Nossa Senhora da Conceição Fortress ("Fortaleza da Nossa Senhora da Conceição"), mostly known as Castelo da Póvoa (Castle of Póvoa) is a Portuguese fortress in
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Nossa Senhora — (Portuguese for Our Lady, a reference to the Virgin Mary) may mean different places: Contents 1 Angola 2 Brazil 3 Cape Verde … Wikipedia
Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição da Muxima — The Church of Our lady of Muxima (in Portuguese, Igreja da Nossa Senhora da Conceição da Muxima) resides in the Bengo Province of Angola. A 16th Century Portuguese Colonial structure, the church was an important center in the slave trade at the… … Wikipedia
Castelo da Póvoa — Nossa Senhora da Conceição Fortress … Wikipedia
Monuments of Portugal — The Monuments of Portugal were constructed throughout the Portuguese territory, and date back to the period of pre historic settlement of occupation. Subsequently, the region that is today Portugal has been colonized by many civilizations, which… … Wikipedia
Architecture of Portugal — refers to the architecture practised in the territory of present day Portugal since before the foundation of the country, in the 12th century. The term may also refer to buildings created under Portuguese influence or by Portuguese architects… … Wikipedia
Salvador, Bahia — Infobox City name = Salvador settlement type = Municipality official name = The Municipality ofSão Salvador da Baía de Todos os Santos nickname = Capital da Alegria (Capital of happiness) and Roma Negra (Black Rome). motto = Sic illa ad arcam… … Wikipedia
Immaculate Conception — For the novel by Gaétan Soucy, see The Immaculate Conception. Immaculata redirects here. For other uses, see Immaculata (disambiguation). La Purisima Inmaculada Concepcion by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1678, now in Museo del Prado, Spain. The… … Wikipedia
Renaissance architecture — Tempietto di San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, 1502, by Bramante. This small temple marks the place where St Peter was put to death … Wikipedia
Manueline — The Tower of Belém, in Lisbon, is one of the most representative examples of Manueline style. The Manueline, or Portuguese late Gothic, is the sumptuous, composite Portuguese style of architectural ornamentation of the first decades of the 16th… … Wikipedia
José da Silva Pais — (Lisbon, October 25 1679 Lisbon, November 14 1760) was a Portuguese soldier and colony administrator.He was involved in diverse situations in the disputed territories between the Portuguese and Spanish in the territory that today is the South… … Wikipedia
