Caneças is a former civil parish in the municipality of Odivelas, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Ramada e Caneças. It is a suburb of the Greater Lisbon region.
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The Anta das Pedras Grandes is a Late Neolithic site located in Ramada e Canecas, in the Odivelas municipality, in the Lisbon District of Portugal. Anta is the Portuguese name for about 5,000 megaliths built during the Neolithic period in the area of Portugal. It was classified as a National Monument in 1944. Excavations in the early 21st century suggest that it was originally built as a dolmen or single chamber megalithic tomb, consisting of a polygonal long chamber with eight supporting stones about 3 metres tall, and a short access corridor. There are traces of a tumulus, and human bones have been discovered. Excavations in the surrounding area also identified many flint chippings, suggesting that the area was used for the production of flint items.
The site was first identified in 1880 by the Portuguese archaeologist Carlos Ribeiro. It is the only surviving dolmen in the immediate area although several were discovered in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Nevertheless it has suffered considerably from the use of stones by farmers and for construction.
The Anta das Pedras Grandes now forms the centrepiece of a small urban park, which was officially opened in late 2018. The remaining stones, which had all fallen, were lifted, to provide a clearer impression of the original architecture of the megalith.
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The Roman Dam of Belas is a 3rd-century Roman barrier constructed to serve the city of Olisipo, located in civil parish of Queluz e Belas, municipality of Sintra.
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Famões is a former civil parish in the municipality of Odivelas, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Pontinha e Famões. Administratively, the parish of Famões was de-annexed from the neighboring parish of Odivelas on 25 August 1989, and later elevated to the status of town, on 19 April 2001.
Today, it continues to be part of the municipality of Odivelas, after existing as a parish in the municipality of Loures. Ecclesiastically, the religious parish of Famões belongs to the vicarage of Loures-Odivelas, in the Diocese of Lisbon, its organ is Nossa Senhora do Rosário.
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Ramada e Caneças is a civil parish in the municipality of Odivelas, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Ramada and Caneças. The population in 2011 was 32,581, in an area of 9.66 km2.
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Ramada is a former civil parish in the municipality of Odivelas, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Ramada e Caneças. It covers an area of 3.86 km² and had a population of 15,770 as of 2001.