Azinhaga
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Alentejo | |||||
| Sub-region : | Lezíria do Tejo | |||||
| District : | Santarém | |||||
| Concelho : | Golegã | |||||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 14 ′ N , 8 ° 41 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 1620 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 38.21 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 42 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Mayor : | Vítor Manuel da Guia | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Azinhaga Rua Pilar del Rio 2150 006 Azinhaga |
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| Website: | www.jfazinhaga.com | |||||
Azinhaga is a Portuguese parish ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Golegã , in Ribatejo .
geography
The place is located on the Rio Almonda , in the green flat areas around the Rio Tejo .
history
Azinhaga was probably founded in Moorish times, its name means in Arabic roughly "narrow way" or "narrow passage". The town received its town charter ("Foral") from King Sancho II at the beginning of the 13th century. Especially in the time of the royal prime minister Marquês de Pombal (1699–1782), many of the tributaries and tributaries of the Tagus were diverted and the area of Azinhaga drained, so that the reason for the Arabic naming ceased to exist and Azinhaga became part of what is now wide, for agriculture , Cattle and horse breeding suitable area. Troops from the French invading army caused considerable damage at the beginning of the 19th century. Since 1895 Azinhaga has belonged to the then newly created circle (concelho) of Golegã, and no longer to the concelho of Santarém, to which it always belonged before.
Culture and sights
In the resort was in the presence of 2,008 Saramagos the Casa Museu José Saramago opened a museum of the most famous son of the town and Nobel 1998. Some facilities of its Foundation ( Fundação José Saramago ) are also housed there.
The three-aisled church Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição dates from the 17th century, some azulejos from that time can still be seen in it. Heavily destroyed by the French invasion troops under Marshal André Masséna in the winter of 1810/1811, its reconstruction was not completed until 1882. It received a previously non-existent church tower.
Various old mansions are in the area of the municipality. One of them runs a private hotel complex for riding holidays.
The Paúl do Boquilobo wetland has been recognized by UNESCO as a biosphere reserve since 1981 .
The annual city festival takes place in May. With parallels in origin and orientation to the Festa dos Tabuleiros in nearby Tomar , the Festa do Bodo also takes place here every four years . It is an originally purely religious procession, which today also includes various events over several days, from music to gastronomy and cabaret to exhibitions and folklore dances. After 2007 and 2011, the next Festa do Bobo will take place in 2015.
economy
The place lives mainly from agriculture. Horse breeding is also important, especially the Lusitano horse. Just like the local cattle breeding (bulls), horse breeding here, as generally in the Ribatejo , is connected to the Portuguese bullfight .
traffic
railroad
Azinhaga is 4 km across the county road from Mato de Miranda , a stop on the Linha do Norte .
highway
The town is connected to the A23 15 km away ( Entroncamento and Atalaia driveways ) via the N365 national road and to the A1 via the Santarém and Torres Novas driveways around 20 km away .
Sons and daughters
- Francisco Serrão († 1521) navigator
- João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun (1790–1876), noble general and liberal politician, several times prime minister
- José Saramago (1922–2010) writer, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature
- Augusto do Souto Barreiros (1922–2012) writer and playwright
Web links
- Official website of the municipality (port.)
- Blog about Azinhaga (port.)
- Impressions from Azinhaga on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.publico.pt/Local/azinhaga-casamuseu-jose-saramago-vai-ser-inaugurada-a-31-de-maio-1329603 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.jfazinhaga.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54&catid=54&Itemid=62 ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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