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Cidade da Maia is a civil parish in the municipality of Maia, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Gueifães, Maia and Vermoim. [1] The population in 2011 was 40,134, [2] in an area of 10.42 km 2 . [3]
Maia ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmajɐ] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Porto Metropolitan Area, Grande Porto subregion, in Norte Region, Portugal. It is located 11 km north of central Porto. The population in 2011 was 135,306, [1] in an area of 82.99 km 2 (32.04 sq mi). [2] There is one city ( Cidade da Maia) and three towns (Moreira ...
Gonçalo Mendes da Maia (1079? in Maia? – 1170 in Alentejo), also known as O Lidador (The Toiler), so named for his fearlessness in the struggle against the Saracens, was a Portuguese knight of the time of Afonso Henriques, about whom tradition relates important achievements in the events preceding the independence of Portugal.
Museu da Casa do Assento; Museu de Pão de LO; Santa Quitéria; Gondomar. Casa da Malta/Museu Mineiro – Fânzeres e São Pedro da Cova; Museu de Arte Sacra da Paróquia de S. Cosme; Maia. Museu da Cidade da Maia; Museu de História e Etnologia da Terra da Maia – Castelo da Maia (Maia) Marco de Canaveses. Museu Municipal Carmen Miranda
This is a list of cities in Portugal.In Portugal, a city (Portuguese: cidade) is an honorific term given to locations that meet several criteria, such as having a minimum number of inhabitants, good infrastructure (schools, medical care, cultural and sports facilities), or have a major historical importance.
Porto is served by Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport which is located in Pedras Rubras, Moreira da Maia civil parish of the neighbouring Municipality of Maia, some 15 kilometres (9 miles) to the north-west of the city centre.
The Porto metropolitan area is the second largest metropolitan area of Portugal, with about 1.7 million people. It groups the larger Porto Urban Area, the second largest in the country, assembled by the municipalities of Porto, Matosinhos, Vila Nova de Gaia, Gondomar, Valongo and Maia. It also includes three smaller urban areas: Póvoa de ...
(1060–1103) Dom Soeiro Mendes da Maia (1094–1129) Dom Paio Soares. 1129 to 1350. Lords of Maia (c. 1125–c.1170) Dom Pedro Paes da Maia (c. 1170–c. 1220) Dom Martinho Pires da Maia (c. 1220–1290) Fernão Martins da Maia (1270–1330) Monio Fernandes da Maia (c. 1300–1360) Martim Moniz da Maia; 1350 to 1500. Lords of Trofa (c. 1350 ...