Nossa Senhora may refer to the following places:
Dr. Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem is an Angolan political figure who was the First Vice-President of the African Union's Pan-African Parliament. He is a member of the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and served as Prime Minister of Angola twice during the 1990s.
Osvaldo de Jesus Serra Van-Dúnem was an Angolan politician and diplomat. His surname is of flemish origin, from the well known angolan Family, "the Van-Dúnem family". He was appointed Interior Minister on 16 December 2002 by Prime Minister Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos.
Maria de Lourdes Pereira dos Santos Van-Dúnem was an Angolan singer. Usually called Lourdes Van-Dúnem, she was born in Luanda, and rose to stardom in the 1960s with the group Ngola Ritmos. She recorded her first album, Monami, with this group. She toured several times in Portugal, Algeria, and Brazil, in addition to performances in Angola. After her first album, most of her career was spent with the group Jovens do Prenda.
Altice Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Lisbon, Portugal. The arena is among the largest indoor arenas in the European Union and the largest in Portugal with a capacity of 20,000 people and was built in 1998 for Expo '98.
Anhembi Parque is a convention center located in Santana, a district of São Paulo, Brazil. At 400,000 square meters of indoor space and 93,000 meters of outdoor space, it is one of the largest event grounds in Latin America. The center is home to 20+ large annual fairs, each drawing in excess of 50,000 visitors, and hosts the annual Carnival of São Paulo.
Pavilhão da Cidadela is an Angolan indoor sporting arena located in Luanda, Angola. The capacity of the arena is 6,873 people. It is used to host the Atlético Petróleos Luanda and formerly of the Angola national basketball team before the appearance of Pavilhão Multiusos do Kilamba.
A Gloriosa Família is a novel by the Angolan author Pepetela published in 1997 by Dom Quixote (Lisbon). The novel deals with the family of Baltasar Van Dum, a Flemish slave trader in Luanda, during the period of time that the Dutch ruled the colony. In order to write the novel, Pepetela undertook painstaking research of the seven years in which the Dutch occupied Angola, using archives located in Amsterdam, Antwerp, and the Vatican.
Serra is Latin for a "saw", Italian for greenhouse, and Galician, Portuguese and Catalan for mountain range or saw.
Van Dunem or Van-Dúnem is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Pavilhão Victorino Cunha, formerly Pavilhão do CODENM a.k.a. Pavilhão do Rio Seco is the Arena of Angolan side Primeiro de Agosto, mainly used for its Men's and Women's basketball teams. The arena is located in the uptown neighborhood of Maianga.
The Pavilhão Dream Space is a private-owned sports arena located in Kikuxi, Viana, Luanda. The arena, has a 2,500-seat capacity, which was introduced in 2010, with hardwood flooring, and can be used for sports such as basketball, handball, volleyball and roller hockey.
The Dragão Caixa is an indoor arena located in Porto, Portugal, which houses the basketball, handball and roller hockey teams of FC Porto. It was inaugurated on 23 April 2009 and has a capacity of 2,179 spectators. The construction project was done in partnership with Portuguese state-owned bank Caixa Geral de Depósitos, which got the naming rights.
The Pavilhão Multiusos do Kilamba, also called Arena do Kilamba, is a state-owned multi-purpose indoor arena in Luanda, Angola. The arena has a seating capacity of 12,720, and features hardwood flooring, electronic scoreboard and a wide range of features that make it one of the most modern of its kind in Africa. It is therefore fit for such sports as Basketball, Handball, Volleyball and Roller Hockey.
The Pavilhão Welwitschia Mirabilis is a state-owned multisports indoor arena located in Moçâmedes, Angola. The 3072-seat arena, features hardwood flooring, electronic scoreboard and a wide range of features that makes it one of the most modern of its kind in Africa. was built to host the 2013 World Roller Hockey World Championship alongside the Pavilhão Multiusos de Luanda. It is fit for such sports as Basketball, Handball, Volleyball and Roller Hockey.
Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal da Póvoa de Varzim, shortened to Pavilhão da Póvoa, is a multifunctional indoor arena located in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. It is owned by the City Hall of Póvoa de Varzim and managed by the Varzim Lazer, municipal company, who gets to manage most public sports venues in the city. It is the preferred home arena for the Portuguese volleyball team, also favored by the Portuguese federation of handball.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Benguela, Angola.
