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  2. List of universities and colleges in Portugal - Wikipedia

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    University of Beira Interior. University of Coimbra. University of Évora (includes polytechnic schools) University of Lisbon. University of Madeira (includes polytechnic schools) University of Minho (includes polytechnic schools) NOVA University of Lisbon. University of Porto.

  3. University of Madeira - Wikipedia

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    The university's campus dates back to a 16th-century Jesuit college. Its first higher education institution, a medical school, was founded in Funchal in the 18th century. In 1978, the University of Lisbon established a satellite campus in Madeira, and from 1983 to 1986, today's campus began taking shape, offering courses in the areas of science ...

  4. Praia da Calheta - Wikipedia

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    The manufactured coastal beach of Calheta. Praia da Calheta (English: Calheta Beach) is a beach located near the town Calheta, on the island of Madeira, Portugal. It is one of the few sandy beaches of Madeira, with sand imported from North Africa. However, these sand-imports were quite controversial, as the sand was taken from Western Sahara ...

  5. Prince Henry the Navigator - Wikipedia

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    Dom Henrique of Portugal, Duke of Viseu (4 March 1394 – 13 November 1460), better known as Prince Henry the Navigator (Portuguese: Infante Dom Henrique, o Navegador), was a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and in the 15th-century European maritime discoveries and maritime expansion.

  6. São Jorge Island - Wikipedia

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    São Jorge is a relatively long thin island with tall cliffs, whose 8,381 inhabitants are concentrated on various geological debris fields (fajãs) along the north and south coasts; from east to west, the island is 53 kilometres (33 mi) long and, north to south, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) wide: its area is 237.59 square kilometres (91.73 sq mi).

  7. Faial (Santana) - Wikipedia

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    UTC+01:00 (WEST) Postal code. 9230-059. Area code. 291. Patron. Nossa Senhora da Natividade. Faial is a civil parish in the Madeiran municipality of Santana located along the northern coast of the island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 1,567, [1] in an area of 24.03 km².

  8. Higher education in Portugal - Wikipedia

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    Headquarters of the New University of Lisbon. In Portugal, university and college attendance before the 1960s, including for the period of Portuguese monarchy which ended in 1910, and for most of the Estado Novo regime (1920s – 1974), was very limited to the tiny elites, like members of the bourgeoisie and high ranked political and military authorities.

  9. Lancaster Bible College - Wikipedia

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    lbc.edu. Lancaster Bible College, officially named Lancaster Bible College | Capital Seminary and Graduate School and shortened to LBC | Capital, is a private Bible college, seminary, [ 3 ] and graduate school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Lancaster Bible College offers non-credit courses, undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degree programs.