Example sentences for: joão

How can you use “joão” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Nearby, the sumptuous 16th-century Igreja de São Roque features a lavish baroque chapel of São João Baptista (St. John the Baptist) and a small museum of sacred art.

  • There is also a room devoted to the battle of Aljubarrota (see page 17); exhibits include the shirt worn by João I during the fray.

  • A new alliance with England was sealed in the 1386 Treaty of Windsor; a year later João of Avis married Philippa of Lancaster, the daughter of John of Gaunt.

  • Tucked behind Rua João Tavira and Rua da Carreira is Praça do Município, the town’s dignified main square, with a mosaic of black-and-white stones and pretty white buildings on three sides.

  • At one end is the spectacular baroque Biblioteca Joanina (library), constructed in 1720 with João V’s Brazilian wealth (also instrumental in building the great library at Mafra; see page 42).


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