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The Portuguese explorers João de Santarém and Pêro Escobar discovered the islands around 1470, [ 1] which they found uninhabited. [ 2] The São Tomé island was named by the Portuguese in honor of Saint Thomas, as they discovered the island on his feast day, while the Príncipe island (Prince's island) was named in honor of Afonso, Prince of ...
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Água Grande is a district of São Tomé and Príncipe, on São Tomé Island. Its capital, São Tomé, is also the national capital of the equatorial Atlantic island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. Covering only 16.5 km 2 (6 sq mi), it is the smallest of the nation's seven districts in terms of area, [1] but the largest in population with ...
José Eduardo Agualusa Alves da Cunha (born December 13, 1960) is an Angolan journalist and writer of Portuguese and Brazilian descent. [ 1] He studied agronomy and silviculture in Lisbon, Portugal. Currently he resides in the Island of Mozambique, working as a writer and journalist. He also has been working to establish a public library on the ...
1903–1930. Genre. Parnassianism, Symbolism. Florbela Espanca ( Portuguese: [floɾˈβɛlɐ ɨʃˈpɐ̃kɐ]; born Flor Bela d'Alma da Conceição, 8 December 1894 – 8 December 1930) was a Portuguese poet. [ 1 ] She is known for her passionate and feminist poetry. [ 2 ] Fernando Pessoa later said she was his "twin soul".
Ana Chaves Bay. / 0.34778°N 6.72833°E / 0.34778; 6.72833. Ana Chaves Bay ( Portuguese: Baía de Ana Chaves) is a bay on the northeast coast of São Tomé Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. The capital city of São Tomé and its port are situated by the bay. It stretches from the Ponta Oque del Rei in the north to Ponta São ...
t. e. Districts of São Tomé and Príncipe. São Tomé and Príncipe is divided into seven administrative districts since 1980. [1] Six are located on the main island of São Tomé while one (Pagué) covers the smaller island of Príncipe. Since 1995, the Pagué District has been replaced by the Autonomous Region of Príncipe.
Palácio Nacional da Ajuda (English: Ajuda National Palace) - initiated by Manuel Caetano de Sousa, the project was actually begun in 1795 (cornerstone), but under the directorship of Francisco Xavier Fabri and José da Costa e Silva the actual construction began in 1802, with many neo-classical influences and later remodelled by Francisco Rosa.