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was part of the former civil parish of Alcafozes. About 7 kilometers to the north of the village, still in the civil parish of Idanha-a-Nova and Alcafozes, are the premises of the international music and culture festival
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to carry the cross, gave him her veil. Jesus accepted the offering and after using it returned it to Veronica. And, as the legend goes, the image of his face was miraculously imprinted on it. In 1810, during the
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Alcafozes belongs since 2013 to the civil parish of Idanha-a-Nova e Alcafozes when its own civil parish was merged into the civil parish of the seat of the municipality, the town of
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in Portuguese) but it merged with the neighboring civil parish of Idanha-a-Nova in order to form the newly created civil parish of Idanha-a-Nova and Alcafozes. Until 1933,
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in general and all sort of non-aviation world related people including locals. There is also a gastronomic festival every year, focused on local products like
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Church is a building of the late nineteenth century with bell tower on the South side. It has three altarpieces and pulpit, in neo-
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https://www.publico.pt/2018/04/08/sociedade/reportagem/nunca-se-sabe-com-quantos-alunos-comeca-o-ano-lectivo-na-zebreira-1808618
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located even further to the west of the village. About 15 kilometers away from Alcafozes, to the south, is the town of
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Na Escola Básica da Zebreira, em Idanha-a-Nova, 83% dos alunos são de etnia cigana, mas muitos não ficam o ano todo.
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happens every year due to Our Lady of Loreto being the patroness of aviators. It is attended by members of the
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Idanha-a-Nova: Senhora do Loreto levou mundo da aviação até Alcafozes, Diário Digital Castelo Branco
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Idanha-a-Nova acolhe 370 ciganos em três comunidades, na vila, na freguesia do Ladoeiro e outras em
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Festival dos Espargos, Criadilhas e Tortulhos de volta a Alcafozes, Idanha-a-Nova Town Hall
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http://www.cm-idanhanova.pt/divulgacao/arquivo_noticias/noticias_2015/criadilhas.aspx
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Shrine in Alcafozes, a religious event and folk festival in honor of both
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styles. Nearby is the Cross of San Marcos, consisting of three crosses in
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https://www.diariodigitalcastelobranco.pt/detalhe.php?id=34829
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located to the west of Alcafozes, and 48 kilometers away from
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for "land of cages". Previously, as in the rest of Portugal,
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had passed through and settled in the area too. Specially in
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https://radiomonsanto.pt/en/detalhe-noticia.php?id=482
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http://www.powerful-thinking.org.uk/casestudy/boom/
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Index

civil parish
municipality
Idanha-a-Nova
Castelo Branco District
Portugal
Boom Festival
Our Lady of Loreto
by invading Muslims
livestock
Arabic
Lusitanians
Romans
Suebi
Visigoths
Idanha-a-Velha
rococo
neoclassical
granite
Easter
Passion of Christ
biblical
Veronica
Jerusalem
Jesus
Peninsular War
Our Lady of Loreto
airmen
aviation
Portuguese Air Force
TAP Air Portugal

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