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* Loriga, Serra da Estrela in central Portugal, originally named Lorica by the Romans
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Loriga and Serra
The mountain range is now part of the Serra da Estrela Natural Park and offers plentiful skiing opportunities in the ski resort of Loriga, Seia Municipality.
At the time of its municipal demise ( October 1855 ), the municipality of Loriga included the parishes of Alvoco da Serra, Cabeça, Sazes da Beira, Teixeira, Valezim and Vide, as well as thirty other disincorporated villages.
231, that connects directly to the region of the Serra da Estrela by way of E. N. 338 ( which was completed in 2006 ), or through the E. N. 339, a 9. 2 kilometre access that transits some of the main elevations ( 960 metres near Portela do Arão or Portela de Loriga, and 1650 metres around the Lagoa Comprida ).
Loriga and central
Loriga () is a civil parish () in south-central part of the municipality of Seia, in central Portugal.
The central village, Loriga, is seven kilometres from Torre ( the highest point ), but the parish is sculpted by cliffs, alluvial plains and glacial lakes deposited during millennia of glacial erosion, and surrounded by rare ancient forest that surrounded the lateral flanks of these glaciers.
Loriga and Portugal
The residents of Loriga supported the Asolutionist forces of the Infante Miguel of Portugal against the Liberals, during the Portuguese Liberal Wars, which resulted in Loriga being abandoned politically after Miguel's explusion by his brother King Peter.
Loriga and originally
Loriga was founded originally along a column between ravines where today the historic centre exists.
Loriga and named
The main roadway in Loriga, Avenida Augusto Luís Mendes, is named for one of the villages most illustrious industrialists.
Loriga and by
Marcela Gracia Ibeas and Elisa Sanchez Loriga were married by a parish priest in A Coruña ( Galicia ), with Elisa using the male identity " Mario Sánchez ".
* December 12 – The Cierva C. 6 autogyro makes the first cross-country flight by a rotary-wing aircraft, piloted by Captain Joaquín Loriga Taboada the 10. 5 km ( 7 statute miles ) from Cuatro Vientos airfield to Getafe, Spain, in eight minutes.
Loriga was the municipal seat since the 12th century, receiving forals in 1136 ( João Rhânia, master of the Terras de Loriga for over two decades, during the reign of Afonso Henriques ), 1249 ( during the reign of Afonso III ), 1474 ( under King Afonso V ) and finally in 1514 ( by King Manuel I ).
Loriga was an ecclesiastical parish of the vicarage of the Royal Padroado and its Matriz Church was ordered constructed in 1233, by King Sancho II.
The main valley, Vale de Loriga was carved by longitudanal abrasion that also created rounded pockets, where the glacial resistance was minor.
The symptoms were first described by Professor Giovanni Loriga in Italy in 1911, although the link was not made between the symptoms and vibrating hand tools until a study undertaken by Alice Hamilton MD in 1918.
She shares with José Ángel Mañas, Ray Loriga and Lucía Etxebarria a crisp style visibly influenced by commercial culture — advertising, pop music, film and television.
Serra and da
Work of preventive conservation in a rock wall with prehistoric paintings at the Serra da Capivara National Park.
In 1462 Portuguese explorer Pedro da Cintra mapped the hills surrounding what is now Freetown Harbour, naming the oddly shaped formation Serra Lyoa ( Lion Mountains ).
Another important river, the Mondego, originates in the Serra da Estrela ( the highest mountains in mainland Portugal at 1, 993 m ).
* in Serra da Estrela, the Comprida Lagoon ( Lagoa Comprida ) and the Escura Lagoon ( Lagoa Escura ) were formed from ancient glaciers.
Serra da Estrela, the highest mountain range in continental Portugal and popular tourist winter destination
Named for Giovanni da Capistrano, a 15th century theologian and " warrior priest " who resided in the Abruzzo region of Italy, San Juan Capistrano has the distinction of being home to the oldest building in California still in use, a chapel built in 1782 ; known alternately as " Serra's Chapel " and " Father Serra's Church ," it is the only extant structure where it has been documented that the padre Junipero Serra celebrated mass.
The genus Correa is named after the Portuguese botanist José Correia da Serra ( 1750 – 1823 ), known as Abbé Correa.
The reservoirs for the hydroelectric power plants of Sobradinho Dam, Tucuruí Dam, Porto Primavera Dam, Balbina Dam, Serra da Mesa Dam and Furnas Dam are all larger than the one for Itaipu, but have a smaller installed generating capacity.
This combination of protected areas is still smaller than the three national parks system in the Brazil-Venezuelan border, where the Parima-Tapirapeco, Serrania de la Neblina and Serra da Neblina national parks have a combined area of over.
In it is located the last Brazilian population to see the sun rise, on the Serra da Moa, on the Peruvian border.
In the extreme west is found the Serra da Contamana or Serra do Divisor, along the western border, with the highest altitudes in the state ( 609 m ) ( 1, 998 ft ).
The climate is more mild in the countryside of the state because of the Borborema Plateau (" Planalto da Borborema ", popularly known as " Serra das Russas " or " Russians ' Mountain ").
In the Southeast of the State, the National Park of Serra da Capivara is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The river valleys are separated by flat-topped plateaus called chapadas, including the Serra Uruçui, which lies between the Uruçui-Preto and the Gurguéia, the Serra da Capivara National Park, which lies between the Gurguéia and the Piauí, and the Chapada das Mangabeiras, which forms the southwestern boundary of the state, separating the upper basin of the Parnaíba from that of the Tocantins.
Serra da Capivara National Park is located in the Caatinga of the south-central part of the state, and protects numerous caves with ancient cave paintings.
The construction of an international airport at São Raimundo Nonato ( Aeroporto Internacional Serra da Capivara ) was cricised by Senator Heraclito Fortes on the grounds that it could not function as an international airport because the runway was too short and because ANAC ( the Federal aviation authority ) was not involved in monitoring the project, so were unable to certify it as safe for international flights.
They are located at A-dos-Francos, Alvorninha, Antas, Avenal, Bairradas, Bairro da Ponte, Bairro dos Arneiros, Cabreiros, Campo, Carreiros, Carvalhal Benfeito, Casais da Serra, Casal da Areia, Casal da Marinha, Casal das Freiras, Chão da Parada, Coto, Cumeira, Encosta do Sol, Espinheira, Fanadia, Foz do Arelho, Guisado, Lagoa Parceira, Mata, Mestras, Moita, Nadadouro, Parque, Peso, Rabaceira, Ramalhosa, Reguengo da Parada, Relvas, Ribeira dos Amiais, Rostos, Salir de Matos, Salir do Porto, Santa Catarina ( E. B. I.
Serra and Estrela
Other towns of different Portuguese regions, like Peniche, Cascais, and even Covilhã which is located near the Serra da Estrela mountain range in central inland Portugal, were affected.
It is surrounded by a mountainous system constituted to the north by the Leonil, Montemuro, and Lapa hills, to the northeast by the Arado hills, to the south and southeast by the Serra da Estrela and the Lousã hills and to the west by the Caramulo hills.
The town's origins can be traced to Bernardo Soares de Proença, who in 1720 opened an alternative route between Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais, across the Serra da Estrela.
Cântaro Magro, Serra da Estrela, Portugal, formed as nunatak during the last ice age and now exposed
Torre ( Serra da Estrela ) | Torre, the highest point of Mainland Portugal, viewed from Penhas da Saúde
Covilhã is located in the Centro region, Cova da Beira subregion, in central Portugal ; 300 km ( 186 mi ) Northeast of Lisbon, Portugal's capital ; 100 km ( 62 mi ) East of Coimbra, the regional administrative centre ; and at the bottom of the highest Portuguese mountain range, Serra da Estrela.
At 1, 500 metres ( 4, 821 ft ) high, this village and winter resort is located within the Serra da Estrela Natural Park.
* Highest point — Torre, municipality of Seia, distrito of Guarda, in the Serra da Estrela mountains ; height: 1, 993 m ( 6, 540 ft )
Serra da Estrela (, " Mountain Range of the Star ") is the highest mountain range in Continental Portugal.
There are three rivers that have their headwaters in the Serra da Estrela: the Mondego, which is the biggest river entirely within Portuguese territory ; and the Zêzere, which is a tributary to the Tagus ; a tributary of the Mondego, the Alva also has its headwaters in the range.
The Cão da Serra da Estrela ( Estrela Mountain Dog ) is a breed of livestock guardian dog that takes its name from this region.
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