e v t e...
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  • Thumbnail for Constituent Assembly of Portugal
    The Constituent Assembly (Portuguese: Assembleia Constituinte) was the Portuguese constituent assembly elected on 25 April 1975, after the Carnation Revolution...
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  • Olga Savary (21 May 1933 – 15 May 2020) was a Brazilian writer, poet, and literary critic. Savary's mother, Célia Nobre de Almeida, was born in Pará, and...
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    Giselle Cossard Binon Omindarewa, (31 May 1923, Tangier - 21 January 2016, Duke of Caxias), Mãe-de-santo of Candomblé of Rio de Janeiro, was a French Brazilian...
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  • Ana Rodrigues (died 1593), was a Brazilian settler, one of the first victims of the Portuguese Inquisition. She emigrated from Portugal to Bahia in Brazil...
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  • Igreja de São Martinho de Mouros is a church in Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument. 41°06′07″N 7°54′03″W / 41.101859°N 7.9008899°W /...
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  • Thumbnail for Igreja de São Gens de Boelhe
    Igreja de São Gens de Boelhe is a church in Penafiel, Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument. 41°08′06″N 8°14′33″W / 41.135045°N 8.242619°W...
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  • Clara Ricciolini (1822-1869), was a Brazilian ballet dancer and stage actress. She played a pioneer role in the introduction of ballet in South America...
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  • O Diário was a Portuguese communist newspaper, that existed between 1976 and 1990. Margarida Rendeiro The Literary Institution in Portugal Since the Thirties...
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  • Thumbnail for Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Boa Fé
    The Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Boa Fé is a church in Nossa Senhora da Boa Fé, Évora, Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument. v t e...
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  • Thumbnail for Igreja do Convento Santo António da Lourinhã
    Igreja do Convento Santo António da Lourinhã is a church in Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument. 39°14′33″N 9°18′46″W / 39.2426°N 9.3129°W...
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