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  2. Livraria Bertrand - Wikipedia

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    Livraria Bertrand is a Portuguese book retailer operating 59 branches nationwide, including 2 in Madeira. Founded in 1732, its original store in the Chiado neighborhood of Lisbon was declared to be the oldest operating bookstore in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2011. [1] Bertrand has been frequented by numerous famous ...

  3. Colombo Centre - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates: 38°45′16″N 9°11′18″W. South entrance of Colombo Centre in November 2023. View from the top floor - note the maritime artwork. The Colombo Centre ( Centro Colombo in Portuguese) is a shopping mall located in the parish of Carnide in Lisbon and attracts many visitors. It is situated next to the Lusíada avenue and the ...

  4. Freemasonry in Portugal - Wikipedia

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    Freemasonry in Portugal. The first known Freemasons in Portugal were the Swiss John Coustos and two other Portuguese members of his lodge, who were arrested by the Portuguese Inquisition [1] and questioned under torture in the 1740s. Coustos wrote a book detailing his sufferings under the Inquisition and pointed to 1728 as being the year of the ...

  5. CTT Correios de Portugal - Wikipedia

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    ctt.pt. CTT Correios de Portugal, S.A. ( lit. 'CTT – Post of Portugal') is a Portuguese company that operates as both the national postal service of Portugal and a commercial group with subsidiaries operating in banking, e-commerce, and other postal services. It was founded in 1520 by King Manuel I of Portugal, during the Portuguese ...

  6. Praça do Comércio - Wikipedia

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    Praça do Comércio. The Praça do Comércio ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpɾasɐ ðu kuˈmɛɾsju]; transl. Commerce Plaza) is a large, harbour-facing plaza in Portugal 's capital, Lisbon, and is one of the largest in Portugal, with an area of 175 by 175 m (574 by 574 ft), that is, 30,600 m 2 (329,000 ft 2 ). Facing the Tagus ( Tejo) to the ...

  7. Continente - Wikipedia

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    www .continente .pt. Continente is a retail chain that belongs to Sonae Distribuição, the largest retailer in Portugal. [2] The hypermarket Continente chain is spread all over continental Portugal as well on Madeira and in the Azores. The supermarket chain Continente Modelo, formerly named just Modelo, has also a nationwide presence.

  8. Minipreço - Wikipedia

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    Minipreço. Logo. Minipreço is a discount supermarket chain in Portugal, part of Auchan Portugal. Minipreço is one of the largest grocery chains in Portugal by store count, with 443 outlets in the country, second to Pingo Doce, which had 470 stores. [1] The company is seventh in the country in terms of market share, having been eclipsed by ...

  9. Lisbon - Wikipedia

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    Lisbon(/ˈlɪzbən/; Portuguese: Lisboa[liʒˈβoɐ]ⓘ)[3]is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131 as of 2023 within its administrative limits[4]and 2,961,177 within the metropolis.[5] Lisbon is mainland Europe's westernmost capital city (second overall after Reykjavik) and the only one along the ...