Vila Nova de Gaia is a city and municipality of Portugal. It is located in the Porto district, south of the city of Porto on the other side of the river Douro. The municipality has a population of 288,058 (2001 census) and 24 parishes. Gaia is together with Porto in the commonly designated Porto Metropolitan Area. There are five regions (regiões, singular - região) in mainland Portugal. ... Districts are a form of local government in several countries. ... A modern view of the ancient city of Porto, the city that gave the name to the country. ... The Republic of Portugal (Portuguese: República Portuguesa) is a democratic republic located on the west and southwest parts of the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe, the westernmost country in continental Europe. ... A modern view of the ancient city of Porto, the city that gave the name to the country. ... A modern view of the ancient city of Porto, the city that gave the name to the country. ... View of the river mouth from Portos Crystal Palace Gardens, facing West Douro (Latin Durius, Spanish Duero, Portuguese Douro) is one of the major rivers of Portugal and Spain, flowing from its source near Soria across central Spain and Portugal to its outlet at Oporto. ... Grande Área Metropolitana do Porto (Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto) in Portugal consists of 14 municipalities that made the secound biggest urban area in the country (largest to smallest, by population): Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto (the capital), Matosinhos, Gondomar, Santa Maria da Feira, Maia, Valongo, Vila do Conde, Santo...

It is also well known for its warehouses of Port wine, one of the most, if not the, most famous wine in the world. A glass of tawny port. ... This article is about the beverage. ...

Coat of Arms and Flag

The coat of arms are made up of a grey crest with two golden-yellow grapes on the bottom with a castle colored black in the middle with a person blowing the horn. The castle lies over the water. The castle is colored grey. A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... The Alcázar of Segovia, Spain A castle (from the Latin castellum, diminutive of castra, a military camp, in turn the plural of castrum or watchpost), is a fort, a camp and the logical development of a fortified enclosure. ...

The flag is colored dark yellow to black in four each.

History of the Vila Nova de Gaia municipality

Vila Nova de Gaia already existed under the Roman Empire as the city of Cale. Its origin in the Roman Pagan goddess Cale, or Gaia, which was itself of Greek and even prior, Neolithic origin as a creator goddess of the planet. The river itself has a presumably celtic name, Douro (Durus in latin) maybe after celtic "dwr", water. In roman times the bulk of the population probably lived south of the river Douro, and on the north side was a smaller settlement around the deep water port which now is the Ribeira neighbourhood of Porto. The name of Porto, in high medieval times Portus Cale, thus stood for the harbour ("portus" in latin) of the city of Cale. With the important trade of the river Douro, which is easily navigable up to the Régua deep inland, and as a good harbour for oceanic ships linking the northern trade routes of the baltic and north sea with the mediterranean regions, the Porto part of the city came to overgrow Cale, and became the most important part of town, where the Bisphoric and the merchants were established. With the moorish invasions in the eight century A.D., the de facto frontier between the islamic state and the christian one came to rest for a considerable period of time on the river Douro, around the year 1000. With the constant raids and counter-raids the town of Cale, or Gaia, was deserted and most of its inhabitants took refuge in Porto. After the conquest and pacification of the southern side of the Douro river after 1035, with the exodus or expulsion of the muslim populations, leaving behind semi-abandoned fertile lands, colonists from the north settled in exchange for better feudal contracts with the newly appointed lords. These migrants refounded the old city of Cale or Gaia under the name of Vila Nova de Gaia (new town of Gaia) around the old castle and ruins of "old Gaia". The name of the double city of Oporto and Gaia was frequently refered in contemporary documents as "villa de Portucale", and the county of the Kingdom of Leon which was centered around it was named Portucalense. This county was eventualy expanded and after gaining its independence became the Kingdom of Portugal. The Roman Empire is not the Holy Roman Empire (843-1806). ... Cale may refer to: Cale, Arkansas J.J. Cale This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 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In June 30, 1989, Pedroso became a village In July 12, 2004, Crestuma, Lever, Olival, Perosinho, Sandim, São Félix da Marinha and Serzedo became cities. June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths: July 3 - Mordecai Richler July 23 - Eudora Welty July 31 - Poul Anderson Films: July 4 - Cats and Dogs July 6 - Kiss of the Dragon starring Jet Li July 18 - Jurassic Park III July 27 - Planet of... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Parishes

Here are 24 parishes of Vila Nova de Gaia:

The largest parish is Mafamude and the smallest is Sermonde. The largest parish is Pedroso and the smallest is São Pedro da Afurada. The most densest is Mafamude and the least densest is Sandim.

View from the Douro river of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Vila Nova de Gaia city.

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