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unusual facts about Castelo Branco


Mota-Engil

In 1961, Engil’s activity until then centred in the region of Lisbon starts spreading to other regions within Portuguese territory through the adjudication by the Escola Industrial e Comercial (Industrial and Commercial School) of Castelo Branco, Portugal and the construction, in Mirandela, of the Bridge over the Tua River.


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.

Marvão

The migration of the Celtici is considered part of a third or fourth wave of Celts in the 4th century BCE: this migration occurred across modern-day Aragon and into modern-day Extremadura and Alentejo, displacing the proto-Celt Lusitanians who dominated the lands north of the Tagus, and skirting the Vettones lands that stretched from Zamora to Castelo Branco.


see also

Fundão

Fundão Municipality, Portugal, a municipality in the district of Castelo Branco