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10 unusual facts about Santarém


Almoravid dynasty

Three years afterwards, under Yusuf's son and successor, Ali ibn Yusuf, Sintra and Santarém were added, and he invaded Iberia again in 1119 and 1121, but the tide had turned, as the French had assisted the Aragonese to recover Zaragoza.

Archibald S. Dobbins

In 1867 Dobbins left the United States and started a plantation 30 miles from Santarém, Brazil.

Atlantic Europe

Patrick O'Flanagan, based on the theories of Pedrayo and Ribeiro, states that Atlantic Europe is a cultural reality that stretches along the coastal fringe of Europe, from Norway to South-Central Portugal (roughly down to the Santarém area), and including Britain and Ireland.

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.

Ibn Bassam

Ibn Bassam describes how the incessant invasions of the Castillans forced him to run away from Santarém in Portugal, "the last of the cities of the west," after seeing his lands ravaged and his wealth destroyed, a ruined man with no possessions save his battered sword.

He was born in Santarém (sometimes spelled Shantarin or Xantarin) and died in 1147.

Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God

They were founded in 1910 in Santarém, Brazil, by the Rt. Rev. Armand August Bahlmann, O.F.M., and Mother Immaculata (born Elizabeth Tombrock), both natives of Germany, to educate the children of the poor throughout the world.

Opera Design Matters

1st prize for the Santarém Strategic Project of the riverside area - Real Estate National Portuguese Awards 2009 - Urban development category

Santarém, Pará

Eventually, Pedro Teixeira resumed his exploration and the Jesuits were left with the task of founding a village for missionary purposes on the site where Father Antônio Vieira had been in 1659.

Because of the crystalline waters of the Tapajós River, Santarém has more than 100 km (62 mi) of natural beaches, like the village of Alter do Chão, known as the "Caribbean in Brazil" and chosen by The Guardian as one of the most beautiful Brazilian beaches and the most beautiful fresh water beach.


Bruno Matias

Bruno Filipe Santos Matias (born 4 March 1989 in Santarém) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for FC Etzella Ettelbruck, as a midfielder.

João Duarte Pereira

João Duarte Vieira Pereira (born 10 May 1990 in Santarém) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Vejle in Denmark, as a central defender.

Mojuí dos Campos

The city had already emancipated from Santarém in 2006, but since that date no municipal elections were run in the city until the 2012 one.

Renaissance architecture in Portugal

Manueline churches like that of Jerónimos Monastery anticipated the unification of inner space (see Hall Church) that would characterise Renaissance churches like the Mercy Church of Santarém (after 1559), the Santo Antão Church of Évora (1557–63) and the cathedrals of Leiria (after 1550) and Portalegre (after 1556).

Tapajós

From Itaituba and southwest a part of the Trans-Amazonian highway (BR-230) follows the river, while a part of BR-163 runs parallel to the river from Santarém and south.

Vale da Trave

Vale da Trave is a village in the civil parish of Alcanede, municipality of Santarém, Portugal.