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	History of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Portugal's acceptance in the OECD, NATO and EFTA, was not an unconditional sign of the international acceptance of the regime: in the context of the cold war and international pragmatism, Portugal was a small country with a relatively important geostrategical position, thus Western interests turned a blind eye on the regime's policies.
		The Lusitanians inhabit central Portugal, the Calaicians or Gallaeci northern Portugal, the Celtici are in Alentejo and the Conii are in the Algarve.
		1112 – Afonso Henriques inherits the County of Portugal, a fiefdom of the Kingdom of León.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Portugal (7613 words)

	PORTUGAL - LoveToKnow Article on PORTUGAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Climate.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.
	88.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PO/PORTUGAL.htm (21258 words)

	List of Portuguese monarchs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However, the roots of Portugal as a different entity are in the 9th century when the first county of Portugal was established by Vímara Peres, just after the reconquista of Northern Portugal from the Moors, who ruled very briefly in this area.
		The First County of Portugal would last for two centuries when the last count, Nuno Mendes, lost the Battle of Pedroso to Garcia II of Galicia and Portugal, son of Ferdinand I of Castile-León, and the first monarch to use the tile "King of Portugal".
		The dynasty began with the acclamation of Philip II of Spain as Philip I of Portugal in 1580, officially recognized in 1581 in the Cortes of Tomar.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Portuguese_monarchs (1689 words)

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		municipality of palau-sator (baix empordà county, girona province, catalonia, spain)
		municipality of palau-solità i plegamans (vallès occidental county, barcelona province
		municipality of pedret i marzà (alt empordà county, girona province, catalonia, spain)
	flagspot.net /flags/keywordp.html (1375 words)

	Alfonso I, king of Portugal. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		1109?–1185, first king of Portugal, son of Henry of Burgundy.
		After his father’s death (1112), his mother, Countess Teresa, ruled the county of Portugal with the help of her Spanish lover, Fernando Pérez.
		In 1128 young Alfonso, who had allied himself with discontented nobles, defeated her in battle and drove her into León with Pérez (Alfonso did not, despite the popular legend, put her in chains at Guimarães).
	www.bartleby.com /65/al/Alfon1Por.html (244 words)

	globalEDGE (TM) \| country insights - History of Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Portugal of today was considered a province of Lusitania during the 2nd century B.C. The territory in northern Portugal was retaken by Bermudo II, King of Léon in 997.
		Portugal’s troops aided the allies by fighting in Africa and France during the war.
		Although Portugal had signed a non-aggression pact with Spain in 1939 agreeing to neutrality in World War II, Portugal let the Allies base ships and planes on their land in the Azores.
	globaledge.msu.edu /IBRD/CountryHistory.asp?CountryID=69&RegionID=2 (970 words)

	Chapter 2: St. James's Catapult
		First, as we have seen, there were revolts against the new dynasty and punishment of rebels by exile or confiscation of property.
		The first Galician bishopric to fall vacant in the reign of Alfonso VI after 1072 was Tuy, to which a new bishop had been appointed by May 1074.
		Count Henry of Portugal had close connections with Cluny: his grandmother Hélie of Semur was the sister of St. Hugh, and his elder brother had resigned the duchy of Burgundy in 1078 in order to enter Cluny as a monk (thereby occasioning a famous letter to its abbot from pope Gregory VII).
	libro.uca.edu /sjc/sjc2.htm (8253 words)

	About the County, Economic development
		As an outgrowth of its participation in Sesame, the County has contracted for services to identify and assist manufacturing firms in the Parma region of Italy that are prepared to undertake or expand business activities in the United States.
		The County's economic development office also participates annually in the Hanover Business Fair, which is the largest industrial trade show in Europe, and recently participated in the MIPIM Trade Fair in Cannes, France which, with 12,650 participants from 61 countries, is considered the world's largest property market, linking communities and firms.
		Locally, the County is participating with the Greater Syracuse Growth Council, a partnership of all of the area's economic development organizations, to provide rapid, comprehensive responses to retention and recruitment inquiries and team-based support for prospect visits.
	www.ongov.net /About/economic_dev.html (895 words)

	namesazore
		The first known Teixeira on the Azorean Island of So Jorge was Geronimo Gonalves Teixeira Sotto-Mayor.
		The first known person to use it was Joo Fialho, a knight of the House of King John III.
		The first known Mattos was Hermigio Pais de Mattos, whose father founded the Convent of Freixo on the estate during the time of Kings Sancho II and Afonso III.
	www.ptreyeslight.com /azores1/namesazore.html (1234 words)

	Chapter 4: A History of Spain and Portugal
		First, there was the tendency, already marked by the tenth century, for the aristocracy in León and to a lesser degree in Old Castile to settle into an hereditary caste.
		The first three and one-half centuries of warfare between Christians and Muslims in the peninsula were essentially a political power struggle having little or no ideological meaning and consisting of cattle raids or other depredations for booty by both sides.
		By comparison, the first regional parliament in Germany was summoned in 1232, the first English parliament in 1265, and the first estates-general in France in 1302.
	libro.uca.edu /payne1/payne4.htm (11700 words)

	PORT - LoveToKnow Article on PORT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The city is served by the Port Townsend Southern railway (controlled by the Northern Pacific, but operated independently) and by steamship lines to Victoria (British Columbia), San Francisco, Alaska and Oriental ports.
		Port Townsend was settled in 1854, incorporated as a town in 1860 and chartered as a city in 1890.
		PORTUGAL, a republic of western Europe, forming part of the Iberian Peninsula, and bounded on the N. and E. by Spain, and on the S. and W. by the Atlantic Ocean.
	9.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PO/PORT.htm (21314 words)

	Portugal > History and Events > Date Table > First County of Portugal
		First "Cortes" (form of Parliament composed of nobles and clerics) authorised by the King are held in Coimbra
		First of three wars with Castile relating to a heritage claim on the throne of Castile
		Peace Treaty of Santarém - Peace agreed between Portugal and Castille and Beatriz daughter of Fernando I is given in marriage to João I of Castile
	www.portugal-info.net /history/first-dynasty.htm (2182 words)

	Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The first group were the Iberians from which the land occupied by Portugal and Spain gets its name, the Iberian Peninsula.
		From the 8th to the 12th century, Portugal was under Arab and Berber control.
		In 1095, the King of Leon gave this area, the county of Portugal, to his daughter, Theresa, as part of her dowry.
	wwwlibrary.csustan.edu /bsantos/portugal.html (597 words)

	Portugal News
		Ingrid R tel on the 30th of November, in the course of their state visit, visited Porto, the second largest city in Portugal, where the President of the Republic was accompanied,...
		Portugal has given its former colony Sao Tome and Principe 37 tons of medical supplies to help the west African island nation fight a deadly cholera outbreak.
		IN these days of double income families, socially active ate and kuya, the child is often left at home with yaya, who, usually, may not know better than to let her charge sit in front of the TV all day while...
	www.topix.net /world/portugal (1245 words)

	Portugal > History and Events > Date Table > Second County of Portugal
		Henry of Portugal dies - his son Afonso Henriques at the age of four inherits County of Portugal but due to his young age he is governed by his mother Teresa of León who styles herself as Regina (Queen of Portugal)
		Alfonso VII of Castile invades Portugal and besieges Guimarães - Knight Egas Moniz de Ribadouro convinces Alfonso VII of the loyalty of County of Portugal to the Kingdoms of Castile and León
		First County of Portugal (9th Century to 11th Century)
	www.portugal-info.net /history/second-county.htm (770 words)

	The Osprey \| Fall, 1998 \| Humboldt State University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In 1909 her father immigrated to Humboldt County from Portugal's Azores Islands at age 24.
		There are concentrations of Hispanics throughout the county, including significant populations in Eureka (1,008) and Fortuna (523), according to the 1990 Census.
		According to the 1990 Census, the group is still one of the county's smallest minority populations, making up less than 1 percent of the county's total population of 119,118.
	www.humboldt.edu /~osprey/fall98/cultures.html (2377 words)

	Afonso I -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Alfonso VI, emperor of Leon, had granted the county of Portugal to Afonso's father, Henry of Burgundy, who successfully defended it against the Muslims (1095–1112).
		the third king of Portugal (1211–23), under whom the reconquest of the south from the Muslims was continued.
		Portugal has been a republic since the monarchy was overthrown in 1910.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9003927?tocId=9003927 (602 words)

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		First African-American state legislator in California; descendancy from Thomas Jefferson confirmed by DNA evidence in 1998.
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	Surfline \| Portugal
		Paulo Inocentes was the first surfer to ride a wave in Portugal.
		Don't be so cocky to think you're the first one to surf anywhere in the country -- while the locals haven't been surfing for decades, they have figured out their coast.
		The northern Atlantic isn't the most consistent place for surf in July and August, and even though Portugal sits way out in the middle of it, most waves are of the short-period windswell variety.
	www.surfline.com /travel/surfmaps/surfmap.cfm?id=39 (748 words)

	Lisbon Tourist Guide and Information
		Boasting springtime temperatures during the winter and cool summers freshened by a breeze blowing in from the Atlantic, Costa de Lisboa, on the southwestern coast, offers a rich and impressively integrated diversity.
		The capital of Portugal since its conquest from the Moors in 1147, Lisbon is a legendary city with over 20 centuries of History.
		palace of the kings of Portugal in the 18th century, enclosing a series of rambling and beautiful gardens with lakes and sculptures, and housing an important collection of furniture, paintings, tiles, and decorative arts.
	www.portugalvirtual.pt /_tourism/costadelisboa (1565 words)

	azorenames
		Centuries ago inhabitants of the town gradually migrated into Portugal, bringing the name with them.
		He, as was required of all rulers in the Azores, was a Knight of Christ.
		The name came to the Island of Terceira in the 15th Century with a woman named Mecia de Andrade Machado, who was reportedly the first woman to give birth in the Azores - on a boat off the coast of Terceira.
	www.ptreyeslight.com /azores1/azorenames.html (1218 words)

	AllRefer.com - Alfonso I, king of Portugal (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Alfonso I 1109?–1185, first king of Portugal, son of Henry of Burgundy.
		After his father's death (1112), his mother, Countess Teresa, ruled the county of Portugal with the help of her Spanish lover, Fernando PErez.
		In 1128 young Alfonso, who had allied himself with discontented nobles, defeated her in battle and drove her into LeOn with PErez (Alfonso did not, despite the popular legend, put her in chains at GuimarAes).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Alfon1Por.html (327 words)

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	Porto, Portugal - Tourism Information
		Matosinhos is, in spite of its industrial port, renowned for its gastronomy based on seafood and also popular for its coastline of small beaches enclosed by rocks beaten by the sea.
		Matosinhos also boasts of a valuable patrimony visible in monuments such as the Monastery of Leça do Bailio, the first headquarters of the Order of Hospitallers in Portugal and with a 14th-century fortified church exhibiting Gothic arches and a beautiful rose window.
		Seat of a county of commercial and industrial importance and facing Oporto across the river Douro, Vila Nova de Gaia is the main centre of Port wine production.
	www.portugalvirtual.pt /_tourism/costaverde/porto (532 words)

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		This show, which by all accounts should have been written off as a redo of good ole' Bev Niners, is funny, quirky and absolutely delightful.
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	Timeline of Afro-American History in Tioga County
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	Portugal's president to dissolve parliament, call early election North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Portugal's president to dissolve parliament, call early election North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest Riverside County columnists
		LISBON, Portugal -- Portugal's president decided Tuesday to dissolve parliament and call early elections after weeks of feuding among ministers, Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes said.
		County to sue to overturn medical marijuana law
	www.nctimes.com /articles/2004/12/01/news/nation/16_52_3511_30_04.txt (382 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Lincoln County, Maine
		Capital Impact: Lincoln County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
		Edward Kavanagh (1795-1844) — of Damariscotta Mills, Lincoln County, Maine.
		The site opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on March 10, 2005.
	politicalgraveyard.com /geo/ME/LI.html (699 words)

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