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	Sebastião de Melo, Marquis of Pombal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquês of Pombal (in Portuguese, Marquês de Pombal), (13 May 1699 – 15 May 1782) was a Portuguese statesman.
		Pombal is notable for his swift and competent leadership in the aftermath of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake.
		The Marquês of Pombal built a palatial villa Oeiras, with formal French gardens enlivened with traditional Portuguese glazed tile walls.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marquis_of_Pombal (1127 words)

	Sebastião de Melo, Marquis of Pombal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal (in Portuguese, Marquês de Pombal), (13 May 1699 – 15 May 1782) was a Portuguese statesman.
		Made Marquis of Pombal in 1770, he effectively ruled Portugal until Joseph I's death in 1779.
		The Marquis of Pombal built a palatial villa Oeiras, with formal Frenchgardens enlivened with traditional Portuguese glazed tile walls.
	www.northmiami.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Marquis_of_Pombal (1169 words)

	Marquis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Don Marquis was a writer, poet, and journalist.
		Marquis des Baux is a small village in southern France.
		Marquis reagent is used as a simple spot-test to identify alkaloids.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marquis (134 words)

	Pombal, Marques de Biography / Biography of Pombal, Marques de Main Biography
		Upon his return to Lisbon in 1749, Pombal was named junior minister in the government of King John V. Not long after Pombal's appointment, John V died and was succeeded by his son, the indolent and pleasure-seeking Joseph I (reigned 1750-1777).
		Pombal quickly consolidated his position within the government, and by the end of 1755, after his energetic handling of the great crisis produced by the Lisbon earthquake, he was virtual dictator of Portugal, taking complete control of the machinery of government.
		In March 1777 Pombal was dismissed, and a new ministry was chosen from the nobility.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-pombal-marques-de (720 words)

	1755 Lisbon earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Marquis ordered a query sent to all parishes of the country regarding the earthquake and its effects.
		Because the Marquis was the first to attempt an objective scientific description of the broad causes and consequences of an earthquake, he is regarded as a forerunner of modern seismological scientists.
		The geological causes of this earthquake and the seismic activity in the region continue to be discussed and debated by contemporary scientists.
	www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1755_Lisbon_earthquake (2027 words)

	The Role of the Jesuits in the Iberian Catholic Enlightenment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Pombal accused the Society of Jesus of ultramontanism, which he viewed as responsible for the lack of a sense of nation in Portugal.
		Pombal's "Short report of the Republic established by the Portuguese and Spanish Jesuits in the overseas dominions of those Monarchies" - ("Relação abbreviada da republica que os religiosos jesuítas das províncias de Portugal e Espanha estabelecerão nos domínios ultramarinos das duas monarquias") -, was a bilingual text (French and Portuguese) published in Lisbon, 1757.
		It was divided into two parts: the first written by Pombal himself, and the second, an appendix with documents that would confer veracity on the reasons pointing to his argument in favor of the expulsion of the priests and the Indians as well from the missions.
	www.georgetown.edu /centers/woodstock/publications/Jesuits_in_Iberian_Enlightenment.htm (6492 words)

	SEBASTIAO JOSE DE CAR VALHO E MELLO, MARQUESS OF POMBAL - LoveToKnow Article on SEBASTIAO JOSE DE CAR VALHO E MELLO, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		POMBAL, SEBASTIAO JOSE DE CAR VALHO E MELLO, MARQUESS OF (1699-1782), Portuguese statesman, was born at Soure near Pomba, on the 13th of May 1699.
		In June 1759 his suppression of the so-called Tavora plot gained for him the title of count of Oeyras; and in September 1770 he was made marquess of Pombal.
		Soon after the death of King Joseph, in 1777, Pombal was dismissed from office; and he was only saved from impeachment by the death of his bitterest opponent, the queen-mother, Mariana Victoria, in January 1781.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PO/POMBAL_SEBASTIAO_JOSE_DE_CAR_VALHO_E_MELLO_MARQUESS_OF.htm (638 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Marquis de Pombal
		As soon as he was sure of success, Pombal made peace with Rome and in June, 1770, admitted a nuncio, but the ecclesiastical system of Portugal remained henceforth a sort of disguised Anglicanism, and many of the evils from which the Church now suffers are a legacy from him.
		In the political sphere Pombal's administration was marked by boldness of conception and tenacity of purpose.
		Even to the end Pombal had many admirers among the clergy, and he is regarded by the Portuguese as one of their greatest statesmen and called the great Marquis.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12224b.htm (1216 words)

	Chapter 2. The Movement Towards an Independent Brazil
		The marquês de Pombal became the de facto prime minister of Portugal from 1750 to 1777.
		Pombal was a good mercantilist and, just as in the American colonies, this would bring Portugal into conflict with Brazilian interests.
		Pombal's reforms of education in 1770 replaced the Jesuit system with a secular system under the control of the vice-royalties.
	www.vernonjohns.org /plcooney/brhindep.html (2151 words)

	Carfree Cities: City Design: Straight Streets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The City Museum in Lisbon includes a fascinating exhibit of the plans developed by the Marquis de Pombal for the reconstruction of Lisbon, most of which was utterly destroyed in the 1755 earthquake.
		I am certain that Pombal was in part driven by exigencies - central Lisbon had to be rebuilt, and quickly.
		I am told that Pombal was the first to apply the principles of specialization to the construction of buildings - one stone contractor was given all the lintels, another the columns, and so forth.
	www.carfree.com /design/stsr000.html (597 words)

	Tavira and Benamor Golf
		The Marquis of Pombal also tried to re-establish the tuna fishing industry, which had been incrisis since the XVII century.
		Despite the efforts of the Marquis of Pombal, the latter part of the XVIII century did not bring prosperity to Tavira, as the immediately preceding years had done.
		During the reign of the Marquis of Pombal, Tavira was a part of the policy for industrial progress.
	www.golfbenamor.com /gb/tavira.htm (792 words)

	Marquis of Pombal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Marquis of Pombal, or Marquês de Pombal, (born May 13 1699 in Lisbon, died May 15 1782 in Pombal) was a Portuguese politician and statesman, prime minister of king Joseph I of Portugal throughout his reign.
		His first wife was Teresa de Mendonça e Almada (1689-1737) the niece of the Count of Arcos, with whom he eloped and married against her family's wishes.
		The Marquis of Pombal, who had built a palatial villa at Oeiras, with formal gardens in the French taste enlivened by glazed tile walls in the Portuguese tradition, with waterfalls and waterworks, set within vineyards, died peacefully on his simple estate at Pombal, May 15 1782.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/marquis_of_pombal (1102 words)

	1755 Lisbon Earthquake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		After the catastrophe, Joseph I developed a fear of living within walls, and the court was accommodated in a huge complex of tents and pavilions in the hills of Ajuda, then in the outskirts of Lisbon.
		After November 1, the competent response of the Marquis of Pombal severed the power of the aristocratic faction.
		Without the query designed by the Marquis of Pombal, the first attempt of a seismological, objective description, this would be impossible.
	www.magicaljourneys.com /Portugal/portugal-interest-earthquake1755.html (1138 words)

	1720. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		Government run by the Marquis de Pombal (Sebastião José de Carvalho e Mello, who became Marquis de Pombal only in 1770).
		The city was rebuilt under Pombal's energetic direction.
		A group of nobles against the king and Pombal.
	www.bartleby.com /67/729.html (306 words)

	Accounting History: Portuguese School of Commerce, 1759-1844: a reflection of the "Enlightenment", The
		Pombal was the Chief Minister of Portugal from 1750-1777.
		Rodrigues and Craig (2004) claim he is responsible for the transfer (from England to Portugal) of the educational knowhow that was instrumental to the success of the School; and that he had been influenced by the English mercantilism2 he observed as Portuguese ambassador to England (1738-1743).
		Pombal responded to this situation by requiring the Board of Trade to establish the School of Commerce.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3933/is_200411/ai_n10297978 (969 words)

	A Shortened History of Freemasonry in Portugal
		However, Pombal was prejudiced against the Church as a competitive power, which he considered obstructed both the state’s and the monarchy’s interests.
		The years 1791-2 were the toughest period of repression, leading to the detention of the secretary of Navy, Martinho de Melo e Castro, the second Marquis of Pombal and the Judge on India and Mina, José de Noronha.
		The support that freemasonry received from the Marquis of Pombal, which cannot be denied, was later to be used against freemasonry as an argument that supposedly proved the complicity of the Brotherhood in the anti-Catholic activities attributed to the Marquis and in the expulsion of Jesuits of the
	www.freemasons-freemasonry.com /arnaldoGeng.html (11060 words)

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		Pombal, who had served in diplomatic posts in England and Austria, was shocked at Portugal's economic backwardness."
		Pombal's reforms reached into many areas including the reorganization of the ancient University of Coimbra in 1772.
		Pombal brought enlightenment period thought to Coimbra and recruited the best professors available in Portugal and elsewhere in Europe at this time to accomplish this goal.
	www2.xlibris.com /bookstore/book_excerpt.asp?bookid=495 (3238 words)

	European Flying Scale Models Championship, F4, Pombal, 2005, Pombal History
		Set in a wooded region between the ocean and the hills of the Serra de Sicó, this town is closely associated with the Marquis of Pombal (chief minister of king José I, responsible for many reforms and for rebuilding Lisbon after the 1755 earthquake), who died here in 1777.
		He lived in what is now the Praça Marquês de Pombal square, where the family crest can be seen at the old prison and the granary.
		According to legend, the name of Pombal (dovecote) was given to the town when the king saw many pigeons on the castle's battlements.
	www.fpam.pt /ecf405/Info/pombalHistory.html (168 words)

	WHKMLA : Portugal, 1700-1789
		Worse for Lisbon, the city was struck by a mighty earthquake in 1755.
		King Joseph II.'s minister, the MARQUIS DE POMBAL, became the dominant figure in Portuguese politics.
		When Spanish troops invaded the country during the 7 YEARS WAR, the Portuguese, with British aid, were able to defeat the invaders in 1762.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/spain/portabs.html (299 words)

	Tile collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The interior of the Palácio Ceia boasts an important collection of glazed tiles of the epoch of the Marquis de Pombal which, although lacking documentary evidence, is ascrited to the Real Fábrica de Faiança do Rato, major ceramics manufacturing development program of the Marquis de Pombal.
		Such an extensive and magnificent production was a favourite among the tradesmen of the bourgeoisie that the Marquis de Pombal favoured, and tiling become a hallmark of palatial and other construction in the second half of the 18
		Several pictorial panels are organized around a variety of themes of the daily life of the 1700's - fishing, hunting genteel sport, excursions in the countryside and scenes of oriental influence - providing an excellent ornamental complement to the architectural severity of the period.
	www.univ-ab.pt:8080 /servicos/rel_inter/tile.html (168 words)

	A dream comes true
		Transform, recuperate and adapt an historical building without spoiling the architectonic design, taking at the same time into account the building techniques of the period in which it was build having to use modern and trustworthy materials, is not easy.
		We are talking about a Marquis de Pombal style building with architectonic characteristics of that period, with many upper floor structures supported by the walls of the down floor constituted by essentially wooden partition walls Marquis de Pombal style wooden frameworks.
		The works were carried out on a second floor.
	www.paulojones.com /paulojonesuk/projects/pombal/pombal.html (434 words)

	AMORIM Group - Development - Nature - Burmester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Established in 1757 by the Marquis de Pombal, the Demarcated Douro Region was the first region to be clearly delimited in the world..
		It is located in Northeastern Portugal, and it is protected from the moist winds coming in from the Atlantic by the Marão and Montemuro Mountains.
		The Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, a company's asset since 1992, is acknowledged as one of the most beautiful farms of the Marquis de Pombal period.
	www.amorim-group.pt /ing/burmester.html (789 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - Oeiras Tips - Pictures, Tips and Reviews
		The marquis of Pombal estate followed this principle, with a rigorous geometry to divide recreation spaces, great gardens and rural properties.
		It was at the gardens surrounding the palace that cultural events were held: theater, ballet, music, etc. Marquis of Pombal Palace The property results from joining three estates.
		Marquis of Pombal Palace Belonging to the estate and right next to the entrance to the palace, the Manor Chapel stands.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Portugal/Distrito_de_Lisboa/Oeiras-284067/Things_To_Do-Oeiras-BR-1.html (1224 words)

	MG-Inglês
		The life and history of Marinha Grande began in the fifteenth century when the Leiria Pine Forest planted by King Afonso III, and mainly by King D. Dinis around 100 years later, began to produce the timber required for building the carracks and caravels for the Portuguese voyages of discovery.
		But the past of glass and crystal making are also marked by the skill and talent of many generations of artists cum workers, who in blowing glass, or in cutting it, turned a ball of molten fire into the finest, most delicate crystal item worthy of being part of a royal table service.
		In fact it was in 1769 that King Joseph I, at the initiative of the Minister, the Marquis de Pombal, invited the English industrialist Guilherme Stephens to visit the Court.
	planeta.ip.pt /~ip224640/mging.htm (1921 words)

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	Vila Real de Santo António (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Royal Charter of its Foundation was signed on 30 December 1773 and its construction was very rapid owing to political imperatives whose central figure was the Marquis of Pombal.
		Nowadays this city has excellent tourist potential because of its limpid waters, the calm of its immense beaches and the green of its pine groves.
		This potential is reflected in the economic, cultural and demographic growth of the 'City of the Marquis'.
	www.ualg.pt /uk/universidade/vila.html (112 words)

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		The Marquis of Pombal (Prime-Minister of King José I) was the main responsible for the reconstruction of Lisbon after the earthquathe that destroyed the town in 1755.
		It's a church from the 18th century with two bell towers and where one can find paintings of Batoni and Pedro Alexandrino located in front the Estrela Garden.
		Beautiful panorama of Eduardo VII gardens, Marqês de Pombal monument, Avenida da Liberdade, downtown, Tagus river and south Lisbon.
	www.portugaltours.pt /pttours/pttours.nsf/985063dec4d21b4080256a32005c8591/29e4012f379ce15e80256a33004dd2e4 (750 words)

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