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    The Alfama (Portuguese pronunciation: [alˈfɐmɐ]) is the oldest neighborhood of Lisbon, spreading on the slope between the São Jorge Castle and the Tagus...
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    Lisbon (section Alfama)
    the Alfama district, an old quarter of Lisbon that survived the 1755 Lisbon earthquake: many place-names are derived from Arabic and the Alfama (the...
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    north of the Praça do Comércio, roughly between the Cais do Sodré and the Alfama district beneath the Lisbon Castle, and extends northwards towards the Rossio...
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  • armies King Peter II of Aragon founded (1201) the Order of Saint George of Alfama in the district of that name. Nevertheless, this order received the approbation...
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    The Order of Montesa (Valencian: Ordre de Montesa, Aragonese and Spanish: Orden de Montesa) is a Christian military order, territorially limited to the...
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  • of the album, titled Desfado, ao Vivo no Caixa Alfama, was recorded in September 2013, during the Alfama Fado Festival. This version won the Amália Award...
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    on the northern margin of the Tagus River in the historical district of Alfama. In December 1844, under the initiative of José Bernardo da Costa Cabral...
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    north of the Praça do Comércio, roughly between the Cais do Sodré and the Alfama district beneath the Lisbon Castle, and extends northwards towards the Rossio...
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    in the bohemian areas of the capital such as Bairro Alto, Mouraria and Alfama districts. A totally different theory about the origin of fado was defended...
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  • film; he died in February 2016. It was produced through Paulo Branco's Alfama Films in collaboration with the Portuguese company Leopardo Filmes. Principal...
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    Portugal, and she was raised in Lisbon's historic quarters of Mouraria and Alfama. While very young, she began singing in a wide variety of musical styles...
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    House of Braganza, located in the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora in the Alfama district of Lisbon, Portugal. The pantheon's burials have included Portuguese...
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    a music museum dedicated to Fado located in the Lisbon neighbourhood of Alfama. It was inaugurated on 25 September 1998. The museum is housed in a building...
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  • scheduled to begin filming in 2010, produced by Branco's production house Alfama Films and Cronenberg's Toronto Antenna Ltd. Branco said Cronenberg had written...
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    downhill from former Porta do Sol. Torre de Alfama. Cerca moura between Porta de Alfama and Torre de Alfama. Ruined cerca moura fragment at angle between...
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  • (1947) Ribatejo (1949) Cantiga da Rua (1950) Duas Causas (1953) Rosa de Alfama (1953) Quando o Mar Galgou a Terra (1954) Perdeu-se um Marido (1957) O Homem...
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    which important Portuguese personalities are buried. It is located in the Alfama neighbourhood, close to another important Lisbon monument, the Monastery...
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  • Black Book by Valeria Sarmiento in Official Competition at San Sebastian". Alfama Films. Retrieved 24 August 2018. "TIFF Adds More High-Profile Titles, Including...
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    Porto Santo Rosinha dos Limões Saudades da Ilha Sinal da Cruz Vielas de Alfama Richard Elliott -Fado and the Place of Longing: "Loss, Memory and the City...
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    neighborhoods, such as the Lisbon Baixa, as well as parts of Bairro Alto and Alfama. The population in 2011 was 12,822, The parish was created by the administrative...
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    north-east. These are a bank-side cruise ship terminal next to the old Alfama district, followed by multi-use harbour-side terminals at Xabregas, Grilo...
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  • Alhama (Alfama in Portuguese) can refer to: Alhama de Almería, a town in the province of Almería in Spain Alhama de Aragón, a town in the province of Zaragoza...
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  • from North Africa and the Middle East. Muslim influences are still visible in the Alfama district that survived the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. JPL · 13599...
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  • Retrieved 6 May 2021. Diário de Notícias (13 June 2010). "Marchas de Lisboa: Alfama vencedora da edição deste ano". Controlinveste Media. Retrieved 13 June...
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    every June 13, passes by Lisbon Cathedral, and goes through the slopes of Alfama neighbourhood, located nearby. The 13th of June is Saint Anthony's day and...
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  • Galicia Church of San Jorge (Alcalá de los Gazules) Order of San Jorge de Alfama, a former Aragonese order of chivalry San Jorge de Heres, a parish also...
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    Marcela; Gallo, Gastón (2008). Enciclopedia Borges (in Spanish). Editorial Alfama. p. 316. ISBN 9788493624972. Retrieved 4 July 2017. Gasquet, Axel (2016)...
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  • Beaucarne Edited by François Gédigier Music by Grégoire Hetzel Distributed by Alfama Films Release dates 16 May 2014 (2014-05-16) (Cannes) 16 May 2014 (2014-05-16)...
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    about horse-drawn vehicles backing up which was carved in stone in Lisbon's Alfama neighborhood in 1686. The early signs did not have high-contrast lettering...
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    Judiaria Coimbra: Judiaria Velha and Judiaria Nova (Fonte dos Judeus) Lisbon: Alfama and Judiaria Oporto: Judiaria Velha, Judiaria Nova do Olival and Bairro...
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