Caravelas (Mirandela)
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Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Norte | |||||
Sub-region : | Terras de Trás-os-Montes | |||||
District : | Bragança | |||||
Concelho : | Mirandela | |||||
Coordinates : | 41 ° 26 ′ N , 7 ° 3 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 214 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 12.57 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 17 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Postal code : | 5370-075 | |||||
politics | ||||||
Mayor : | Carlos Miguel Lopes Cunha ( PPD / PSD ) | |||||
Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Caravelas Rua Principal, n.º 52 5370-075 Caravelas |
Caravelas is a town and municipality in northern Portugal .
history
Finds prove a prehistoric settlement, in particular the Anta Anta de Caravela , a Mámoa that dates back to around 3000 BC. Was built.
The present-day village was probably created during the course of new settlements after the medieval Reconquista .
administration
Caravelas is the seat of the homonymous municipality ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Mirandela in the Bragança district . 214 inhabitants live in it on an area of 13 km² (as of June 30, 2011).
The municipality only includes the one village of the same name.
Attractions
In addition to nature, which is accessible via hiking trails of the Mirandela district administration, there are some architectural monuments in the municipality of Caravelas:
- Anta de Caravela , an approximately 5,000 year old megalithic complex
- Igreja de São Brás , Parish Church of Caravelas
- Fonte de Mergulho em Caravelas , fountain system
- Capela em Caravelas , chapel
- Alminhas em Caravelas , wayside shrines (representations of saints)
Web links
- Website on the municipality of Caravelas at the Mirandela County Council
- Entry on Caravelas in the Mapas de Portugal
- Photo portrait of FC Caravelas and the village of Caravelas (1990) , private video clip on YouTube
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
- ↑ a b Entry of the Anta de Caravela in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 8, 2020
- ^ Entry of the parish church of Caravelas in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 8, 2020
- ↑ Entry of the Fonte de Mergulho em Caravelas in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 8, 2020
- ↑ Entry of the Capela em Caravelas in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 8, 2020
- ^ Entry of the Alminhas em Caravelas in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 8, 2020