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3 unusual facts about Espinho


Espinho

:** Espinho, Portugal, the city/urbanized catchment area of the municipality of Espinho

Espinho, Portugal

The city is the home of two Portuguese sports clubs: Sporting Clube de Espinho and Associação Académica de Espinho, and former Portugal national football team player Fernando Couto.

Metosul

The original company was founded in the Atlantic coastal town of Espinho a few miles south of Oporto, in 1931.


Dolomite

Recent research has found modern dolomite formation under anaerobic conditions in supersaturated saline lagoons along the Rio de Janeiro coast of Brazil, namely, Lagoa Vermelha and Brejo do Espinho.

Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto

subdivision name = Arouca, Espinho, Gondomar, Maia, Matosinhos, Oliveira de Azeméis, Paredes, Porto, Póvoa de Varzim, Santa Maria da Feira, Santo Tirso, São João da Madeira, Trofa, Vale de Cambra, Valongo, Vila Nova de Gaia and Vila do Conde.

Helena Sá e Costa

She taught in the Lisbon and Porto conservatories, and gained international recognition as an outstanding teacher, leading to invitations to oversee courses in Cascais, Espinho, Estoril, Salzburg (Austria), Gunsbach (Albert Schweitzer Centre, in Alsace, France), Switzerland, Italy, England, Germany, Canada and America.

She was among the virtuoso performers at famous festivals, such as at Strasbourg, Wiesbaden, Haarlem, Prades, Gulbenkian, Majorca, Costa del Sol, Sintra, Espinho, Costa Verde, etc.

High-speed rail in Portugal

The Northern Line was modernised to allow trains to run at 220 km/h between Lisbon-Alverca, Vila Franca de XiraSantarém, PombalAlfarelos and MealhadaEspinho, and to allow full use of the tilting to achieve speeds between 140–180 km/h in the remaining intermediate sections.

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.


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