Portuguese. Lagos became an independent jurisdiction under the rule of King Peter I in 1361. King John I assembled his fleet in the harbour of Lagos,...
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Lagos is a city in the District of Faro, in Portugal. According to tradition, the city was founded about 2,000 years before the Birth of Christ, having...
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Praia da Luz (redirect from Luz (Lagos))
(European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpɾajɐ ðɐ ˈluʃ]), officially Luz, is a civil parish of the municipality of Lagos, in Algarve region, Portugal. The population...
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Lagos (/ˈleɪɡɒs/ LAY-goss; also US: /ˈlɑːɡoʊs/ LAH-gohss; Yoruba: Èkó), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper...
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Esperança de Lagos (abbreviated as CF Esperança de Lagos or CF Esperança Lagos), usually referred to as Esperança de Lagos, is a Portuguese football club...
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Lagos is the largest city and commercial capital of Nigeria. Lagos may also refer to: Lagos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a commune in the département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques...
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of the Gulf of Cádiz on 18 August and to the east of the small Portuguese port of Lagos, after which the battle is named, on 19 August. La Clue was attempting...
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Ponta da Piedade (category Lagos, Portugal)
Piedade (Portuguese for "point of mercy") is a headland with a group of rock formations along the coastline of the town of Lagos, in the Portuguese region...
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The Castle of Lagos is a medieval castle located in the municipality of Lagos, Portugal. Its walls surrounded the entire city of Lagos, providing the town...
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larger Lagos Island. Their ruler Olofin divided the island among his ten sons. One of them, Aromire, planted pepper on the nearby island of Lagos. The palace...
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Tourville defeated an Anglo-Dutch fleet under George Rooke near Lagos Bay in Portugal. Rooke's squadron was protecting the Smyrna convoy, and it is by...
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São Gonçalo de Lagos is a civil parish in the municipality of Lagos, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes São Sebastião...
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established Lagos as being under British protection. Ten years later, the forced Lagos Treaty of Cession led to the formal establishment of the Lagos Colony...
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Municipal (Lagos, Portugal) Attendance: 300 Referee: Liang Qin (China PR) 2 March 2012 (2012-03-02) 15:00 Estádio Municipal (Lagos, Portugal) Attendance:...
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Gil Eanes (category People from Lagos, Portugal)
old Portuguese spelling; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒil iˈɐnɨʃ]) was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator and explorer. Gil Eanes was born in Lagos in...
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Mercado de Escravos (category Slavery in Portugal)
de Escravos (Slave Market) is a historical building in Lagos, in the Faro District of Portugal. It is located on the site where the first slave market...
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Bensafrim (category CS1 Portuguese-language sources (pt))
Bensafrim (European Portuguese pronunciation: [bẽsɐˈfɾĩ]) is a former civil parish in the municipality of Lagos, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged...
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Lagos was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named in honour of the Battle of Lagos which happened in 1759 off the coast of Portugal...
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Igreja de Santo António is a church in Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument. 37°05′58″N 8°40′17″W / 37.09944°N 8.67139°W / 37.09944; -8...
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Odiáxere (category Parishes of Lagos, Portugal)
Odiáxere (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ɔðiˈaʃɨɾɨ]) is a town and civil parish in the municipality of Lagos, Portugal. The population in 2021 was...
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Ksar el-Kebir (category CS1 Portuguese-language sources (pt))
(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 686. "Geminações". cm-lagos.pt (in Portuguese). Lagos. Retrieved 2022-10-12. 35°00′32″N 5°54′00″W / 35.009°N 5...
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Algarve (redirect from Algarve, Portugal)
southern Portugal dates back to the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods. The presence of megalithic stones in the area of Vila do Bispo, Lagos, Alcoutim...
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Disappearance of Madeleine McCann (category 2007 crimes in Portugal)
disappeared from her bed in a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Lagos, Portugal, on the evening of 3 May 2007. The Daily Telegraph described her disappearance...
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Look up lago in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lago, which means "lake" in Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Galician, may refer to: Lago, Calabria, a...
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Gundisalvus of Lagos, O.E.S.A. (Portuguese: Gonçalo de Lagos; c. 1360 – 15 October 1422) was a Portuguese Catholic priest and Augustinian friar. Gundisalvus...
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The Lagos railway station is the western terminus of the Algarve line, which serves the city of Lagos, in the Faro District, in Portugal. It opened on...
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Fox's bigger adventures include rowing across the Atlantic Ocean from Lagos, Portugal to Macuro, Venezuela in 2016 with four of his friends including Oliver...
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Lagos is a Portuguese wine region centered on the Lagos municipality in the Algarve region. The region has Portugal's highest wine classification as a...
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River, Turkey Whole plant, Meia Praia beach, Lagos, Portugal Flowers, Meia Praia beach, Lagos, Portugal In Rewa, Poland Close-up of inflorescence MHNT...
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Caravel (redirect from Portuguese caravel)
The caravel (Portuguese: caravela, IPA: [kɐɾɐˈvɛlɐ]) is a small sailing ship that uses both lateen and square sails and was known for its agility and speed...
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