Viseu

40º40N 7º55W, pop (2001e) 25 700. Town in NC Portugal; located among wooded hills on the R Pavia, 138 km/86 mi SE of Porto; birthplace of João de Barros; bishopric; airfield; railway; cathedral (originally 13th-c); Museu de Grão Vasco (in former bishop's palace) houses a collection of paintings by Vasco Fernandes who established a school of art here (1475–1540); wine producing region.

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João De Barros, Portugal


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