Barcelos

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Barcelos
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Barcelos Coat of Arms
Barcelos (Portugal)
Barcelos
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Cávado
District : Braga
Concelho : Barcelos
Coordinates : 41 ° 32 ′  N , 8 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 32 ′  N , 8 ° 37 ′  W
Residents: 120,391 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 378.9 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 318 inhabitants per km²
Barcelos district
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Flag of Barcelos Position of the Barcelos district
Residents: 120,391 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 378.9 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 318 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 61
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Barcelos
Largo do Município
4750-323 Barcelos
President of the Câmara Municipal: Miguel Costa Gomes
Website: www.cm-barcelos.pt

Barcelos [ bɐɾˈsɛluʃ ] is a city ( Cidade ) and a district ( concelho ) in Portugal with 120,391 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

history

Presumably inhabited since the Paleolithic , the place was a regional administrative center for the Romans . Portugal's first king, D.Afonso Henriques , gave Barcelos city rights ( Foral ) in 1140 , which were renewed by King Manuel I in 1515 . In 1928, the previous Vila (small town with administrative rights) was elevated to a city (Cidade).

The legend of the Barcelos rooster

This Portuguese legend tells of a farmer who left the city of Barcelos to make a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela . On the outskirts of Barcelos, a wealthy landowner accused him of stealing silver. The farmer was brought to justice, found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging. Before his execution, the farmer asked one last time to speak to the judge who had sentenced him. The judge was just about to eat roasted rooster when the convict told him that as a sign of innocence, the rooster would hop off the plate and crow during his execution. Then, when the condemned man was about to be executed, the rooster actually began to crow. The judge ran to the town square to stop the execution. He saw that the strand had miraculously come off . A few years later the farmer came back to Barcelos and built a memorial to Saint James (San Tiago) and the Virgin Mary .

The legend of the Rooster of Barcelos is obviously not believed literally, but it is an important part of Portuguese culture due to the moral values ​​it contains. The legend (see on Santo Domingo de la Calzada in Spain the article Chicken Miracles ) is about a recurring Portuguese theme (most Portuguese legends are about farmers) and touches on aspects of daily life such as justice, pride, fate and dialectical belief in miracles, which are highly valued in Portugal. At the same time, the legend reflects the playful and detached way the Portuguese dealt with secular and religious hierarchies. So here stands the humanity and the humor of the common people against the distant and often arbitrary elites.

Culture and sights

On Thursdays the largest weekly market in Portugal takes place on the central square of Campo da República , where the rooster of Barcelos ( Galo de Barcelos ) is offered in various variations. In the Torre da Porta Nova , a tower of the former city wall, there is a handicraft center where traditional skills and tools, including weaving and lace making, are demonstrated. The Museu de Olaria is a pottery museum. The Templo do Senhor Bom Jesus da Cruz ( Portuguese for: Temple of the Lord Good Jesus of the Cross) is a Baroque church from the 17th century and is the most eye-catching building in the city.

The other numerous protected architectural monuments of the city include a number of earlier public buildings, urban mansions , stone fountains and sacred buildings , including the one on the 11th / 12th. Church built in the 13th and 14th centuries. The main church Igreja Matriz de Barcelos (also Igreja de Santa Maria Maior ) was newly built and has since been rebuilt several times . In addition to Mannerist and Baroque elements, for example in the various altarpieces , the three-aisled church also shows some Romanesque parts, such as the portal with the rose window or the capitals of the columns of the rows of arches.

The historic town center and the five-arched stone bridge from the 14th century are under monument protection. In the ruins of the castle and palace complex Ruínas do Paço dos Duques de Bragança (German: ruins of the seat of the Duke of Bragança), also Ruínas do Paço dos Condes de Barcelos (German: ruins of the seat of the Counts of Barcelos ), Roman finds can be seen, but also pieces from the Middle Ages. In addition, various prehistoric excavations can be visited, such as those of the Castro culture .

The Teatro Gil Vicente is the most important theater in the city. The Biblioteca Municipal, founded in 1880, is now housed in the Casa dos Machados da Maia , a Manueline city ​​mansion from the 16th century. It is one of the ten public buildings, parks and squares where the city offers free WiFi internet access. The river bank ( Zona Ribeirinha ) is one of them. There are green areas and a river swimming pool, among other things

Sports

The football club Gil Vicente FC , founded in 1924, returned to the first Portuguese league ( Primeira Liga ) in 2012 . He plays his home games at the Estádio Cidade de Barcelos stadium , which was one of the venues for the 2006 European Under-21 Football Championship .

Another important club in the city is the Óquei Clube de Barcelos roller hockey club, founded in 1948 , which has been national champion, cup winner and Supercup winner several times, and has also celebrated international successes, such as winning the CERH (Comité Européen de Rink-Hockey) roller hockey Champions League ) 1990/91, and the European Cup competitions 1990/91, 1992/93 and 1994/95.

Other sports clubs are the Basquete Clube de Barcelos basketball club , and a number of other football clubs and other sports clubs in the city and district.

administration

The circle

Barcelos is the seat of a circle of the same name ( concelho ). The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Viana do Castelo , Ponte de Lima , Vila Verde , Braga , Vila Nova de Famalicão , Póvoa de Varzim and Esposende .

Barcelos is the district with the largest number of parishes ( freguesias ) in Portugal. As part of the territorial reform in Portugal in 2013 , a number of the previous 89 municipalities were merged, since then the Barcelos district has consisted of 61 municipalities:

Barcelos district
local community Population
(2011)
Area
km²
Density of
population / km²
LAU
code
Abade de Neiva 2,024 7.50 270 030201
Aborim 891 6.18 144 030202
Adães 790 2.69 294 030203
Airó 913 3.02 302 030205
Aldreu 904 4.80 188 030206
Alheira e Igreja Nova 1,456 10.17 143 030290
Alvelos 2.145 3.38 634 030208
Alvito e Couto 1,438 8.54 168 030291
Arcozelo 12,840 3.44 3,736 030209
Areias de Vilar e Encourados 1,879 10.17 185 030292
Areias de Vilar 1.014 2.51 404 030210
Balugães 841 2.73 308 030212
Barcelinhos 1,781 2.76 646 030213
Barcelos, Vila Boa e Vila Frescainha 11,108 9.30 1,195 030293
Barqueiros 1,957 8.07 243 030215
Cambeses 1,300 3.31 393 030216
Campo e Tamel 1,521 4.81 316 030294
Carapeços 2,277 8.12 281 030218
Carreira e Fonte Coberta 2,033 5.29 384 030295
Carvalhal 1,391 2.58 539 030220
Carvalhos 691 3.49 198 030221
Chorente, Góios, Courel, Pedra Furada e Gueral 2,568 16.09 160 030296
Cossourado 825 6.44 128 030224
Creixomil e Mariz 1,208 6.98 173 030297
Cristelo 1,875 7.71 243 030228
Durrães e Tregosa 1,409 6.73 209 030298
Fornelos 803 4.29 187 030234
Fragoso 2,193 12.59 174 030235
Gamil e Midões 1,386 5.84 238 030299
Gilmonde 1,516 5.58 272 030237
lama 1,271 3.27 389 030242
Lijó 2,306 4.42 522 030243
Macieira de Rates 2,083 7.85 265 030244
Manhente 1,703 3.91 435 030245
Martim 2,375 5.32 447 030247
Milhazes, Vilar de Figos e Faria 2,066 12.14 170 0302FA
Moure 925 2.54 364 030252
Negreiros e Chavão 2,364 6.96 339 0302FB
Oliveira 1.004 5.46 184 030254
Palm tree 1,073 8.31 129 030255
Panque 680 6.29 108 030256
Paradela 850 8.36 102 030257
Pereira 1,318 3.85 343 030259
Perelhal 1,749 6.80 257 030260
Pousa 2,272 6.63 343 030261
Quintiães e Aguiar 1,190 7.36 162 0302FC
Remelhe 1,309 6.12 214 030263
Roriz 2.152 6.53 329 030264
Santa Eugenia de Rio Covo 1,483 3.13 473 030265
Tamel e Vilar do Monte 1,420 11.06 128 0302FF
Santa Maria de Galegos 2,987 4.59 651 030268
Sao Martinho de Galegos 1,930 3.12 618 030272
São Veríssimo de Tamel 3,025 3.33 910 030277
Sequeade e Bastuço 1.916 6.34 302 0302FD
Silva 913 2.18 419 030279
Silveiros e Rio Covo 2.151 8.23 261 0302FE
Ucha 1,420 4.27 333 030282
Várzea 1,904 2.95 645 030283
Viatodos, Grimancelos, Minhotães e Monte de Fralães 3.814 12.40 308 0302FG
Vila Cova e Feitos 2,564 15.73 163 0302FH
Vila Seca 1,197 4.34 276 030287
Barcelos district 120.391 378.90 318 0302

Population development

Population in Barcelos County (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
78 934 40 859 46 953 58 360 83 211 103 773 111 733 122 096 120 391

Town twinning

traffic

Long-distance transport

Barcelos is a stop on the Linha do Minho railway line . It is on the A11 motorway and the N103 national road. The place is integrated into the national bus network of Rede Expressos .

Transportation

A number of bus routes operated by the companies Transdev and Arriva cover the city area, some with regionally extended routes.

Pink ramalho
Miguel Ângelo Pereira
The Fadista Gisela João (2013)

sons and daughters of the town

The city often mentions Gil Vicente (1465–1536), the playwright and founder of the Portuguese theater, as its most famous son, but his origin is not proven beyond doubt. The power metal band Oratory comes from Barcelos. Other famous people from Barcelos are:

Web links

Commons : Barcelos  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. www.verportugal.net , accessed on January 29, 2013
  4. ^ Lydia Hohenberger, Jürgen Strohmaier: Portugal. 2nd edition, DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2009, page 277f
  5. www.monumentos.pt , accessed on January 29, 2013
  6. ditto
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  8. ^ Hans-Peter Burmeister: Portugal. 3rd edition, DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2008, page 259
  9. www.cm-barcelos.pt ( Memento of the original from February 25, 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. , accessed January 29, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cm-barcelos.pt
  10. www.cm-barcelos.pt , accessed on January 29, 2013
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