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Sign: Cascais - Marking 115 years of electric lighting in Portugal

Address:
Passeio Dona Maria Pia, 2750-642 Cascais, Portugal
Category:
Monuments and History
City:
Cascais For all manhole covers in Cascais
Country:
Portugal For all manhole covers in Portugal
Shape:
Rectangle
Material:
Stone, marble …
Placement:
Pole
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On the sign:
A 28 DE SETEMBRO DE 1878.

FOI INAUGURADA EM CASCAIS NO PALACIO DA CIDADELA,
A ILUMINACÃO ELÉCTRICA NO PAÍS.

NO SEU 115 ANIVERSARIO,
A CÂMARA MUNICIPAL DE CASCAIS
E A JUNTA DE FREGUESIA DE CASCAIS,"
COMEMORAM ESTA EFEMERIDE.
Photography:
2022
Eli Zvuluny
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Comments:
In 1878, during the celebrations of the 15th birthday of Prince Carlos (later Carlos I, King of Portugal), electric lights were switched on for the first time in Portugal, in the Cascais Castle.
According to the sign’s content, it was placed in 1993.

The sign is found near the statue of King Carlos Click for sign's details

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Translation of the text on the sign:
ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1878.

IT WAS INAUGURATED IN CASCAIS IN THE PALACE OF THE CIDADELA,
ELECTRIC LIGHTING IN THE COUNTRY.

ON HIS 115TH BIRTHDAY,
CASCAIS CITY HALL
AND THE PARISH BOARD OF CASCAIS,"
WE CELEBRATE THIS EVENT.


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