Buarcos
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| Region : | Centro | |||||
| Sub-region : | Region of Coimbra | |||||
| District : | Coimbra | |||||
| Concelho : | Figueira da Foz | |||||
| Freguesia : | Buarcos e São Julião | |||||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 10 ′ N , 8 ° 53 ′ W | |||||
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| Mayor : | José Manuel Matias Tavares ( PS ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Buarcos R. do Barreiro 5, Buarcos 3080-284 Figueira da Foz |
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| Website: | www.buarcosesaojuliao.pt | |||||
Buarcos is a small town and a municipality in Portugal . The former fishing village of Buarcos and the town of Figueira da Foz have grown together more and more in the last few decades and now form an agglomeration .
history
Buarcos around 1625, print by Daniel Meisner
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The name probably goes back to the Arabic Buadtharque . It was known as Bulharcos before independence , but in the estate of King Dom Afonso Henriques († 1185) it was already noted as Buarcos . Buarcos received its first town charter ( foral ) from King Dom Afonso IV in 1342. In 1516 King Dom Manuel I renewed town charter . In the course of the 16th and 17th centuries, Buarcos was repeatedly a victim of piracy , so that the place was fortified towards the Atlantic Ocean to protect it. In the Lisbon earthquake in 1755 on November 1, 1755, Buarcos also suffered many fatalities and material damage.
In 1834 British troops under Charles John Napier landed here on the side of the Liberals in the Miguelistenkrieg .
In 1836 the Buarcos district, which had existed independently since 1342, was incorporated into the Figueira da Foz district.
Culture and sights
nature
The sandy beach of Buarcos is the most famous attraction for visitors. The city beach of Figueira, Praia da Claridade , merges seamlessly into the beach of Buarcos, which in turn is only separated from the sandy beach of Praia de Quiaios , which continues to the north, by Cabo Mondego .
Buarcos is located below the wooded Serra da Boa Viagem with its hiking and cycling trails, the climbing park, excursion restaurants and viewpoints.
Museums and theaters
Here you will find the Núcleo Museológico do Mar (German: Marine Museum), a three-part museum exhibition on the fishing history of Buarcos and Figueira.
The Teatro Caras Direitas , founded in 1907 , has also operated cinemas in his house since 1926, in addition to numerous cultural activities. The interior of the Teatro Trindade , opened in 1910, is a curious copy of the Lisbon Teatro da Trindade , shows neo-Romanueline features on the outside and, in addition to its diverse cultural activities, is also home to the União Football de Buarcos sports club . An application for classification as a monument (IIP) is pending.
The preserved fortifications Fortaleza de Buarcos and Fortim de Palheiros are protected architectural monuments as Imóvel de Interest Público (IIP).
Churches and stakes
The Capela de Nossa Sra da Conceição from the 16th century is kept simple on the outside and contains a gold-leaf high altar, winding columns and wall azulejos from the 18th century. The most valuable items of equipment, however, are likely to have been lost when it was looted by English pirates in 1602. (IIP)
The single-nave church Igreja da Misericórdia , founded by Manuel I in the 16th century, preserves a. a. still the original portal, wall azulejos, altar and baptismal font, but were partially redesigned in the 18th century, such as the outer front. (IIP)
The Capela da Nossa Senhora da Encanação was built in the 17th century, but several extensive renovations have been made over the years . It houses the statue of the Virgin Mary Senhora do Mar , the patron saint of fishermen. Every year on September 8th, a nocturnal procession with the figure begins here.
The Pelourinho de Buarcos stake was erected in 1561. One side of its two-sided decorations is already heavily worn by the weather. It is registered as an architectural monument (IIP), as is the Pelorinho de Redondos . It was also built in 1561 in the then independent municipality of Redondos, which was merged into Buarcos in 1794.
Festivals
- Every year around February 2, the Festa de Nossa Senhora das Candeias , also Senhora da Boa Viagem , takes place in the village in the Serra da Boa Viagem of the same name.
- The carnival of Buarcos and Figueira da Foz is known nationwide, especially the carnival parade along the beach promenade
- The procession of Senhor dos Passos , on the fifth Sunday of Lent, has been going on for 300 years.
- June 29th is the feast day of the patron saint of the place, S. Pedro. On the following weekend the festivities take place, with a morning mass and a procession in the afternoon.
- On the first weekend in August, the Vais chapel hosts the feast of St. Barbara, once introduced by the miners from Cabo Mondego.
- The Festa da Senhora da Encanação takes place on September 8th each year and is the largest regional procession.
administration
Buarcos is the seat of the municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Figueira da Foz until 2013 . On June 30, 2011 the community had 8,577 inhabitants on an area of 13.9 km².
The following localities are located in the municipality of Buarcos:
- Buarcos (with the former village of Redondo)
- Serra da Boa Viagem
- Vais
In addition, in 2013, in a controversial decision in the run-up to the municipal reorganization of Portugal , the actual municipality of Figueira da Foz, São Julião, was dissolved and Buarcos were incorporated.
In August 2015, the official name of the municipality of Buarcos was changed to Buarcos e São Julião .
economy
Traditionally, the place lived from fishing, both in the sea in front of the place and in the Mondego river. Significantly also the fleets in the North Atlantic and were Greenland and Newfoundland on floor fishing went.
Today tourism is important for the place, while fishing is still practiced, but has lost its importance. Several shopping centers have been built on the bypass roads above the town center. The Cimpor is active on Cabo Mondego .
traffic
The place is connected to the inner city bus network of Figueira (private company with municipal concession). The next stop on the Portuguese railroad is Figueira da Foz station . The connection to the trunk road network takes place via Figueira da Foz.
literature
- Isabel Henriques: Figueira da Foz - Rotas do Concelho. Câmara Municipal, Figueira da Foz 2005, ISBN 972-9915-2-7 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras. 2nd Edition. Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, ISBN 978-972-46-1730-5 , p. 59.
- ↑ Isabel Henriques: Figueira da Foz - Rotas do Concelho. Câmara Municipal, Figueira da Foz 2005, p. 33ff.
- ↑ Stage 18: Figueira da Foz - Buarcos - Quiaios - Praia de Mira - Costa Nova - Gafanha da Nazaré - Aveiro. (PDF; 70 kB) at: kettler-verlag.de , accessed on July 28, 2012
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Publication of Law 87/2015 on the change of name for the municipality of Buarcos in the Diário da República Official Journal of August 10, 2015, accessed on January 14, 2017
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