Avanca
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Avanca is a town in Estarreja Municipality in Portugal
. The town has a museum dedicated to António Egas Moniz, a doctor who won Portugal's only Nobel Prize
in 1949 for his contribution to medicine
.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. The town has a museum dedicated to António Egas Moniz, a doctor who won Portugal's only Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
in 1949 for his contribution to medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
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