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  2. Aveiro, Portugal - Wikipedia

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    12 May. Website. cm-aveiro.pt (in Portuguese) Aveiro ( [aˈvɐjɾu] ⓘ) 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 ). Along with the neighbouring city of Ílhavo ...

  3. History of Portugal - Wikipedia

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    The history of Portugal can be traced from circa 400,000 years ago, when the region of present-day Portugal was inhabited by Homo heidelbergensis . The Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, which lasted almost two centuries, led to the establishment of the provinces of Lusitania in the south and Gallaecia in the north of what is now Portugal.

  4. Discovery Institute - Wikipedia

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    Discovery Institute Press is the institute's publishing arm and has published intelligent design books by its fellows including David Berlinski's Deniable Darwin & Other Essays (2010), Jonathan Wells' The Myth of Junk DNA (2011) and an edited volume titled Signature Of Controversy, which contains apologetics in defense of the institute's Center ...

  5. Public holidays in Portugal - Wikipedia

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    In Portugal, a public holiday (Portuguese: feriado) is a calendar date, legally recognised and defined in the Labour Code as well as the Concordat of 2004, on which most businesses and non-essential services are closed. On some of these dates, public commemorative festivities are traditionally held.

  6. Mr Bates vs The Post Office - Wikipedia

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    4 January 2024. ( 2024-01-04) Mr Bates vs The Post Office is a four-part British television drama series for ITV, written by Gwyneth Hughes, directed by James Strong and starring an ensemble cast led by Toby Jones. The series is a dramatisation of the British Post Office scandal, a miscarriage of justice in which hundreds of subpostmasters were ...

  7. António Costa - Wikipedia

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    António Luís Santos da Costa GCIH ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔnju ˈkɔʃtɐ]; born 17 July 1961) [1] is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who served as the 118th prime minister of Portugal from 2015 to 2024, presiding over the XXI (2015–2019), XXII (2019–2022) and XXIII Constitutional Governments (2022–2024).

  8. President of Portugal - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The president of Portugal, officially the president of the Portuguese Republic ( Portuguese: Presidente da República Portuguesa, pronounced [pɾɨziˈðẽtɨ ðɐ ʁɛˈpuβlikɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ] ), is the head of state and highest office of Portugal . The powers, functions and duties of prior presidential offices, and their relation ...

  9. Google Maps - Wikipedia

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    Google Maps for mobile devices were first released in 2006; the latest versions feature GPS turn-by-turn navigation along with dedicated parking assistance features. By 2013, it was found to be the world's most popular smartphone app, with over 54% of global smartphone owners using it. [8]