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unusual facts about Tagus river



Companhia das Lezírias

It comprised 48,000 hectares of land located between the Tagus and Sado Rivers.

Frank Cuhel

Cuhel was killed in the crash of the ill-fated Boeing 314 called Yankee Clipper into the Tagus River on the outskirts of Lisbon, Portugal on February 22, 1943 (the same flight which badly injured Jane Froman and served as the climax to her biopic With A Song In My Heart).

Lisbon Naval Base

Being located at the former Royal Estate of Alfeite in the south bank of the Tagus river huge estuary, near the city of Almada, the installation is commonly referred as the Alfeite Naval Base.

Sacavém

But the regions return to Christianity lasted for a short time; in 1095, with the advance of the Almoravid forces, led by Yusuf ibn Tashfin, Count Raymond of Galicia was defeated in battle, resulting in the Arab-Christian frontier advancing from the Tagus River to the Mondego.


see also

Almourol

Almourol is a small islet on the Tagus river, Portugal.

Lisbon Bridge

Vasco da Gama Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge over the Tagus River in Parque das Nações

Mário Lino

He became famous for saying that the southern waterfront of the Tagus river in Portugal "is a desert".

Santa Apolónia railway station

It is situated in the city's central part on the bank of the Tagus river in the historical district of Alfama.

Vicente Almeida d'Eça

In 1938 while still a cadet he saved a woman who was trying to commit suicide in the Tagus River.