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OtherYour passenger rights at handDenied boarding? Cancellation? Long delay? Lost luggage? Reduced mobility?Passengers need a common set of principles, so that they can be more easily aware of their rights if something goes wrong with their trip, regardless of the mode of transport (...)
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OtherCruzeiro de AlmofalaOn the road to the Spanish border, this small village is situated next to one of the old routes followed by the pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela.In fact, one can find the solitary old granite cross by the side of the road, probably (...)
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OtherPelourinho de TrancosoTrancoso was granted its first charter by the king Dom Afonso Henriques (between 1173 and 1185), which was later confirmed by Dom Afonso II in 1217 and Dom João I in 1391. However, it was only in the 16th century that Trancoso was awarded the (...)
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OtherPadrão do Bom Jesus de MatosinhosBuilt in the 18th century, the Padrão do Bom Jesus (the Bom Jesus Marker Stone), also known as the Statue to the Lord of the Sand or Our Lord of Padrão, is the physical manifestation of a local belief.It is told that the Lord of Matosinhos Statue (...)
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OtherMasked FiguresThe masked figures are fundamental elements in the popular festivities of the Trás-os-Montes region. They are not exclusively linked to one event, but they appear throughout the year, in such important popular celebrations as Christmas or Carnival. (...)
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OtherPadrão de ElvasPadrao de ElvasA monument commemorating the Battle of Elvas, erected on the orders of King Afonso VI (seventeenth century). Built in white Estremoz marble, the monument comprises a Tuscan column standing on a square base, reached by three steps. A (...)
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OtherPaços do Concelho de MatosinhosInaugurated in December 1987, Matosinhos Town Hall was the first institutional building to be built in Portugal after the April 25, 1974 revolution. Designed by an architect born in the city - Alcino Soutinho - the building was built at the time (...)
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OtherDiário de NotíciasDesigned by the architect Porfírio Pardal Monteiro in 1936-1939, the headquarters of the Diário de Notícias newspaper was the first building to be designed specifically for a newspaper, thus combining two attributes - industry and office space.It is (...)
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OtherPresident Obama praised Souto Moura’s work at Pritzker Prize ceremonyAt the 3rd June, the President Barack Obama attended the Pritzker Prize ceremony in Washington D.C., where the Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto Moura received this important recognition.This was the second time that an American President attended (...)
