Cividade Hill (Portuguese: Monte da Cividade) or Cividade de Terroso Hill with an elevation of 153 metres (502 ft) is one of the two hills next to the city of
Póvoa de Varzim in
Portugal.
Cividade Hill's most notable feature is
Cividade de Terroso in the hilltop. It is an ancient
Castro culture town, hence the name of the hill that derives from Latin civitas (city). The walled city thrived since 900 or 800 BC, before being conquered and destroyed by the
Roman Republic around 138 BC. Due to its urban protohistoric characteristics, the hilltop is considered to be an
acropolis by archaeologists. The acropolis is, currently, owned by
Póvoa de Varzim City Hall. In the slope there are villages and walled labyrinth-like farm-fields. (Full article...)
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The trocaz pigeon, Madeira laurel pigeon or long-toed pigeon (Columba trocaz) is a
pigeon which is
endemic to the island of
Madeira,
Portugal. It is a mainly grey bird with a pinkish breast; its silvery neck patch and lack of white wing markings distinguish it from its close relative and probable ancestor, the
common wood pigeon. Its call is a characteristic six-note cooing, weaker and lower-pitched than that of the wood pigeon. Despite its bulky, long-tailed appearance, this pigeon has a fast, direct flight.
A scarce resident breeder in
laurisilva forests, the trocaz pigeon lays one white egg in a flimsy twig nest. Its numbers fell sharply after human colonisation of the Madeira
archipelago, and it vanished altogether from
Porto Santo Island. The major cause of its population decline was
habitat loss from forest clearance, but hunting and nest predation by
introduced rats were also contributory factors. Protection of the
laurel forests and a ban on hunting have enabled numbers to increase, so that the species is no longer endangered. (Full article...)
Image 29The frontispiece of the 1826 Portuguese Constitution featuring King-Emperor
Pedro IV and his daughter Queen
Maria II (from History of Portugal)
Image 33The arrival of the Portuguese in Japan, the first Europeans to reach it, initiating the Nanban ("southern barbarian") period of active commercial and cultural exchange between Japan and the West. (from History of Portugal)
Image 42Map of Spain and Portugal showing the conquest of Hispania from 220 B.C. to 19 B.C. and provincial borders. It is based on other maps; the territorial advances and provincial borders are illustrative. (from History of Portugal)
...that Viagens Abreu is the oldest
travel agency in the world and was established in Porto in 1840 by Mr. Bernardo Abreu and is still family owned five generations later?
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Cividade Hill (Portuguese: Monte da Cividade) or Cividade de Terroso Hill with an elevation of 153 metres (502 ft) is one of the two hills next to the city of
Póvoa de Varzim in
Portugal.
Cividade Hill's most notable feature is
Cividade de Terroso in the hilltop. It is an ancient
Castro culture town, hence the name of the hill that derives from Latin civitas (city). The walled city thrived since 900 or 800 BC, before being conquered and destroyed by the
Roman Republic around 138 BC. Due to its urban protohistoric characteristics, the hilltop is considered to be an
acropolis by archaeologists. The acropolis is, currently, owned by
Póvoa de Varzim City Hall. In the slope there are villages and walled labyrinth-like farm-fields. (Full article...)
This is a
Featured article, which represents some of the best content on English Wikipedia.
The trocaz pigeon, Madeira laurel pigeon or long-toed pigeon (Columba trocaz) is a
pigeon which is
endemic to the island of
Madeira,
Portugal. It is a mainly grey bird with a pinkish breast; its silvery neck patch and lack of white wing markings distinguish it from its close relative and probable ancestor, the
common wood pigeon. Its call is a characteristic six-note cooing, weaker and lower-pitched than that of the wood pigeon. Despite its bulky, long-tailed appearance, this pigeon has a fast, direct flight.
A scarce resident breeder in
laurisilva forests, the trocaz pigeon lays one white egg in a flimsy twig nest. Its numbers fell sharply after human colonisation of the Madeira
archipelago, and it vanished altogether from
Porto Santo Island. The major cause of its population decline was
habitat loss from forest clearance, but hunting and nest predation by
introduced rats were also contributory factors. Protection of the
laurel forests and a ban on hunting have enabled numbers to increase, so that the species is no longer endangered. (Full article...)
Image 29The frontispiece of the 1826 Portuguese Constitution featuring King-Emperor
Pedro IV and his daughter Queen
Maria II (from History of Portugal)
Image 33The arrival of the Portuguese in Japan, the first Europeans to reach it, initiating the Nanban ("southern barbarian") period of active commercial and cultural exchange between Japan and the West. (from History of Portugal)
Image 42Map of Spain and Portugal showing the conquest of Hispania from 220 B.C. to 19 B.C. and provincial borders. It is based on other maps; the territorial advances and provincial borders are illustrative. (from History of Portugal)
...that Viagens Abreu is the oldest
travel agency in the world and was established in Porto in 1840 by Mr. Bernardo Abreu and is still family owned five generations later?
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