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 ).

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* November 10 – Pedro Antonio Joaquim Correa da Serra Garção, Portuguese poet ( b. 1724 )

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.

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Serra da Capivara National Park is a national park in the north east of Brazil.

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.

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.

The state has many highly important archaeological sites, including Serra de Capivara National Park and Sete Cidades National Park, which are rich in remains of prehistoric Paleo-Indian and sedentary-based Indigenous Brazilian complex cultures.

* Serra da Capivara National Park, in Brazil

Serra da Capivara National Park ( Portuguese: Parque Nacional Serra da Capivara,, locally ) is a national park in the Northeastern region of Brazil.

* Photos of Serra da Capivara by Maria-Brazil

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A statue of Friar Junípero Serra is one of two statues representing the state of California in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol.

Many of the sites are protected by the National Park of Diamantina Tableland region and the Environmental Preservation Area Serra do Barbado and Marimbus, Iraquara.

At Serra da Canastra National Park in Brazil, female anteaters have home ranges of around while males live in home ranges of.

Paraty is surrounded by many parks and nature preserves, including Serra da Bocaina National Park, Serra do Mar State Park ( of São Paulo ), the Park Reserve of Joatinga and the Cairuçu Environmental Protection Area, where the village of Trindade is located.

Serra was honored with further solo exhibitions at the Kunsthalle Tübingen, Germany, in 1978 ; the Musée National d ' Art Moderne, Paris, in 1984 ; the Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany, in 1985 ; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1986.

The Serra dos Órgãos National Park was created in 1939 as the third national park in Brazil.

The species Coccoloba cereifera is notable for being restricted to an area of only some 26 square km on a single low peak near Serra do Cipó National Park, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.

* Aparados da Serra National Park, in Brazil

* Serra da Canastra National Park, in Brazil

* Serra do Cipó National Park, in Brazil

It is located in Itatiaia National Park, in the Serra da Mantiqueira range, on the border of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais states.

Most Mergansers are found in the Serra da Canastra National Park.

The scenic beauty of Serra de Canastra National Park brings people from around the world to see the ecotourism landmark.

The Serra dos Órgãos National Park lies partly within the city limits.

Teresópolis has excellent facilities for visitors of the Serra dos Órgãos National Park.