Maronesa is a primitive cattle breed from the Trás-os-Montes region in Portugal, which closely resembles the extinct aurochs, the wild ancestor of domestic cattle, in several features.
Referred to as the "Cidade Museu" of the Trás-os-Montes region, it is located 86 kilometres from the district capital, preserving many of its medieval and Renaissance-era traditions and architecture.
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Its name comes from the Latin Tras Tamaris, referring to the Tambre, a river which runs through Galicia.
Muitos defendem que o termo gaita mirandesa seja um tanto impreciso, visto que a cidade de Miranda do Douro é apenas uma pequena região do território tido como Trás-os-montes, por onde o instrumento está tradicionalmente disseminado, sobretudo nas comarcas de Vinhais, Bragança, Miranda e Mogadouro.
Hyacinthoides paivae is endemic to the north-western part of the Iberian Peninsula, including western parts of Galicia (A Coruña, Ourense and Pontevedra provinces) and north-western parts of Portugal (Beira Litoral, Douro Litoral, Minho and Trás-os-Montes provinces).
By the 19th century, the popularity increased with people from the provinces of Minho, Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro that arrived by medical advice to cure several health problems, by breathing the air and diving in the rich iodine seawaters of Póvoa, in a popular movement that occurred in the European Atlantic coast since the 18th century, from Biarritz to Póvoa de Varzim.
His son Dermot was a senator from 1965 to 1973, and Dermot's widow Tras was a senator from 1977 to 1982.
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