Faro
Encyclopedia
Places
- Faro District, in the Algarve, southern Portugal.
- Faro MunicipalityFaro MunicipalityFaro Municipality is located in Faro District in Portugal and contains the city of Faro....
, in the Algarve, southern Portugal. - Faro, PortugalFaro, PortugalFaro is the southernmost city in Portugal. It is located in the Faro Municipality in southern Portugal. The city proper has 41,934 inhabitants and the entire municipality has 58,305. It is the seat of the Faro District and capital of the Algarve region...
, main city in Faro district. - Faro AirportFaro Airport-Incidents and accidents:*On 21 December 1992, Martinair Flight 495 skidded off the runway in bad weather at Faro Airport killing 54 passengers and two crew out of a total of 340 people on board....
in Faro, Portugal (IATA: FAO). - Roman Catholic Diocese of FaroRoman Catholic Diocese of Faro-History:A see in the Algarve region was founded at Ossonoba in 306. After the Islamic conquest, this place fell, and in 688, the see was suppressed. It was re-established in 1188 at Siloes, and in 1218 was made suffragan to the archdiocese of Braga, then to the archdiocese of Seville, in 1393 to...
, in Faro, Portugal.
- Faro Municipality
- Faro, YukonFaro, YukonFaro is a small town in the central Yukon, Canada, formerly the home of the largest open pit lead–zinc mine in the world as well as a significant producer of silver and other natural resource ventures. The mine was built by the Ralph M. Parsons Construction Company of the USA with General...
, Canada.- Faro Airport (Yukon)Faro Airport (Yukon)Faro Airport, , is located south of Faro, Yukon, Canada, and is operated by the Yukon government. The gravel runway is long and is at an elevation of .-External links:*...
in Faro, Yukon, Canada (IATA: ZFA). - Faro/Johnson Lake Water AerodromeFaro/Johnson Lake Water AerodromeFaro/Johnson Lake Water Aerodrome was located south of Faro, Yukon, Canada and was open from May 2 until the October 20....
, in Faro, Yukon, Canada. - Faro (electoral district)Faro (electoral district)Faro was an electoral district that returned a member to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada between 1978 and 2002.-MLAs:*I = Independent*YNDP = Yukon New Democratic Party*YLP = Yukon Liberal Party...
, in Faro, Yukon, Canada.
- Faro Airport (Yukon)
- Faro, Spain, parish in LugoLugoLugo is a city in northwestern Spain, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It is the capital of the province of Lugo. The municipality had a population of 97,635 in 2010, which makes is the fourth most populated city in Galicia.-Population:...
, Spain. - FåröFåröFårö is a small Baltic Sea island north of the island of Gotland, off Sweden's southeastern coast. It is the second-largest island in the province. It has a population of fewer than 600 and has become a popular summer resort. The island has no banks, post offices, medical services or police...
, Swedish island in Baltic Sea. - Punta del FaroPunta del Faro-Historical significance:As the ancient Pelorus, Punta del Faro is one of the most celebrated promontories of Sicily, forming the northeastern extremity of the whole island, and one of the three promontories which were considered to give to it the triangular form from which it derived the name of...
, northeastern point of Sicily, Italy. - Faro (department)Faro (department)Faro is a department of North Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 11,785 km² and as of 2001 had a total population of 81,472.The capital of the department lies at Poli.-Subdivisions:...
, a division of the North province in Cameroon. - Faro National ParkFaro National ParkFaro National Park is a national park in Cameroon's North Province. It covers an area of and is close to the Nigerian border, surrounded on the eastern side by several hunting reserves. It is home to cheetahs, black rhinoceros, elephants, and is known for its colonies of hippopotamuses....
, national park in Cameroon. - Faro, a village in North CarolinaNorth CarolinaNorth Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
, United States that was the site of the 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash1961 Goldsboro B-52 crashThe 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash refers to an accident that occurred near Goldsboro, North Carolina, on 24 January 1961 when a B-52 Stratofortress carrying two Mark 39 nuclear bombs broke up in mid-air, dropping its nuclear payload in the process.-Accident:...
People
- Rodrigo FaroRodrigo FaroRodrigo Faro is a Brazilian telenovela actor, singer, dancer and TV presenter.He was a singer of the boy band Dominó.-Television jobs:*A Indomada *Malhação *Suave Veneno...
, Brazilian actor. - Saint FaroSaint FaroSaint Faro , count of Guines, was bishop of Meaux. The family to which Faro belonged is known as the Faronids and is named after him....
, also known as Burgundofaro, Roman Catholic Bishop of Meaux, France. - Faro, pseudonym of Faith and Ross Eckler
- FAroFåröFårö is a small Baltic Sea island north of the island of Gotland, off Sweden's southeastern coast. It is the second-largest island in the province. It has a population of fewer than 600 and has become a popular summer resort. The island has no banks, post offices, medical services or police...
, pseudonym of Faith Eckler - faROFåröFårö is a small Baltic Sea island north of the island of Gotland, off Sweden's southeastern coast. It is the second-largest island in the province. It has a population of fewer than 600 and has become a popular summer resort. The island has no banks, post offices, medical services or police...
, pseudonym of Ross Eckler
- FAro
Buildings and structures
- Faro de MoncloaFaro de MoncloaThe Faro de Moncloa is a 100-metre-high transmission tower with an observation deck at the Plaza De Moncloa, Madrid, Spain. It was projected by architect Salvador Pérez Arroyo and built in 1992. The tower has been closed to the public since 2005....
, transmission tower in Madrid, Spain. - Faro del ComercioFaro del ComercioFaro del Comercio is a monument designed by the accomplished Mexican architect Luis Barragán and constructed in 1984 by architect Raúl Ferrera...
, building in Monterrey, Mexico. - El Faro towersEl Faro towersThe El Faro Towers is a complex of two, twin interconnected towers located in the neighbourhood of Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Structure :They have a total height of and an area of...
, complex of two towers in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Other
- Faro's DaughterFaro's DaughterFaro's Daughter is a Georgian romance novel by Georgette Heyer which was first published in 1941. The story is set in 1795.-Plot summary:The beautiful but poor Deborah Grantham presides over her aunt's gaming house in Regency London. Here she meets Max Ravenscar who is determined to prevent his...
, a novel by Georgette Heyer - Faro de VigoFaro de VigoFaro de Vigo is a Galician newspaper from Vigo. It is the oldest Spanish newspaper still in circulation. Its headquarters are located in Chapela, Redondela...
, a Galician newspaper from Vigo, Spain - Faro (card game)Faro (card game)Faro, Pharaoh, or Farobank, is a late 17th century French gambling card game descendant of basset, and belongs to the lansquenet and Monte Bank family of games, in that it is played between a banker and several players winning or losing according to the cards turned up matching those already...
, a card game descendant of Basset - Faro shuffleFaro shuffleThe faro shuffle is a method of shuffling playing cards.In a perfect shuffle or perfect faro shuffle, the deck is split into equal halves of 26 cards which are then pushed together in a certain way so as to make them perfectly interweave....
, a method of shuffling playing cards - Faro (mythology)Faro (mythology)In Mande mythology, Faro purified the earth by sacrificing himself to atone for his twin Pemba's sin....
, a god in Mande mythology - Faro (beer), a type of Belgian ale
- Faro Technologies, a United States technological company
- "Buddy Faro", a short-lived television series
See also
- 9358 Fårö9358 Fårö9358 Fårö is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1571.6845315 days .The asteroid was discovered on February 29, 1992....
, main belt asteroid. - Farø BridgesFarø Bridges300px|thumb|The Farø Bridges from above: Zealand to the left, Falster to the right and Bogø at the top The Farø Bridges are two road bridges that connect the islands of Falster and Zealand in Denmark by way of the small island of Farø which is approximately mid-way across the Storstrømmen sound...
, in Denmark - FarosFarosFaros is a village at the southeast end of the island of Ikaria, Greece. Its beach, undeveloped, is the longest one on the island.....
, village in Greece - Faroe IslandsFaroe IslandsThe Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...
, Danish archipelago in the North Atlantic - Ferro (disambiguation)
- FarroFarroFarro is a food product consisting of the grains of certain wheat species in whole form. The exact definition is debated. It is sold dried and is prepared by cooking in water until soft, but still crunchy . It may be eaten plain, though it is often used as an ingredient in dishes such as salads and...
, a wheat plant also known as Emmer - PharoPharoPharo is a fork of Squeak, an implementation of the object-oriented, dynamically typed, reflective programming language Smalltalk.Appearing in 2008, Pharo focuses on removing unessential code from Squeak and serves as the reference implementation of Seaside, a web application framework for...
, programming language - Pharos (disambiguation)
- Pharaoh (disambiguation)Pharaoh (disambiguation)Pharaoh is the title of ancient Egyptian monarchs.Pharaoh or pharao may also refer to:* Pharaoh ant, a small, yellow, almost transparent ant known for being a major indoor nuisance pest, especially in hospitals...
- Pharao (disambiguation)