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Gonçalo Velho Cabral (c. 1400 – c. 1460) was a Portuguese monk and Commander in the Order of Christ, explorer (credited with the discovery of the Formigas, the re-discovery of the islands of Santa Maria and São Miguel in the Azores) and hereditary landowner responsible for administering Crown lands on the same islands, during the Portuguese Age of Discovery.
Pedra Furada. Coordinates: 8°50′00″S 42°33′12″W. Stone arch at Pedra Furada. Pedra Furada ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpɛdɾɐ fuˈɾadɐ], meaning pierced rock) is an important collection of over 800 archaeological sites in the state of Piauí, Brazil. These include hundreds of rock paintings dating from circa 12,000 years before ...
Jacinto is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Jacinto is located on the right bank of the Jequitinhonha River. It is 44 kilometers east of Almenara . The legend tells that the city name is a homage to an old settler named Jacinto who lived in the city around the 1910s.
Christ the Redeemer ( Portuguese: Cristo Redentor, standard Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈkɾistu ʁedẽˈtoʁ]) is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French-Polish sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot.
Emilio Jacinto y Dizon (Spanish: [eˈmi.ljo xaˈsinto]; December 15, 1875 – April 16, 1899) was a Filipino general during the Philippine Revolution.He was one of the highest-ranking officers in the Philippine Revolution and was one of the highest-ranking officers of the revolutionary society Kataas-taasang, Kagalang-galang na Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan, or simply and more popularly ...
Jacinto is a Spanish and Portuguese given name meaning Hyacinth, [1] which can refer to Saint Hyacinth, a Roman martyr ( Hyacinth and Protus ), or the Hyacinth flower itself. Common English nicknames for "Jacinto" are "Jack", "Chinto" and "Jesse". Jacinto has only a few equivalents in other languages such as the Polish "Jacek" and "Jacenty ...
The San Jacinto Monument is a 567.31-foot-high (172.92-meter) [2] [note 1] column located on the Houston Ship Channel in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, about 16 miles due east of downtown Houston. The Art Deco monument is topped with a 220-ton star that commemorates the site of the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle of the Texas ...
Ele sempre nos vê na igreja. Ele sempre vê a gente na igreja./Ele sempre nos vê na igreja. Ele vê nós na igreja sempre./Ele sempre vê nós na igreja. He always sees us at church. (5) Indefinite pronouns Todos me dizem a verdade. Todo mundo me fala/diz a verdade. Todo mundo fala/diz a verdade p'ra mim/eu. Everyone tells me the truth.