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PortoPortuguese OportoSeaport city (pop., 2001 prelim.: 262,928), northwestern Portugal. On the right (north) bank of the Douro River, Porto was called Portus Cale in Roman times and was earlier a flourishing settlement on the Douro's south bank. Held successively by the Alani, Visigoths, Moors, and Christians, it became an important port in the 14th century. Henry the Navigator was born there in 1394. It was the site of a British victory over the French in the 1809 Peninsular War. World-famous for its port wine, Porto is Portugal's second largest city and the region's commercial and industrial centre. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Robert Whitman: Playback" is on view at Dia:Chelsea through January 11, 2004; travels to the Museu de Arte Comtemporaine de Serralves, Porto, Portugal, summer 2004; and Museu d'Art Comtemporani de Barcelona, fall 2004. In the meantime, at a Porto, Portugal, meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, Vatican Secretary for Relations with States, registered a protest at these violations of religious liberty in Russia, as well as in other countries. of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal, Xiao is with the Dept. |
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