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    Monte Brasil is the remnants of a tuff volcano (and peninsula) connecting the south coast of Terceira in the central Azores, overlooking the city of Angra...
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    Angra do Heroismo, is still named Monte Brasil. A Catalan chart of about 1480 labels two islands "Illa de brasil", one to the south west of Ireland and...
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    separated by a peninsula, at the head of which stood the extinct volcano of Monte Brasil. One of these coves was deep enough (around 40 m or 130 ft) to provide...
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    São João Baptista), also known as the Fort of São Filipe or Fort of Monte Brasil is a historic fortress and defensive emplacement, located in the civil...
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  • Brazil, Missouri, U.S. Brazil, Tennessee, U.S. Monte Brasil, a peninsula in Azores, Portugal Agência Brasil, a Brazilian public news agency Brazil (Palin...
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    (Portuguese: Reduto de Santo António), is located on the peninsula of Monte Brasil, in the civil parish Sé, in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, along...
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    an eruption of basaltic lava in shallow water formed the tuff cone of Monte Brasil, which protects and shelters the harbor of the island's capital. The...
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  • dos Três Paus) is a redoubt fortification situated on the peninsula of Monte Brasil, in the civil parish of Sé, in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo...
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    and Pria, and slowly extended throughout the island. In the hilltop of Monte Brasil is the Fort of São João Baptista (also known as the Fort of São Filipe)...
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    transinsular (Mares Lusos) containerships Insular, Ponta do Sol and Monte Brasil make stops here on their route to Lisbon. The 134m containership John...
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    on Terceira, a peninsula along the southern coast is referred to as Monte Brasil, and the name Mosteiros is used on both islands of São Miguel and Flores...
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  • Brazil and earned it a diamond certification from Pro-Música Brasil (PMB). It also earned Monte a nomination for Best Brazilian Song at the 2nd Latin Grammy...
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  • dos Dois Paus) is a redoubt fortification situated on the peninsula of Monte Brasil, in the civil parish of Sé, in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo...
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    historic centre of Angra (which included the Church of the Misericórdia, Monte Brasil), the group evaluating the Terceira Park visited, the Algar do Carvão...
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  • given the Urbano Tavares Rodrigues award in 2012 for the novel Rei do Monte Brasil. She was shortlisted three times for the Fernando Namora prize before...
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  • Gruta dos Ratões Gruta dos Ratos Gruta Pequena Tubo I do Monte Brasil Tubo II do Monte Brasil Speleoazores.com Lista das Cavidades vulcânicas dos Açores...
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    Marisa de Azevedo Monte (Brazilian Portuguese: /maˈɾizɐ dʒi azeˈvedu ˈmõtʃi/) (born 1 July 1967) is a Brazilian singer, composer, instrumentalist, and...
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    São Pedro Civil parish The built-up corner of São Pedro, as seen from Monte Brasil São Pedro Location in the Azores Show map of Azores São Pedro São Pedro...
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    do Brasil 1991-2020 (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2024. "Monte Alegre...
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    Brazil (redirect from Brasil)
    the Brazilian coast. In Portuguese, brazilwood is called pau-brasil, with the word brasil commonly given the etymology "red like an ember", formed from...
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  • Brazilian music records list was chosen by voting held by the Rolling Stone Brasil magazine published in October 2007. The choice of the "100 greatest" was...
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    the city. It crossed fires with the Fortress of São João Baptista in Monte Brasil, in defense of the port of Pipas, at the time the most important anchorage...
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    limits extend from the Fort of São Benedito until the eastern edge of Monte Brasil, along the second line of defensive walls that protected the mountain...
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    forts, batteries and redoubts to provide a crossfire; the redoubts of Monte Brasil and cannon batteries from the Fort of São Sebastião effectively impeded...
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  • Sources Araújo, Miguel Cristóvão de (1973), O Castelo de S. Filipe do Monte Brasil (in Portuguese), Angra do Heroísmo (Azores), Portugal{{citation}}: CS1...
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    Brasil. Belo Monte Dam IBGE 2020 Vilela, Pedro Rafael (November 28, 2019). "Brazil unveils world's fourth biggest hydropower plant". Agência Brasil....
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    Santo António, with the latter strategically located at the edge of Monte Brasil (and which created a crossfire zone with the first, to secure the bay)...
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    anchorage, owing to the high cliffs and protection in the shadow of Monte Brasil; the cliffs of basalt formed from successive pyroclastic lava flows that...
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    an engraving of the port around 1590, showing the anchorage alongside Monte Brasil. At that time, the ravine that flowed into the bay allowed naval repair...
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    do Monte 1984: Ponto do músicos, by Nenê 1986: Balãozinho, by Eduardo Gudin 1986: Cordas mágicas, by Heraldo do Monte 1986: Pindorama, by Pau Brasil 1987:...
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