São Nicolau, Porto

Estádio Municipal do Marco de Canaveses is a multi-use stadium in Marco de Canaveses, Portugal. It opened in 1988, and is able to hold 6,000 people. It is primarily used for football matches, and is the home stadium of Marco 09. In 2007, the stadium previously known as Avelino Ferreira Torres, officially changed its name to Estádio Municipal do Marco de Canaveses. It hosted the Concursos Nacionais de Manobras between the 15-16 June 2024.

Marco de Canaveses (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmaɾku ðɨ kɐnɐˈvezɨʃ] ) is a city and municipality in Porto district, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 53,450, in an area of 201.89 km2. The city itself had a population of 9,042 in 2001.

Santo Isidoro is a former civil parish in the municipality of Marco de Canaveses, northern Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Santo Isidoro e Livração. In 2001 there were 1495 inhabitants in a 3.73 square kilometres (1.44 mi2) region fronting the Douro.

Santo Isidoro e Livração is a civil parish in the municipality of Marco de Canaveses, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Toutosa and Santo Isidoro. The population in 2011 was 2,083, in an area of 4.67 km2.

Igreja de Santo André is a church in Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument.

Abragão is a parish of Penafiel, Portugal. The population in 2013 was 2,341 in an area of 9.5 km².

Igreja de São Pedro is a church in Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument.

São Simão de Gouveia, or simply São Simão, is a parish (freguesia) in the municipality of Amarante in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 633, in an area of 12.49 km2. Situated in the extreme south of the municipality, São Simão is bordered to the south by the municipalities of Marco de Canaveses and Baião, to the west by Carvalho de Rei, to the north by Lomba and Jazente, and to the east by Salvador do Monte. São Simão was a town and the center of a municipality until the early 19th century. This municipality was constituted by the following parishes: Aliviada, Cepelos, Folhada, Gouveia, Lomba, Monte (São Salvador) and Várzea. It had, in 1801, a population of 3 015.

Cinfães (European Portuguese pronunciation: [sĩˈfɐ̃jʃ] ) is a town and municipality on the southern bank of the Douro in the District of Viseu, in Northern Portugal. The town proper had 3,080 inhabitants as of 2021, while the municipality had a population of 17,293 as of 2024, across an area of 239.29 square kilometres (92.39 mi2). Cinfães occupies a predominantly rural territory, and its landscape is marked by rugged and uneven relief, such as the Montemuro mountain range. The present mayor is Carlos Cardoso, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is June 24 (St. John's day).

Vila Boa do Bispo is a civil parish in the municipality of Marco de Canaveses, in the northern district of Porto. The population in 2011 was 3,240, in an area of 12.48 km2.

Amarante (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐmɐˈɾɐ̃tɨ] ) is a city and a municipality in the Tâmega e Sousa subregion in northern Portugal. The population in 2021 was 52,116, in an area of 301.33 square kilometres (116.34 mi2). The city itself, encompassed by the parish of São Gonçalo, Madalena, Cepelos and Gatão had a population of 11,564 in 2021. The city has been part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network under the category of City of Music since 2017. It is reputed to have helped local forces fend off a French attack in the early 19th century. Amarante is also associated with the priest and saint Gundisalvus of Amarante, known locally as São Gonçalo de Amarante.

The Battle of the Bridge of Amarante (18 April 1809 – 2 May 1809) was fought during the Peninsular War between Portuguese regular troops and militia regiments under the command of Francisco da Silveira, on the one hand, and a force of French troops under Loison. During the second French invasion of Portugal, and following Silveira's victory at Chaves in March, Marshal Soult, based at Porto, sent General Loison to the east to make contact with Pierre Belon Lapisse's command in the west of Spain. However, Loison's path was blocked by a mixed force of some 10,000 regular and irregular Portuguese troops under Silveira at Amarante, on the banks of the Tâmega. Unable to proceed, Loison requested reinforcements and Soult then sent Generals Delaborde, Lorge, Heudelet, Sarrut and Lahoussaye to assist Loison in opening up the route back to Spain. By blockading the bridge at Amarante, the Portuguese troops were able hold Loison, now with 9,000 French troops, nearly half of Soult's Army of Portugal, concentrated on the west bank of the river for almost two weeks, thereby giving the British troops the opportunity to march on Coimbra and Oporto. Having discovered that the Portuguese had mined the bridge, Loison was faced with the dilemma of how to prevent the Portuguese from blowing it up if forced to retreat. Finally, a French captain of Engineers, Pierre-François Bouchard, suggested that an explosion at the French side of the bridge would likely sever the cord without causing the mine to go off, thereby giving the French troops the element of surprise and the opportunity to make a sudden assault on the Portuguese. Once they had stormed the bridge, the French troops captured the ten guns in the Portuguese batteries, five standards, and took several hundred prisoners.