Vila Viçosa, Portugal

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Vila Viçosa, Portugal is a historic Alentejo town renowned for its marble quarries and as the ancestral seat of the House of Braganza.

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Vila Viçosa (town) 1
Vila Viçosa, Portugal canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
administrativeDivision civil parish of Bencatel
civil parish of Ciladas
civil parish of Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Bartolomeu
civil parish of Pardais
ancestralSeatOf House of Braganza
country Portugal
demonym Vilosense
economicActivity marble extraction
stone processing industry
tourism
hasCulturalSite Tapada Real de Vila Viçosa
hasHeritage House of Braganza
surface form: Braganza dynasty legacy
hasLandmark Castle of Vila Viçosa
surface form: Castelo de Vila Viçosa

Convento dos Agostinhos de Vila Viçosa
Igreja de São Bartolomeu
Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa
surface form: Paço Ducal de Vila Viçosa

Rossio de Vila Viçosa
Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Vila Viçosa
surface form: Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Vila Viçosa
hasMaterialResource limestone
ornamental marble
hasMuseum Museu do Mármore
Museu-Biblioteca da Casa de Bragança
heritageStatus important marble heritage area of Portugal
historicalRegion Alentejo
historicalRole residence of the Dukes of Braganza
symbolic seat of the Portuguese monarchy under the Braganzas
knownFor Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa
House of Braganza
historic town center
marble architecture
marble quarries
language Portuguese
locatedIn Alentejo
Alentejo Central
surface form: Alentejo Central Subregion

Alto Alentejo
Évora District
near Borba
Elvas
Estremoz
partOf Alentejo
surface form: NUTS 2 Alentejo
patronSaint Nossa Senhora da Conceição
religion Roman Catholicism
seatOf Municipality of Vila Viçosa

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Catherine of Braganza (as queen consort of Scotland) birthPlace Vila Viçosa, Portugal
subject surface form: Catherine of Braganza
Vila Viçosa municipalitySeat Vila Viçosa, Portugal
this entity surface form: Vila Viçosa (town)