Bemposta (Penamacor)
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Centro | |||||
| Sub-region : | Viseu Dão-Lafoes | |||||
| District : | Castelo Branco | |||||
| Concelho : | Penamacor | |||||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 4 ′ N , 7 ° 13 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 120 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 9.97 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 12 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 6090-281 | |||||
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| Mayor : | Luis Manuel Lourenço Tomé | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Bemposta Largo de São Sebastião 6090-281 Bemposta |
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| Website: | www.abemposta.no.sapo.pt | |||||
Bemposta is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Penamacor . It has 120 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
history
In the course of the Reconquista , the Moorish place was settled and fortified in the 12th century. In 1258 Bemposta was officially mentioned for the first time, as a village in the district of Penamacor. From 1277 to 1287 the place was under the Knights Templar , who built the castle. In 1510 King Manuel I granted the town town rights ( Foral ) and had the stake erected as a sign of administrative sovereignty. The place became an independent circle.
In connection with the restoration war , the fortification of the place was renewed and expanded in the 17th century. In 1836 the Bemposta district was dissolved and Monsanto was incorporated . Since 1848 the parish has belonged to Penamacor County.
Culture and sights
Among its various architectural monuments, including fountains, houses and sacred buildings , are a Roman bridge, the baroque church Igreja Paroquial de Bemposta (also Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Silva ), built from 1600 and showing the gilded wooden altarpiece ( Talha dourada ), and the to name the entire historic town center.
Every year on August 15th, the local festival takes place with a procession in honor of the local patroness Nossa Senhora da Silva .
The opening of the local museum Núcleo Museológico de Bemposta, which specializes in Roman finds, in 2009 attracted national attention.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 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
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on January 27, 2013
- ↑ www.abemposta.no.sapo.pt ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2014 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 27, 2013
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on January 27, 2013
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- ↑ TV recording on Youtube , accessed on January 27, 2013
