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	Portugal - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The climate of Portugal is equable and temperate.
		Six-sevenths of the population of continental Portugal inhabit the provinces north of the Tagus.
		In 1095 Portugal was an obscure border fief of the kingdom of Leon.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Portugal (15861 words)

	Portugal - Search View - ninemsn Encarta
		Portugal, republic in south-western Europe, situated in the western portion of the Iberian Peninsula, bordered on the north and east by Spain and on the south and west by the Atlantic Ocean.
		Portugal's total fish catch is 229,108 metric tons (1997), and 90 per cent of this catch is from the ocean.
		Portugal is a republic with a president, popularly elected to a five-year term, as head of state.
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Portugal
		Portugal is situated on the west of the Iberian Peninsula, being bounded on the north and east by Spain and on the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean.
		The bishops renewed their complains of the disorders in Portugal, and in 1245, by the Bull "grandi non immerito", Innocent IV committed the government to Sancho's brother Alfonso who was living in France.
		As a result of the encyclicals of Leo XIII on Christian democracy, the movement for the establishment of Catholic circles for workingmen was inaugurated in Portugal, and these mutual-aid societies existed in the principal centres of population, furnished education to the workmen and their children, and kept them together by conferences, concerts, and excursions.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12297a.htm (9947 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Beja
		It is the capital of the district of Baixo Alemtejo.
		Beja was taken from the Moors in 1162 by Affonso Henriques.
		Beja was in its early days an episcopal city, but at the time of the invasion by the Moors lost its dignity.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02393a.htm (350 words)

	Beja (Portugal) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		IPA ['bɛʒɐ]) is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 1,147.1 km² and a total population of 34,970 inhabitants.
		The municipality is composed of 18 parishes, and is located in the district of Beja.
		With the collapse of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba in 1031, Beja became a taifa, an independent Muslim-ruled principality.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beja,_Portugal (1613 words)

	Agenda 21 - Portugal
		Portugal is participating in the Pan European Process of the Ministerial Conferences on the Protection of Forests in Europe and is a signatory state of the Resolution L2 "Pan –European criteria, indicators and operational level guidelines for sustainable forest management" of the Lisbon Conference.
		As a member of the EU, Portugals' policies are defined accordingly to the 1993 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), particularly concerning the agro-environmental measures and the CAP complementary measures such as afforestation measures, end of farming activities and compensatory reimbursement in unfavorable areas.
		Portugal signed the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea on December 10, 1982, and is in the process of ratifying it..
	www.un.org /esa/agenda21/natlinfo/countr/portugal/natur.htm (9815 words)

	Portugal Interesting Facts - Places - Things
		Portugal is a country of astonishing beauty and diversity, not to mention clear blue skies and friendly, courteous people.
		Santarém is the capital of a rich agricultural district and the venue for the Ribatejo Fair in June.
		Portugal's third-largest city, Coimbra boasts one of the oldest universities in the world and is characterised by twisting streets and terraced houses.
	www.travel-island.com /interesting.places/portugal.html (3047 words)

	Map of Portugal Resorts and Regions
		This city is the capital of Portugal's north region and is known for it's famous port wine.
		Resende Holiday Villas - village of Resende is in Nothern Portugal in the Douro valley by the Douro River.
		It's quaintness is reflected in the white washed houses that are common in the region and by the dazzling scenery.
	www.ownerdirect.com /map/europe/portugal/map-portugal.htm (3333 words)

	Portugal > Travel > Alentejo > Beja
		To the northeast of Beja is the town of Vidigueira with its rich association with the family of the explorer Vasco da Gama who acquired its rights from the King in 1519.
		To the east of Beja in the direction of the Spanish border is the town of Serpa.
		Beyond Beja to the south at Pisões on the road to Aljustrel, is a semi-excavated important Roman villa.
	portugal-info.net /alentejo/beja.htm (1235 words)

	Chapter 18: Spain and Portugal, vol. 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Portugal was better situated to go its own way, bolstered by its tradition of independent monarchy and isolated by Castile from direct French assistance but also from the negative effects of French intervention.
		Portugal's anti-Bourbon allies failed to provide all the assistance promised, and peace was made on the basis of the status quo ante in 1713.
		In Portugal, as in Spain, the old regime still revealed a high degree of cohesiveness and general acceptance by the population at the end of the eighteenth century.
	libro.uca.edu /payne2/payne18.htm (10587 words)

	Beja: Beja, russia forecast : weather underground. Castelo de beja - beja - reviews of castelo de beja - tripadvisor
		Beja Diocese in Portugal, suffragan of Evora Beja was taken from the Moors in 1162 by Affonso Henriques.
		Beja The municipality is composed of 18 parishes, and is located in the district of Beja.
		Beja The Beja are an ethnic and linguistic minority group of Eastern Sudan.
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	Azores Portugal accommodation pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The mountain of Pico on Pico Island, at 2,351 m in altitude, is the highest in all of Portugal.
		The islands are an autonomous region of Portugal.
		In 1583, Philip II of Spain as king of Portugal, sent his combined Iberian fleet to clear the French traders from the Azores, decisively hanging his prisoners-of-war from the yardarms and contributing to the "Black Legend".
	www.direct-hotels-online.com /Portugal/Azores/Azores.html (808 words)

	Beja, Portugal
		The old town of Beja, the Roman Pax Julia (of which some remains survive: foundations of walls on the north side of the town and a gate on the south side), is commandingly perched on a hill in the fertile plain of Baixo Alentejo.
		It is the largest town in Alentejo after Évora and is chief town of the district and an important commercial center, especially for agricultural produce.
		Although the little town of Beja has no very remarkable sights to boast of its many fine old buildings and winding alleys lined with gleaming white houses, some of them with charming iron grilles, windows, doorways and covered arcades, make its old town well worth a visit on any tour of Portugal.
	www.planetware.com /portugal/beja-p-beja-beja.htm (240 words)

	Beja Municipality (Portugal) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The flag is an unusual flag because, despite the status of city, Beja uses a quartered flag, typical of towns, with a coat of arms in the centre.
		The shield is golden with the portuguese quinas in chef sided by two fl eagles, a proper bull's head in the center and a red castle below with silver doors and windows.
		Amongst the district capitals, this is one of the poorest.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/pt-bja.html (189 words)

	Portugal Travel Information: Tourist Sights, Attractions, Cities, Towns, Villages, Top 10 places to visit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Portugal astonishes for the richness and variety of its landscapes, and the number of cultural treasures in its small area.
		Portugal is proud of its UNESCO-protected World Heritage Sites, since no other country of comparable size has more.
		Portugal is a country that invites you to travel back in time and scale walls of ancient castles and wander around extravagant royal palaces, many of them converted into fabulous hotels where you can live like a king amid lavish old furnishings or stylish modern design.
	www.golisbon.com /portugal (736 words)

	Algarve Portugal accommodation pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Algarve is the name of the southern coast of Portugal, incorporating, amongst others, the cities of Faro, Lagos, and Portimao.
		The Algarve was a semi-autonomous area with a governor from 1595 to 1808, as well as a separate taxation system until the end of the 18th century.
		The Algarve became the first part of Portugal to liberate itself from Spanish occupation, in the rebellion of OlhÃ£o in 1808.
	www.direct-hotels-online.com /Portugal/Algarve/Algarve.html (508 words)

	Portugal - district flags (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		All of those very seldom seen — district governors (also very seldom seen themselves), in “institucional pose”, usually appear in front of (or by the side of) the portuguese national flag.
		According to Flaggenbuch [neu39], 2:3 white swallow-tailed flag with green horizontal stripe and the sphere and the shield overall in the middle.
		The two municpalities of Macao are not attached to any district, and East Timor had it’s portuguese administrative entities in a void during the indonesian occupation (1975-1999), these consisting of the district of Dili (covering the whole territory) and the local municipalities (13) and communes (64).
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/pt-_d.html (603 words)

	Portugal > Travel > Alentejo > Monsaraz > Monsaraz
		Perched on the top of a hill, this little known small town is a “jewel in the crown” of the Alentejo, if not Portugal itself.
		It is a small walled group of dwellings that carefully preserve most of their original charm by retaining the old exteriors and the original quaint slated streets.
		To the north of Monsaraz is the town of Redondo set in the heart of the vine growing district.
	www.portugal-info.net /alentejo/monsaraz.htm (818 words)

	Election Resources on the Internet: Elections to the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic
		Portugal held an early parliamentary election on Sunday, February 20, 2005.
		Each one of Portugal's eighteen administrative districts, as well as each one of the country's two autonomous regions - the Açores (Azores) and Madeira - is an electoral constituency.
		To illustrate the functioning of the system, the allocation of seats in the district of Santarém for the March 2002 legislative election is presented here in detail.
	electionresources.org /pt (859 words)

	Lisbon Portugal - Information and Hotels
		In 1147, Portugal's first king, Afonso Henriques, helped by thousands of Flemish, Norman, German and English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land, finally expelled the Moors who had been in residence since 714.
		Lisbon was finally pronounced the capital of Portugal in 1256.
		Portugal prospered during the 15th and 16th centuries as a succession of explorers penetrated the four corners of the globe.
	www.eportugalhotels.com /RegionLisbon.php (437 words)

	Portugal
		It also includes three groups of islands in the Atlantic: the Azores (Açores), the Madeira and the Savage Isles, a small, remote and unhabited group administrated by Madeira.
		Emerging from the Reconquista as an independent kingdom in 1143, and with almost always the same main territory border line since the 13th century, Portugal has always been turned to the sea.
		Henry the Navigator's interest in exploration together with some technological developments in navigation brought together, gave way to the Portuguese expansion and to great geographical knowledge advancements.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/p/po/portugal.shtml (1001 words)

	portugal and paris - k n u e tt e r dot c o m
		I had never been in Portugal before, and after a great trip to Spain in the spring, I was looking forward to it.
		I switched trains in Beja (boy is this the middle of nowhere!) and soon found myself in Evora.
		After Belem, Portugal was just about over for me. I spent one more night in town, but early the next morning it was back to the airport, and back to Paris.
	www.knuetter.com /travels/europe-fall/portugal-paris01.html (992 words)

	[v*c] Portugal > Plains > Beja > Beja
		Beja is a city of historic and social importance, but it preserves the pleasant and unassuming aspect of an inland town.
		The narrow and cobbled streets of the old town stretch from the beautiful castle keep (late 13th century) to the Convent of St. Francis, now a magnificent "pousada" (state-run inn), also dating from the same period.
		Beyond the castle keep, Beja´s oldest church, Santo Amaro, has Visigothic origins and displays a collection of relics from this early period of Portugal´s history (415-711).
	viajar.clix.pt /en/dst3261.php?lg=en (670 words)

	Portugal Regions
		Portugal is divided into eighteen distritos (districts) and two regiões autônomas (autonomous regions).
		The districts of Portugal have been recognized since 1835, with only minor changes, although at certain periods they were nearly powerless.
		Portugal was administratively divided into distritos, which were subdivided into concelhos, which were further subdivided into paróquias (parishes).
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	Portugal
		The climate in Portugal was nicer than the parts of Spain I was in - not as hot.
		Spain and Portugal both seem to honor their men of literature.
		I spent a night in Beja, a quiet little town in the southeast of Portugal.
	members.aol.com /yearlytour/Portugal.html (479 words)

	Castelo Branco travel guide
		Castelo Branco received charter between 1181 and 1211, and later was raised the city in 1771 during the ministry of the Marquês de Pombal house.
		The geographic delimitation of the district is made the North for the district of Guarda, the South for the district of Portalegre, the West for the districts of Santarém, Leiria and Coimbra, the East for the borders with the neighboring country, Spain.
		Geographically the district is characterized by the some mountain ranges that cross it, with part of the mountain ranges of the Star and the Lousã and with the mountain ranges of the Gardunha, Malcata, Alvelos, and Muradal.
	www.world66.com /europe/portugal/castelo_branco (180 words)

	The Resident \| Algarve Edition
		Fruit farmers in the county of Silves, in the Algarve, Portugal’s largest citrus producing region, are in crisis.
		Shortage of water has additionally caused a substantial proportion of the crops in the Beja district to fail and it is anticipated that in areas such as Roxo, many farmers will be unable to plant crops at all this year.
		With irrigation bans already in force in some areas, fears are now passing to the quality of water left for human consumption as reservoir levels drop and the warm weather encourages the multiplication of harmful aquatic bacteria.
	portugalresident.com /portugalresident/showstory.asp?ID=6776 (576 words)

	Portugal Vacation Rentals from Owner Direct
		Enjoy The 'Owner Direct' Difference and a vacation rental in Portugal.
		Resende Vacation Villas - The village of Resende is in Nothern Portugal in the Douro valley by the Douro River.
		Zambujeira do Mar Holiday Villas for Rent - Located on the Alentejo coast, Zambujeira do Mar is just a short drive west of Odemira.
	www.ownerdirect.com /enter-portugal.htm?source=inktomi (3540 words)

	District of Beja
		The District of Beja belongs to the province of Baixo Alentejo.
		Genealogists researching in the parish of Baleizão, concelho of Beja, district of Beja, Baixo Alentejo Region:
		Genealogists researching in the parish of Mértola, concelho of Mértola, district of Beja, Baixo Alentejo Region:
	www.dholmes.com /master-list/beja/district-beja.html (408 words)

	International Civic Heraldry- Portugal - BEJA
		The tower shows that Beja was a fortfied town, whereas the eagles are a symbol for the Roman origin of the city.
		The small blue shields are taken from the Royal arms of Portugal and indicate that the city has always been a Royal city.
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	www.ngw.nl /int/por/b/beja.htm (145 words)

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