The report on the implementation of the Convention, due by States Parties every 6 years, includes a section on the elements inscribed on the Representative List. Read more on periodic reports Portugal Inscribed in 2021 (16.COM) on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity The Community Festivities of Campo Maior is a popular event during which the streets of Campo Maior in Portugal are decorated with millions of paper flowers in various shapes decides the date and develops the concept of the decorative elements and the colour theme Members then work on the decorations over a period of nine months Preparations typically take place at night The practice strengthens creativity and community belonging and there is a sense of a friendly competition between street commissions to see which street will have the most original and colourful design The decorations are thus kept secret until the eve of the festivities when the town is completely transformed overnight with open doors and no social distinctions The Community Festivities started as a religious celebration called ‘Festivities in Honour of St Although they haven’t had that title since 1921 with his image carried through the streets in a small procession The practice is transmitted within families and in schools Password forgotten? 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Click here to return to the homepage CNA is a service of EWTN News, Inc. although his only British building to date has been a temporary pavilion for the Serpentine Gallery in London in 2006 His influence on British architects through buildings in Portugal such as the Adega Mayor winery built after the end of the Portuguese dictatorship in 1977 His style blends modernism's free organisation of spaces with vernacular architecture so he might use whitewashed stone in Portugal or brick in the Netherlands That approach has been embraced by a generation of architects including Caruso St John and Tony Fretton who have rejected the hi-tech movement pioneered by Lord Rogers and Lord Foster and their tendency to use similar components wherever they build in the world Siza (below) qualified in 1955 and his architecture matured under the dictatorship in Portugal, which allowed him little exposure to the international modernist style that was emerging across Europe - led in particular by the Swiss architect Le Corbusier - which was to form the basis of the hi-tech movement Herzog & de Meuron and Frei Otto as recent foreign winners of the prize "Álvaro Siza is a profoundly complete architect who defies categorisation," said Sunand Prasad the president of the Royal Institute of British Architects "The forging of a masterful and seemingly inevitable architecture out of the possibilities of a site is one of the supreme characteristics of his work .. This is an architecture in which an economy of expressive means is combined with an abundance of spatial revelation." Siza continues to design and teach from his base in Porto 24 Maio, 2022 | Eurocidade, Município, Viver CONTACTOSCâmara Municipal de ElvasRua Isabel Maria Picão, s/n7350-476 Elvas+(351) 268 639 740geral@cm-elvas.pt www.cm-elvas.pt NEWSLETTER Subscreva a Newsletter do Município de Elvas INE Editorial Team 25 December 2023 Percentiles and average of monthly TCO gain (€) 2021 Average  Percentile Rate of change 2019-2021 (%) Note: Figure 1 does not represent the value and rate of change of the 100th percentile of the monthly gain as it corresponds to the value maximum of the distribution.)In 2021 the median monthly earnings of full-time salaried employees (FTEs) was 959.34 euros with only 29% of FTEs registering monthly earnings above the median value (1,289.50 euros) These are figures released this Friday (24 November 2023) by the National Statistics Institute (INE) in 285 (93%) of the 308 municipalities the median monthly salary did not exceed 1,000 euros ranging from 760.40 euros in the municipalities of Gavião and Belmonte to 1,781.36 euros in Castro Verde The INE data also shows that the median monthly earnings of TCOs with higher education were higher than the national reference (1,542.60 euros) in 22 municipalities, mainly located in the Lisbon and Porto metropolitan areas.  "The municipality of Vila do Porto (5,020.53 euros) had the highest median monthly earnings for TCOs with higher education and, with figures above 2,000 euros, the municipalities of Sines, Castro Verde, Oeiras and Amadora stood out," says the institute. According to INE, in the year in question, the median monthly earnings were lower for TCOs with fixed-term contracts than for TCOs with open-ended contracts(858.00 euros and 1,021.00 euros respectively).  "In 62 municipalities, the median monthly earnings of TCOs with a fixed-term contract were higher than the national figure, with the municipalities of Castro Verde (1,542.39 euros), Calheta (1,120.23 euros), Ribeira da Pena (1,028.46 euros) and Oeiras (1,012.94 euros) standing out with figures above 1,000 euros," says INE. The Portuguese Highway Code: A comprehensive guide for drivers Understanding and adhering to the Portuguese Highway Code is crucial for anyone driving in Portugal Whether you're a local resident or a tourist exploring the beautiful landscapes this guide will help you navigate Portuguese roads safely and legally.