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Civil parish
In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a civil parish is usually the lowest unit of local government, below district and county councils.... (Freguesias) in Oeiras
Oeiras
Oeiras is a civil parish and a Municipalities of Portugal in western Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Portugal. It is in conurbation with Lisbon, the parish population is 34,850, and the entire Oeiras municipality has 168,475 inhabitants.... , Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east.... .
Its name comes from the Palace of the Arches located at the entrance to the village (coming from Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the Lisbon and capital of the Lisbon region. Its municipalities of Portugal, which matches the city proper excluding the larger continuous conurbation, has a municipal population of 564,477 in , while the Lisbon Metropolitan Area in total has around 2.8 million inha... ), where, legend has it, king D. Manuel I of Portugal
Manuel I of Portugal
Manuel I ; Portuguese language: Manoel I, English language: Emmanuel I), the Fortunate , 14th List of Portuguese monarchs was the son of Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu, by his wife, Beatriz of Portugal .... watched Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
D. Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira was a Portugal in the Age of Discovery, one of the most successful in the European Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India.... 's caravels leave for India. Nowadays, the Portuguese maritime academy - Escola Náutica Infante D. Henrique - is based there. It's also the base of the private business jet company NetJets Europe
NetJets Europe
NetJets Europe offers fractional ownership of private business jets.... .
Paço de Arcos is where is located Quinta da Fonte, one of the biggest office parks in Europe, being the home of companies like General Electric
General Electric
The General Electric Company, or GE is a multinational corporation United States technology and Service s conglomerate incorporated in the State of New York.... , Nokia
Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finland Multinational corporation communications corporation, headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki.... , Hewlett Packard, Intel, among others.
