Vila Velha is a coastal city in Espírito Santo, Brazil. It lies across from Vitória, the state capital. Its population was 396,323 (2005) and its area is 208.82 km².
Carlos Frederico Werneck de Lacerda was a Brazilian journalist and politician.
Bom Jardim de Minas is a city of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Espera Feliz is a municipality in southeastern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The altitude is 2,430 m above sea level. Located at 20°39′00″S41°54′25″W, its neighboring cities are Caiana to the south, Dores do Rio Preto to the east, Divino to the west, Alto Caparaó and Caparaó to the north and Carangola to the southwest.
Maria Lacerda de Moura was a Brazilian anarcha-feminist, individualist anarchist, teacher, journalist, and writer.
Osvaldo Costa de Lacerda was a Brazilian composer and professor of music. Lacerda is known for a Brazilian nationalist musical style that combines elements of Brazilian folk and popular music as well as twentieth-century art music, as exemplified in the works of his teacher M. Camargo Guarnieri (1907–1997). His compositional output includes works for orchestra, choir, smaller vocal and instrumental ensembles, voice and piano, solo instrument and piano, solo piano, and other solo instruments. He received several musical awards during his lifetime, including the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, and contributed significantly to the training of younger musicians in Brazil as a professor of composition and theory, member of various musical organizations and societies, and author of textbooks for theory, ear training, and notation.
Carlos Alberto Portugal Correia de Lacerda was a Portuguese poet and BBC Radio Presenter.
Leonardo Renan Simões de Lacerda, commonly known as Léo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Cruzeiro.
Diogo Nuno Infante de Lacerda is a Portuguese theatre, cinema and television actor and television presenter. He is the natural son of Maria Infante de Lacerda by an Englishman named Jonathan and maternal grandson of Renée Lance Infante de Lacerda, daughter of the 5th Barons of Sabroso. He studied at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School.
Dr Francisco José de Lacerda e Almeida was a colonial Brazilian-born Portuguese explorer in the 18th century.
The Kingdom of Sitawaka was a kingdom located in south-central Sri Lanka. It emerged from the division of the Kingdom of Kotte following the Spoiling of Vijayabahu in 1521, and over the course of the next seventy years came to dominate much of the island. Sitawaka also offered fierce resistance to the Portuguese, who had arrived on the island in 1505. Despite its military successes, Sitawaka remained unstable, having to contend with repeated uprisings in its restive Kandyan territories, as well as a wide-ranging and often devastating conflict with the Portuguese. Sitawaka disintegrated soon after the death of its last king Rajasimha I in 1593.
Pontes e Lacerda is a municipality Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.
Lacerda is a surname. Notable persons with that name include:
Fernão Carvalho was the 4th Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon. Carvalho was appointed in 1553 under John III of Portugal, he was Captain-major until 1555. He was succeeded by Afonso Pereira de Lacerda.
The Siege of Kotte from November 1557 – November 1558 was a battle part of the Sinhalese–Portuguese War. A 50,000 strong Sitawaka army led by King Mayadunne besieged Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Kotte Kingdom for 12 months against a combined force of Portuguese and lascarins led by Captain-major Dom Afonso Pereira de Lacerda. After receiving reinforcements from Mannar, Portuguese made a sally and succeeded in forcing the besiegers to withdraw. This siege marked the beginning of a series of battles between Portuguese and Sitawaka forces, and ultimately ended as Portuguese abandoned Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte in 1565.
Rafael dos Santos Lacerda, known simply as Lacerda, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender who plays for Concórdia.
Nuno Pereira de Lacerda (1425-1509) was a Portuguese nobleman, who served as Alcaide of Portel Fronteira and Vidigueira. He was vassal of the King John I of Portugal.
João Lacerda Filho, commonly known as Barbatana, was a Brazilian professional football coach and player. During his playing days, he was a midfielder, and played for clubs in Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro. As a coach, he worked mainly with Atlético Mineiro, but also coached many other clubs in Brazil and the Indonesia national under-23 team.
Orgulho e Paixão is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo. It premiered on 20 March 2018, replacing Tempo de Amar, and concluded on 24 September 2018. Created by Marcos Bernstein, the plot is inspired by the novels: Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Emma (1815) Northanger Abbey (1818) and Lady Susan (1871), all by Jane Austen.
