Paços
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Paços (pronunciation: pa-sos, comes from the word paços which means steps) refers to nobility houses (normally to the King's house) were normally there were a frontal square, were we could ear the steps (passos-paços), of those wo came for audition ...in the present days, all of these palaces are gone except the one of Sintra ando 2 or 3 more, but the name remained, leading many people to think that is a denomination for parish, Portugal:
- In Portugal
- Paços,village in the municipality of Melgaço
- Paços, village in the municipality of Sabrosa
- Paços da Serra, a parish in the municipality of Gouveia
- Paços de Brandão, a parish in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira
- Paços de Ferreira, a municipality in the district of Porto
- Paços de Ferreira, a parish in the municipality with the same name
- Paços de Gaiolo, a parish in the municipality of Marco de Canaveses
- Paços de Vilharigues, a village in the municipality of Vouzela which still has the remains (a tower) of an old nobility house
In Brazil
- Passos, microregion in Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Passos Municipality in Minas Gerais, Brazil
- People
- Vítor Hugo Gomes Paços. Portuguese footballer
- Márcio Emerson Passos de Albuquerque, (1978) Brazilian footballer
[edit] See also
- Passense - Demonym of the Brazilian city
- Clube Esportivo Passense
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