Covilhã
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Covilhã, officially City of Covilhã, is a city and a municipality in the Centro region, Portugal. The city proper had 33,691 inhabitants in 2021. The municipality population in 2021 was 46,455 in an a
6215 Unhais da Serra, Portugal panoramio
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155641 Cine teatro da Covilhã
João Ramalho
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João Ramalho was a Portuguese explorer and adventurer known as the first bandeirante. He lived much of his life among Tupiniquim natives in Brazil after he arrived there around 1510. He even became th
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…on land in Mozambique and who sent news to D. João II on how to reach the places where the spices were produced, preparing the Maritime Way to India), João Ramalho, Fernão Penteado and others. Among the missionaries we find Francisco Álvares, killed on the way to Brazil; Pêro da Covilhã, chaplain in Vasco da Gama’s…
Fancy portrait by José Wasth Rodrigues, 1934