The rabeca is thought to have originated in the Entre-Douro-e-Minho region of northern Portugal, especially in the areas around Amarante during the 18th century.
Amarante | Amarante, Portugal | São Gonçalo do Amarante, Rio Grande do Norte | São Gonçalo do Amarante, Ceará | São Gonçalo do Amarante | Gonçalo de Amarante | Bruna Amarante da Silva | Amarante Municipality, Portugal |
António Carneiro (Amarante, 16 September 1872- Porto, 31 March 1930) was a Portuguese painter, perhaps the most innovative from the second naturalist generation, even more than Aurélia de Souza.
António Coelho Pinto (born 22 March 1966 in Vila Garcia, Amarante) is a Portuguese long-distance runner.
Other important cities are: Amarante, Felgueiras, Freamunde, Gandra, Lixa, Marco de Canaveses, Paços de Ferreira, Paredes, Rebordosa and São Salvador de Lordelo.