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    Serra da Estrela (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɛʁɐ ðɐ ɨʃˈtɾelɐ]) is the highest mountain range in Continental Portugal. Together with the Serra da Lousã...
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    The Estrela Mountain Dog (Portuguese: cão da Serra da Estrela) is a large breed of dog from the Estrela Mountains of Portugal bred to guard herds and...
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    Serra da Estrela cheese (Queijo Serra da Estrela) is a cheese made in the mountainous region of Serra da Estrela in Portugal. Under the name "Queijo Serra...
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    point in Serra da Estrela was built. Near Torre, there are a restaurant, stores with typical products of this region, like the Serra da Estrela cheese,...
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    in plastic cups. The requeijão made in the Serra da Estrela region of Portugal, Requeijão da Serra da Estrela is a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO/DOP)...
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    Serra da Estrela Ski Resort (Portuguese: Estância de Esqui da Serra da Estrela) is a ski resort located in a mountain range named Serra da Estrela, in...
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    Serra da Estrela Natural Park is situated in the largest mountain range in Portugal - the Serra da Estrela, and is the source of the rivers Mondego, Zêzere...
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    Covão dos Conchos (category Serra da Estrela)
    Covão dos Conchos is an artificial lake in the Serra da Estrela mountains in Portugal that is famous for its Bell-mouth spillway. The spillway was built...
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    District of Serra da Estrela Serra da Estrela (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɛʁɐ ðɐ ɨʃˈtɾelɐ]) is a former NUTS3 statistical subregion of Portugal integrated...
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    epidemic proportions in Lisbon. Leading a scientific expedition to the Serra da Estrela mountain range, he advocated the construction in those mountains of...
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  • The Baron of Serra da Estrela (Portuguese: Barão da Serra da Estrela) was a noble title created by decree of King John VI on 5 February 1818, in favor...
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    The Comunidade Intermunicipal das Beiras e Serra da Estrela (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbɐjɾɐz i ˈsɛʁɐ ðɐ ɨʃˈtɾelɐ]) is an administrative division in...
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    (214.52 sq mi). It is located in the Beiras e Serra da Estrela subregion and Beiras and Serra da Estrela Intermunicipal Community. The municipal holiday...
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    longest river entirely within Portuguese territory. It has its source in Serra da Estrela, the highest mountain range in mainland Portugal (i.e. excluding the...
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    of Mira, Figueira da Foz, Ílhavo, Nazaré, Peniche and São Martinho do Porto. Natural landmarks in this region are the Serra da Estrela mountain range (the...
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    (7,713 ft). The highest peak in Mainland Portugal is Torre in the Serra da Estrela range, with 1,993 metres (6,539 ft). Historically, during most of the...
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    Portugal, Torre, in Serra da Estrela, with 1,993 meters of altitude. The municipality of Seia covers a large part of Serra da Estrela and is also the only...
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    municipality in the District of Guarda and the capital of the Beiras e Serra da Estrela sub-region in central Portugal. The population in 2021 was 40,126,...
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  • Gracillariidae Serra da Estrela Subregion, a NUTS3 statistical subregion of Portugal Beiras e Serra da Estrela, an administrative division of Portugal Serra da Estrela...
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    geomorphology of the Serra da Estrela" (PDF). In G.T. Vieira (ed.). Glacial and Periglacial Geomorphology of the Serra da Estrela. Guidebook for the field-trip...
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  • in London. Filming also took place in Portugal at Tomar, Sortelha, Serra da Estrela, and at the Batalha Monastery. The dragon was designed by Patrick Tatopoulos...
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  • Serra da Estrela and also in Aveiro. "Bem me Quer" tells of the adventures of a shepherdess who's spent all her life in a remote village in Serra da Estrela...
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  • The Volta Internacional Cova da Beira (officially: Grande Prémio Internacional Beiras e Serra da Estrela) is a professional cycling race held annually...
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    Viseu, 80 km away from Guarda and 320 km from Lisbon, nestled in the Serra da Estrela mountain range. The population in 2011 was 1,053, in an area of 36...
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    located in Greenland is the highest point of the Kingdom of Denmark. Serra da Estrela is the highest point of Portugal on mainland Europe, but the highest...
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    in Spain. Another important river, the Mondego, originates in the Serra da Estrela (the highest mountains in mainland Portugal at 1,993 m). A full list...
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  • Serra Negra, Cape Verde, in the island of Sal Serra Hills, in Sandaun Province Serra da Arrábida, in Setúbal Serra da Estrela, in Beira Alta Serra da...
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    drink in Lisbon, Alcobaça, Óbidos, Marvão, Covilhã and Algarve. The Serra da Estrela ginja, centered around Covilhã, has protected designation of origin...
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    Covilhã, Portugal. This mountain village sits right in the heart of Serra da Estrela, nestled within the scenic mountain range, at an altitude of 1,500...
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    result of damming. Most natural lakes in the mainland can be found in Serra da Estrela. Madeira has small bodies of water (ponds), an thus does not meet the...
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