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    in 1482 as Castelo de São Jorge da Mina (St. George of the Mine Castle), also known as Castelo da Mina or simply Mina (or Feitoria da Mina), in present-day...
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    former governor of São Tomé and Príncipe, Julian de Campo Barretto, had bought Christiansborg Castle, close to the Costa da Mina, from the acting head...
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  • (disambiguation) St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Elmina Castle, the Castelo de São Jorge da Mina ('Castle of St. George of the Mine'), Elmina, Ghana This disambiguation...
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    Marcha da Família com Deus pela liberdade em São Paulo: direitas, participação política e golpe no Brasil, 1964". Revista de História (180). São Paulo:...
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    Dutch territory in 1642 . From their seat of power at the fortress of São Jorge da Mina (located in modern Elmina), the Portuguese commanded a vast internal...
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    Harvest (São Jorge dos Ilhéus, 1944) Bahia de Todos-os-santos (1945) Red Field (Seara Vermelha, 1946) The Bowels of Liberty trilogy (Os Subterrâneos da Liberdade...
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    The Fortaleza de Santo António da Ponta da Mina or Forte de Ponta da Mina is a ruined fort located east of the island capital Santo António in the island...
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    called it Castelo de São Jorge da Mina, the fortress of St. George of Mina, now known as Elmina Castle. They called the place itself "El Mina", which means...
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    of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Espírito Santo. The port is managed by Companhia Docas di Rio de Janeiro. The Port of Rio de Janeiro...
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    The Castle of Monsanto (Portuguese: Castelo de Monsanto) is a medieval castle located in the civil parish of Monsanto e Idanha-a-Velha, in the municipality...
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    Rio de Janeiro shares borders with all the other states in the same Southeast macroregion: Minas Gerais (N and NW), Espírito Santo (NE) and São Paulo...
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    necessary stone and other materials, to construct a fortress called São Jorge da Mina at the Gulf of Guinea in the Portuguese Gold Coast colony. This became...
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    part of the State of São Paulo, is named after him. Prudente de Morais was born in the vicinity of Itu, in the province of São Paulo, on 4 October 1841...
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  • Francisco de Gouveia became captain of the island of São Tomé 1566 - Fortim de São Jerónimo built on the island of São Tomé 1569 - Francisco de Paiva Teles...
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    Sapucaí Mirim in Minas Gerais Southern Border: Jacareí, Jambeiro in São Paulo State Eastern Border: Monteiro Lobato, Caçapava in São Paulo State Western...
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    colonized Anguim, 1455, Cabo Verde, 1462, São Tomé and Príncipe, 1470, Annobón, 1474, Fernando Pó, 1478, São Jorge da Mina, 1482, Portuguese Gold Coast, 1482...
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    in the region of Minas Gerais, in the 1690s, brought attention and new settlers to São Paulo. The Captaincy of São Paulo and Minas de Ouro (see Captaincies...
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    Castelo de São Jorge da Mina 1482 Intact Elmina Ghana Portugal (1482–1637) Netherlands (1637–1872) Britain (1872–1957) EN: Fort Cacheu PT: Forte de Cacheu...
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  • Thumbnail for Amaury Kruel
    conspiracy of São Paulo governor Ademar de Barros with various disgruntled sectors, including the Communist Party, for a "countercoup" against Castelo Branco...
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    obtained at Hospital da Base in Brasília and from the Heart Institute of Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo in São Paulo, where Neves died...
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    de São Paulo. Botany Institute, São Paulo. 2001 – present. 8 vol. link. AFONSO, Marisa Coutinho. Um painel da arqueologia pré-histórica no Estado de São...
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    The interior of São Paulo is an informal term to describe the zone that covers the entire area of the state of São Paulo outside the Metropolitan Region...
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    Portuguese Africans (category CS1 Swiss High German-language sources (de-ch))
    heritage in Ghana is Elmina Castle, a fort built in 1482 as Castelo de São Jorge da Mina. It was the first trading post built on the Gulf of Guinea, the...
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    also featured Gal's third and fourth solo hits, Jorge Ben Jor's "Que pena (Ele já não gosta mais de mim)" and Veloso's "Não identificado", respectively...
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    Geraldo Alckmin (category Governors of São Paulo (state))
    the Supreme Federal Court, and José Maria Alkmin, Vice-President in the Castelo Branco administration. In 2022, after 33 years in the PSDB, Alckmin joined...
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  • Sul, the DI-RS; in São Paulo, the University Dissidence of São Paulo (Dissidência Universitária de São Paulo - DISP); and in Minas Gerais, the Revolutionary...
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    policopiada, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto. pp. 25–27. ALMEIDA, Carlos Alberto Ferreira de (1992). Castelos Medievais do Noroeste de Portugal, Finis...
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    “A Mina” ("The Mine"). Trade between Elmina and Portugal grew in the next decade. In 1481, the recently crowned João II decided to build São Jorge da Mina...
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    Milton Nascimento (category Culture in Minas Gerais)
    theater piece Ser Minas Tão Gerais by the group Ponto de Partida. The piece paid homage to the poetry of Nascimento and Carlos Drummond de Andrade, two "iconic"...
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    writer Teixeira de Pascoaes and starred Luís Miguel Cintra as Luís de Camões, Ricardo Trêpa as Don Quixote, Mário Barroso as Camilo Castelo Branco and Diogo...
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