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Territorial map corresponding to the NUTS I and NUTS II designations. The Eurostat-based NUTS system subdivides the nation into three levels: NUTS I, NUTS II and NUTS III. In some European partners, as is the case with Portugal, a complementary hierarchy, respectively LAU I and LAU II (posteriorly referred to as NUTS IV and NUTS V) is employed.
Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: ⓘ), also known as Oporto, [a] is the second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon.It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas.
Aveiro (pronounced ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. In 2021, the population was 80,880, [1] in an area of 197.58 square kilometres (76.29 sq mi): [2] it is the second most populous city in the Centro Region of Portugal (after Coimbra).
Central Park is a large public, urban park in central Cluj-Napoca.It was founded in the 19th century and it located on the southern shore of Someşul Mic River.The Park is now home to the University of Arts and Design and to the Chemistry Faculty of the Babeş-Bolyai University.
The heart of the city is the Baixa or city centre; the Pombaline Baixa is an elegant district, primarily constructed after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, taking its name from its benefactor, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, who was the minister of Joseph I of Portugal (1750–1777) and a key figure during the Portuguese ...
John III's policy of reinforcing Portugal's bases in India (such as Goa) secured Portugal's monopoly over the spice trade of cloves and nutmeg from the Maluku Islands. As a result, John III has been called the "Grocer King". On the eve of his death in 1557, the Portuguese empire spanned almost 1 billion acres (about 4 million square kilometers).
Mafra (Portuguese pronunciation: ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in the district of Lisbon, on the west coast of Portugal, and part of the urban agglomeration of the Greater Lisbon subregion. The population in 2011 was 76,685, [1] in an area of 291.66 km 2. [2]
Évora has a history dating back more than five millennia. It was known as Ebora by the Celtici, a tribal confederacy, south of the Lusitanians (and of Tagus river), who made the town their regional capital.