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4 unusual facts about Viseu


Banda do Casaco

They went on to release Contos da Barbearia in 1978 followed by No Jardim da Celeste in 1981 which featured the inclusion of female singer Né Ladeiras and Jerry Marotta, Peter Gabriel's former drummer.The band played live on only three occasions: at Aula Magna, Festa de S. Mateus in Viseu and Casa do Povo in Cacia.

County of Portugal

The regions to its south were only again conquered in the reign of Ferdinand I of León and Castile, with Lamego falling in 1057, Viseu in 1058 and finally Coimbra in 1064.

International Museum Day

The Museu do Falso (Viseu, Portugal) opened on 18 May 2012, for International Museum Day.

Nonato

Nonato, full name Raimundo Nonato de Lima Ribeiro (born July 5, 1979, in Viseu, Pará) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Goianésia.


Anita of Braganza

Anita Stewart Morris (August 7, 1886, Elberon, New Jersey – September 15, 1977), also known as Princess Miguel of Braganza, Duchess of Viseu, was an American socialite and heiress who married Prince Miguel, Duke of Viseu, grandson of King Miguel I of Portugal, and the eldest son of Dom Miguel, Duke of Braganza, who was Miguelist claimant to the throne of Portugal from 1866 to 1920.

Eleanor of Portugal

Eleanor of Viseu (1458–1525), aka Eleanor of Viseu or Eleanor of Lancaster, daughter of Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu and Infanta Beatrice, Duchess of Viseu, wife of John II of Portugal

Mouzinho da Silveira

In the Sala dos Passos Perdidos, in the Palace of São Bento, Mouzinho da Silveira was homaged with an oil painting by Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, while a comparable painting in Municipal hall of Lisbon, painted by José Rodrigues (executed in 1866) honours the politician, and in the Grão Vasco Museum (Viseu) a similar painting of Mouzinho by Columbano was framed.

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.

Simion Ismailciuc

After the war, he joined the Communist-inspired “Youth building sites” at Salva-Vişeu and Bumbeşti-Livezeni, after which he did his compulsory military service.While working and while in the military, he learned to play rugby and was quite talented at it.


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