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    Olivenza (Spanish: [oliˈβenθa] ) or Olivença (Portuguese: [oliˈvẽsɐ]) is a town in southwestern Spain, close to the Portugal–Spain border. It is a municipality...
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    the Treaty of Badajoz, the loss of Portuguese territory, in particular Olivenza, as well as ultimately setting the stage for the complete invasion of the...
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  • Olivenza Fútbol Club is a Spanish football team located in the town of Olivenza in the province of Badajoz, autonomous community of Extremadura. They...
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    The siege of Olivença or Olivenza occurred on 19-22 January 1811 when French General Jean-de-Dieu Soult successfully undertook the capture of the run-down...
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    Portugal does not recognise Spain's sovereignty over the territory of Olivenza. The Spanish Armed Forces are divided into three branches: Army (Ejército...
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  • Olivenza Club Polideportivo was a football team based in Olivenza in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1950, its final season was in...
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  • Comarca Los Llanos de Olivenza and Club de Fútbol Femenino Badajoz Olivenza, is a Spanish women's football club from Olivenza in Badajoz, Extremadura...
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    the Treaty of Badajoz, the loss of Portuguese territory, in particular Olivenza, as well as ultimately setting the stage for the complete invasion of the...
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    Count of Olivença, (Portuguese: Conde de Olivença) was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, on 21 July 1424, by King Afonso V of Portugal...
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  • Olivença may refer to: The name in Portuguese of the Spanish town Olivenza in Extremadura, Spain Capunda Cavilongo, a town in Angola, called Olivença-a-Nova...
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    spoken as well by some people (mainly those born before the 1940s) in Olivenza. Reported phonological distinctive features of the Spanish dialectal variants...
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    Llanos de Olivenza is a comarca in the province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, western Spain. It borders with Portugal in the west...
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    through their Anglo-Portuguese Alliance (Treaty of Windsor), signed in 1373. Olivenza: Under Portuguese sovereignty since 1297, the municipality of Olivença...
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    Portuguese) is a village located on the Guadiana river in the municipality of Olivenza, Spain. In the thirteenth century, King Sancho I of Portugal awarded the...
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    Extremadura where Portuguese is spoken, such as Olivenza, Cedillo and Herrera de Alcántara. Olivenza and Cedillo belonged to Portugal until two centuries...
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    well as neighbouring Olivenza, a de jure part of the Portuguese concelho of Olivenza, occupied by Spain since 1801. (See Olivenza#Claims of sovereignty)...
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    Retrieved 8 June 2017. "'Una Olivenza Bicultural', importante para los europeos - Ayuntamiento de Olivenza". Olivenza City Council (in Spanish). 8 April...
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    Mercedes Vostell (born Mercedes Guardado Olivenza; 22 July 1933 – 15 October 2023) was a Spanish writer and from 1998 the artistic director of the Museo...
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    permanently.[citation needed] During the wars, Portugal had lost its town of Olivenza to Spain and moved to have it restored. Portugal is historically Britain's...
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    by Spain and Portugal on 6 June 1801. Portugal ceded the border town of Olivenza to Spain and closed its ports to British military and commercial shipping...
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    the main towns in the province are Almendralejo, Azuaga, Don Benito, Olivenza, Jerez de los Caballeros, Mérida, Zafra, Montijo and Villanueva de la Serena...
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  • ambush by the regime's secret police (PIDE) near the Spanish border town of Olivenza, Delgado and his Brazilian secretary, Arajaryr Moreira de Campos, were...
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    Church of Santa Maria Madalena is a temple located in Olivenza, Spain. It was commissioned by King Manuel I in the 16th century, giving its name to the...
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    death in 2006. In 2007, Ortega Cano entered the bullring one final time in Olivenza. He was a contestant on the Spanish version of Dancing with the Stars (Mira...
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  • of Badajoz Question of Olivença Portuguese territory returned, except Olivenza, and border territories, which remained in Spanish possession France territorial...
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    ambush by the PIDE (the regime's secret police) near the border town of Olivenza and killed, alongside his Brazilian secretary Arajaryr Moreira de Campos...
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    Campiña Sur (Badajoz) La Serena, Spain La Siberia Las Vegas Altas Llanos de Olivenza Sierra Suroeste Tentudía Tierra de Badajoz Tierra de Barros Tierra de Mérida...
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    with 20,000 men besieged and captured the fortress towns of Badajoz and Olivenza in Extremadura, capturing 16,000 prisoners, before returning to Andalusia...
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    of Olivença was occupied by Spain and passed to Spanish sovereignty as Olivenza. Portugal has never made a formal claim to the territory after the Treaty...
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    Alamedilla, Cedillo (Cedilho), Herrera de Alcántara (Ferreira d'Alcântara) and Olivenza (Olivença), but in these municipalities, what is spoken is actually Portuguese...
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