Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia' has mentioned 'Portugal' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| [6] During his second voyage for Portugal, the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci sighted the bay on All Saints' Day (1 November) 1502 and, in honor of the date and his parish church in Florence, he named it the Bay of the Holy Savior of All the Saints. | WIKI |
| In the Roman Catholic Church, Brazil and the rest of the Portuguese Empire were initially administered as part of the Diocese of Funchal in Portugal but, in 1551, Salvador became the seat of the first Roman Catholic diocese erected in Brazil. | WIKI |
| By that time, Portugal had become temporarily united with Spain and was ruled from Madrid by its kings. | WIKI |
| The area formed a center of royal Portuguese support against heir apparent Pedro I's declaration of independence from European Portugal on 7 September 1822. | WIKI |
| Its elites initially remained loyal to the Portuguese crown[14] while rebels from Cachoeira besieged them for a year until finally receiving Portugal's surrender of the town on 2 July 1823, which is now celebrated as Bahia Independence Day. | WIKI |
| Because of its location on Brazil's northeastern coast, the city served as an important link in the Portuguese empire throughout the colonial era, maintaining close commercial ties with Portugal and Portuguese colonies in Africa and Asia. | WIKI |
| Construction is one of the most important activities in the city, and many international (mainly from Spain, Portugal and England)[65] and national developers are investing in the city and in the Bahian littoral zone. | WIKI |
| Country City State / Region Since United States Los Angeles California 1962[123] Portugal Lisbon Lisboa Region 1985[123][124][125] Portugal Angra do Heroxc3xadsmo Azores 1985[123] Portugal Cascais Lisbon Region 1985[123] Benin Cotonou Littoral Department 1987[123] Spain Pontevedra Galicia 1992[123] Cuba Havana La Havana 1993[123] Italy Sciacca Sicily 2001[123] China Harbin Heilongjiang 2003[123] United States Miami Florida 2006[126] China Chongqing Government of China 2011 | WIKI |