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Hollywood film director, playwright and novelist. His grandfather was the director of the Julius Neville motor company in Spain.. Raphael Neville's maternal family were Spanish aristocrats; his grandmother Maria Romree Y Palacios was a lady in waiting in the Spanish court and the family title was
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Along with the chapel, the centre of Porto
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Neville had many friends who flocked to his resort,. and he spent his summers in Porto Rafael until his death in 1996. His birthday is celebrated in the Piazetta every year on 11 August.
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