Leiria is a city and municipality in the Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, after Coimbra, with a municipality population of 128,640 in an area of 565.09 square kilometres (218.18 sq mi). It is the seat of its own district and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leiria-Fátima. The city is part of the historical province of Beira Litoral.
Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues, known as simply Amália Rodrigues or popularly as Amália, was a Portuguese fado singer (fadista).
Augusto Cabrita was a Portuguese photographer, cinematographer and film director. He is best known as a leading name in photography in Portugal.
Susana Maria Alfonso de Aguiar, known mononymously as Mísia, was a Portuguese fado singer. She was a polyglot, singing some of her songs in Spanish, French, Catalan, English, and Japanese.
Katia Guerreiro is a South African-born Portuguese fado singer, who has released eight albums and has received several awards, including Order of Arts and Letters, Chevalier rank, from the French government and the Order of Prince Henry from the President of Portugal.
The Coliseu dos Recreios is a multi-purpose auditorium located in Lisbon, Portugal.
Amália is a 2008 Portuguese biographical film directed by Carlos Coelho da Silva and starring Sandra Barata, Carla Chambel and José Fidalgo. Barata portrays legendary Portuguese fado singer Amália Rodrigues; songs used in the film are recordings of Amália. The film has been criticised by some members of her family.
Amalia/Vinicius is a recording of the 1968 meeting between the Brazilian poet Vinicius de Moraes and the Portuguese singer Amália Rodrigues. In December 1968, de Moraes was travelling to Rome, where he wanted to celebrate Christmas. However, before he arrived in Italy, the poet stayed some hours in Lisbon where he met Rodrigues at her home. The LP containing these conversations was released two years later.
The Lovers of Lisbon is a 1955 French drama film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Daniel Gélin, Françoise Arnoul, Trevor Howard and Betty Stockfeld. Two French exiles in Lisbon fall in love after each has murdered their respective spouse. It was based on a novel by Joseph Kessel.
Wonderful Things! is a 1958 British comedy romance film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Frankie Vaughan, Jocelyn Lane and Wilfrid Hyde-White. It was written by Jack Trevor Story. Two fishermen brothers clash over the love of a woman.
Events in the year 2009 in Portugal.
Prazeres Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in Lisbon, Portugal; it is located in the freguesia of Estrela, in western Lisbon. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful and famous cemeteries in the world. It is home to the Mausoleum of the Dukes of Palmela, the largest mausoleum in Europe.
The Castle of Mau Vizinho is a medieval castle situated in the civil parish of Cimo de Vila da Castanheira, in the municipality of Chaves, district of Vila Real. Also referred to as the Castle of Moors, it is literally translated as the Castle of the Bad Neighbour
Francisco José Nina Martins Rodrigues dos Santos is a Portuguese conservative politician and a lawyer. He was elected President of the CDS – People's Party in the National Congress of the Party in Aveiro, with 46% of the votes. In 2018, he was selected as one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe for law and policy.
Amor de Mãe is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo, from 25 November 2019 to 9 April 2021. The telenovela is written by Manuela Dias, with Mesquita, Roberto Vitorino and Walter Daguerre as co-writers. José Luiz Villamarim serves as director.
Maria Guardiola (1895–1987) was a Portuguese schoolteacher and politician. A supporter of the right-wing Estado Novo, she was an anti-feminist in charge of the regime's Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina for more than three decades and was one of the first three women in the country’s National Assembly (parliament), being elected in 1934.
The Teatro Politeama is a theatre in Lisbon, Portugal that opened in 1913.
Cecília Supico Pinto, popularly known as Cilinha (1921-2011) was the founder, president and mouthpiece of the Portuguese Women's National Movement, an organization that supported Portugal's Estado Novo dictatorship. During the Portuguese Colonial War, in which the country was fighting to protect its colonies from liberation movements, the MNF provided moral and material support to the military.
A Hora da Liberdade is a Portuguese docudrama produced and aired by SIC in 1999 which portraits the events that led to the military coup on 25 April 1974, responsible for the restoration of democracy in Portugal. It was produced by Emídio Rangel Hayley Westenra, Rodrigo de Sousa e Castro and Joana Pontes who also assured its direction. From the interviews made to create the film, the book "A Hora da Liberdade - O 25 de Abril pelos protagonistas" was created, published by Editorial Bizâncio. It was considered one of the best movies on the topic of the Carnation Revolution according to Time Out Magazine.
