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Areias (Portuguese food) Areias ( singular: areia, lit. 'sand') are small traditional Portuguese pastries similar to cakes and biscuits. They are commonly coated with coarse-grain sugar ("sanding sugar"), and sometimes cinnamon, which resemble sand for which areias are named after.
Monoporeia. Monoporeia affinis, (syn. Pontoporeia affinis) ( Greek: Πόντος, póntos = Pontus / Black Sea; πορεία, poreía = to travel), is a small, yellowish benthic amphipod living in the Baltic Sea, the Arctic Sea and the lakes of the Nordic countries .
Coordinates: 37°58′18.1″N 23°43′30.4″E. Propylaia east façade. The Propylaia ( Greek: Προπύλαια; lit. 'Gates') is the classical Greek Doric building complex that functioned as the monumental ceremonial gateway to the Acropolis of Athens. Built between 437 and 432 BC as a part of the Periklean Building Program, it was the ...
Aphrodite Areia. A Roman copy of a statue of Aphrodite Areia found in Epidaurus, with the original created by the Polykleitos school. Aphrodite Areia ( Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτη Ἀρεία) or "Aphrodite the Warlike" was a cult epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, in which she was depicted in full armor like the war god Ares. [1]
8°31′55″S 125°36′54″E. / 8.532017°S 125.614978°E / -8.532017; 125.614978. Areia Branca Beach ( Portuguese: Praia da Areia Branca, Tetum: Tasi-ibun Areia Branca) is a public beach on the north eastern shore of the Bay of Dili, in the suco of Metiaut [ de], East Timor. It is very popular with both local residents and tourists.
Propylaea. In ancient Greek architecture, a propylaion, propylaeon or, in its Latinized form, propylaeum —often used in the plural forms propylaia or propylaea ( / prɒpɪˈliːə /; Greek: προπύλαια)—is a monumental gateway. It serves as a partition, separating the secular and religious parts of a city. The prototypical Greek ...
Faial [ edit] The black sand of the beach of Praia do Almoxarife. Beach of Alagoa (Conceição) ( Praia da Conceicao) Beach of Fajã. Beach of Porto Pim ( Praia de Porto Pim, Horta) Beach of Praia do Almoxarife ( Praia das Cinco Ribeiras, Horta) Praia do Norte. Tidal pools of Feteira ( Praia da Feteira)
Praia da Vitória is a services, fishing and agricultural municipality and boasts a large marina, popular with the yachting community, with the only sizeable sand beach on Terceira. Lajes Air Base, a joint United States and Portuguese air force base, lies three kilometers to the north of the town.