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unusual facts about Vitória, Espírito Santo


João Luiz Gomes Júnior

João Luiz Gomes Júnior (born January 21, 1986 in Vitória) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer.


1908 in Brazil

23 May - Jerônimo de Sousa Monteiro becomes the 13th president (governor) of the state of Espirito Santo.

1999 Copa do Brasil

Romário, of Flamengo, and Dejan Petković, of Vitória, with 7 goals each, were the competition's topscorers.

2004 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The four teams relegated to the second division were Criciúma, Guarani, Vitória and Grêmio.

2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The 20 teams played home and away matches among each other and, by the end of the year, the four best-ranked (Coritiba, Ipatinga, Portuguesa and Vitória) were promoted to the first division and the four worst-ranked (Paulista, Santa Cruz, Remo, Ituano) were relegated to the third division.

2009–10 Eurocup Basketball

It began with qualifying round matches on October 20, 2009, and ended with the Eurocup Finals on April 17 and 18, 2010, at Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain.

2012 Copa Libertadores Femenina

Three cities host matches in this year's edition: Recife, Vitória and Caruaru.

Adriano Alves

Adriano Leonardo Alves (born January 5, 1977 in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo Brazil) is a retired Brazilian footballer.

Alegrense Futebol Clube

Alegrense Futebol Clube, commonly known as Alegrense, is a Brazilian football club based in Alegre, Espírito Santo state.

Andrés de Isasi, 1st Marquis of Barambio

Born in Barambio, Vitoria-Gasteiz, son of Pedro de Isasi y de Orúe, de Perea y de Zulueta and wife and cousin Manuela de Zulueta y de Salcedo, de Lezameta y Ugarte and a first cousin of Julián de Zulueta, 1st Marquis of Álava.

Antônio Roberto Monteiro Simões

Simões' B.A. was conferred at Central College, in the town of Pella, Iowa, United States, after withdrawing his undergraduate work at the Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil.

Associação Acadêmica e Desportiva Vitória das Tabocas

Associação Acadêmica e Desportiva Vitória das Tabocas, commonly known as Vitória das Tabocas, or as Acadêmica Vitória, is a Brazilian men's and women's football club based in Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco state.

Associação Desportiva Vitória

Associação Desportiva Vitória, commonly known as Vitória, is a Brazilian football club based in Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco state.

Associação Jaguaré Esporte Clube

Associação Jaguaré Esporte Clube, commonly known as Jaguaré, is a Brazilian football club based in Jaguaré, Espírito Santo state.

BC Dynamo Moscow

TAU Cerámica swept the series with an 87-98 road win in Moscow and a 104-93 home thriumph in Vitoria, and it went on to win the title against PAOK Thessaloniki.

Bodegas Faustino

other than Faustino itself, the company includes Campillo and Marques de Vitoria also in Rioja; Valcarlos in Navarra; Condesa de Leganza in La Mancha; Bodegas Portia in Ribera del Duero; and Bodegas Victorianas, which offers varietal table wine from across Spain.

Botanical Garden of Santa Catalina

They went so far as to occupy important political positions in the city of Vitoria.

This marriage increased the power of the Iruña in Vitoria and in the provinces of Alava and established ties between the families, who were members of different political parties.

Brazil–China relations

Other projects in the range of the Earth Resources Satellite are the construction of Porto do Açu near Rio de Janeiro, Vitória and Campos dos Goytacazes, which can handle Chinamax containerships to import and export raw materials and manufactures vice versa.

Carlos Garaikoetxea

In 1985 nevertheless, major divergences with the direction of his party (Law of Historical Territories, personal clash with the president of the Basque Nationalist Party, Xabier Arzalluz, expulsion of all the organization in Navarre) created a major split inside EAJ-PNV and Garaikoetxea, leading one of the factions (with greater support in Guipuscoa, Navarre and Vitoria-Gasteiz, but not in Biscay nor the Araban countryside), he was replaced by José Antonio Ardanza in 1985.

Colatina Sociedade Esportiva

Colatina Sociedade Esportiva, commonly known as Colatina, is a Brazilian football club based in Colatina, Espírito Santo state.

Conilon Futebol Clube de Jaguaré

Conilon Futebol Clube de Jaguaré, commonly known as Conilon, is a Brazilian football club based in Jaguaré, Espírito Santo state.

Dual naming

Another example of the phenomenon can be seed in the name of the capital of the Spanish Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Dyer baronets

The ninth Baronet was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the British Army and served in the Peninsular War, where he was present at Badajoz, Vitoria, San Sebastian, the Pyrenees, Nive, Orthez and Toulouse.

Espírito Santo Sociedade Esportiva

Espírito Santo Sociedade Esportiva, commonly known as Espírito Santo, is a Brazilian football team based in Colatina, Espírito Santo state.

Francisco Galdós

Francisco Galdós Gauna (born on May 6, 1947 in Lasarte, Álava) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist.

Goitacá people

In the 16th century, the Goitacá inhabited a large stretch of the eastern Brazilian coast, from the São Mateus River to the Paraíba do Sul River, encompassing what is now the state of Espírito Santo and part of Rio de Janeiro state.

Inácio Henrique de Gouveia

He participated in a governing junta (also including Graciano dos Santos Neves and Galdino Teixeira de Barros Loreto, in control of the state of Espírito Santo from December 8, 1891 to May 3, 1892.

Januário

After a season at Esporte Clube Vitória he moved from the Campeonato Brasileira Seria A to the Portuguese Liga where he played for Gil Vicente and C.F. Os Belenenses.

Javier Maroto

Since 2008, Javier Maroto had been the Spokesman for the Municipal of PP in the municipality of Vitoria, as well as responsible of Urbanism.

José Marcelino Pessoa de Vasconcellos

He became the 11th president (governor) of the state of Espirito Santo in 1898, when he was elected to finish the 1896-1900 term, due to the resignation of the titular, Graciano dos Santos Neves, in 1897.

José Maria Pedroto

Porto's coach was Artur Jorge, who worked with Pedroto in Vitória Guimarães, and was the coach he requested as his replacement.

Kodigo Norte

Kodigo Norte (a satiric misspelling of the Spanish phrase "codigo norte", or "northern code") is a Rap music group formed in 2004 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.

Léon Letort

On this trip he broke the record for the greatest distance travelled non-stop (about 590 miles in 8 hours), exceeding the record set by Eugene Gilbert on 24 April 1913 from Villacoublay to Vittoria, Spain (513 miles in eight hours).

Llama firearms

Its headquarters were in Eibar in the Basque Country, Spain, but they also had workshops during different times in Elgoibar and Vitoria.

Luis Orgaz Yoldi

Luis Orgaz Yoldi (28 May 1881, Vitoria – 31 January 1946, Madrid) was a Spanish general who was a leading figure on the Nationalist side in the Spanish Civil War.

Penha Convent

Penha Convent is a convent located in Vila Velha, Brazil, on the top of a high mountain overlooking the cities of Vitória and Vila Velha.

Portaleditions

International publisher with divisions in Vitoria (Spain), Basingstoke (United Kingdom) and Gothenburg (Sweden).

Prêmio Belfort Duarte

The 2008 winner was Ricardinho, who committed seven fouls in the 25 games he played for Vitória.

Presbítero Maestro

This multifaceted man, born in Vitoria (Spain) in 1776, came to Peru by the end of the 18th century to start a new business.

Puente de la Mujer

Costing about $6 million, the bridge was manufactured by the Urssa steel fabrication conglomerate in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz in the Basque Country of northern Spain.

Real Madri Futebol Clube

Real Madri Futebol Clube, commonly known as Real Madri, is a Brazilian football club based in Colatina, Espírito Santo state.

Real Noroeste Capixaba Futebol Clube

Real Noroeste Capixaba Futebol Clube, commonly known as Real Noroeste, is a Brazilian football club based in Águia Branca, Espírito Santo state.

Santa Isabel, Espírito Santo

As part of this program the first 39 families from North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate (then known as Rheinpreussen in German or Prússia Renana in Portuguese, today those names are only historical), arrived to Vitória on the 21 of December 1846, first they settled in Viana but in 1857 most families followed on to found Santa Isabel Colony in the 27th of January 1857.

Saulo Fernandes

At 18, Saul was living in Vitória (ES) and began his musical career singing in the carnivals in town.

Sávio

Born in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Sávio started his footballing career at the Desportiva Capixaba youth team.

Wellington's Victory

Wellington's Victory, or, the Battle of Vitoria, Op. 91 (Wellingtons Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria) is a minor 15-minute long orchestral work composed by Ludwig van Beethoven to commemorate the Duke of Wellington's victory over Joseph Bonaparte at the Battle of Vitoria in Spain on 21 June 1813.

Willian Gerlem

Gerlem Willian de Jesus Almeida (born on August 7, 1984, in Linhares, Espírito Santo) is a Brazilian professional footballer.

Yellow-legged Tinamou

noctivagus, the nominate race, occurs in southeastern Brazil: Minas Gerais (Doce River area), southern Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul.


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