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unusual facts about Aveiro


New Bedford Highway Killer

Guedes could still be prosecuted for the 2000 murder of a prostitute in Aveiro, Portugal and similar murders in Germany (or neighboring countries) where Guedes resided in the 1990s.


Águeda

Águeda Municipality, a municipality in the district of Aveiro, Portugal

Anadia

Anadia, Portugal, a municipality in the district of Aveiro, Portugal

Antuã River

It has its source between Romariz and Fajões, near S. João da Madeira, and it ends west of Estarreja, on the waters of the Ria de Aveiro.

Companhia Portuguesa de Hipermercados

The first ever hypermarket with bar code reading opens in Alfragide in 1988, while in the 1990s, more hypermarkets are open in Maia, Castelo Branco, Setúbal, Alverca, Santo Tirso, Gaia, Famalicão and Aveiro respectively.

LGBT rights in Portugal

Other smaller cities and regions such as Aveiro, Leiria, Coimbra, Braga, Évora and Madeira have more discreet gay communities, not very visible to the public eye.

Narrow gauge railways in Portugal

In 1990 the line is closed between Sernada do Vouga and Viseu (the Viseu branch line), but as of October 2012 is still working between Aveiro - Sernada do Vouga - Albergaria-a-Velha - Oliveira de Azeméis - Espinho.

It runs from junctions on the Oporto to Lisbon main line at Espinho to Sernada do Vouga and back to the same main line at Aveiro, This line has a museum at Macinhata do Vouga whilst the main workshops are at Sernada do Vouga.

Pedro Júlio Marques Ribeiro

Pedro Júlio Marques Ribeiro (born 8 February 1979 in Aveiro) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for SC Alba as a right defender.

Pousada da Ria

The Pousada is located along the southern arm of the isthmus between the municipality of Murtosa and Aveiro, between the beaches of São Jacinto (along the coast) and the protected natural reserve of the Ria estuary.

Reinald Oudinot

Together, their most important works were the improvements to the entry of the harbour at Leixões where Oudinot worked from 1789 to 1802 and Gomes de Carvalho continued until 1826, and the linking of the Vouga River directly to the sea at Aveiro which began in 1802.

Together with his son in law, Oudinot was asked by the Marquês do Pombal to resolve the problem of flooding in the city of Aveiro where a storm in 1575 had blocked the original exit of the Vouga River to the sea, causing the city to be semi-flooded much of the year.


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