Colares (Sintra)
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Lisboa | |||||
| Sub-region : | Lisbon metropolitan area | |||||
| District : | Lisbon | |||||
| Concelho : | Sintra | |||||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 48 ′ N , 9 ° 28 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 7628 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 33.37 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 229 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 2705-180 | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Mayor : | Maurício Moraes Barra (SCMA Citizens List) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Colares Avenida dos Bombeiros Voluntários nº 77 2705-180 Colares |
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| Website: | www.jf-colares.pt | |||||
Colares is a Portuguese town and municipality in the Sintra county . The local, traditional Colares wine-growing region is named after the place. The Malvasia de Colares is one of the most famous wines from here.
The reality show “ The Summer House of the Stars - Fight of the Celebrity Couples ” on TV channel RTL was produced here in the summer of 2016.
history
Finds prove a prehistoric settlement. Later it was a village in the Roman province of Lusitania . From this time are u. a. Coins and inscriptions have been preserved. After the Moors also conquered this area from 711 , Portugal's first king, D.Afonso Henriques , also conquered Colares during his conquest of Sintras in 1147 , which then received its first city rights. In 1255 King D.Afonso III confirmed . the city rights and made Colares the seat of its own circle.
The area belonged to the Portuguese crown until King D. João I gave it to the knight Nuno Álvares Pereira for his services to the independence of Portugal after the revolution of 1383 . Only after the death of King D. Manuel's mother , the area came back directly under the royal family. D. Manuel renewed the town charter in 1516 .
In the course of the various administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 , the Colares district was dissolved in 1855 and has been a municipality in Sintra County ever since.
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Culture and sights
Cape Cabo da Roca and the municipality's beaches are the most famous attractions. The historic Sintra tram goes to Praia das Maçãs , the most famous beach in Colares.
The community's numerous monuments include a number of mansions , sacred buildings , fountains, and historical private and public buildings. The community is also part of the Sintra cultural landscape , which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1995 .
In the building of the volunteer fire brigade ( Bombeiros Voluntários de Almoçageme ) is the Museu Renato Lobo Garcia , which is dedicated to the history of the fire brigade.
administration
Colares is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) Sintra, in the district of Lisbon . It has 7,628 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
The following localities are in the municipality:
- Almoçageme
- Atalaia
- Azenhas do Mar
- Azóia
- Colares
- Eugaria
- Gigarós
- Mucifal
- Penedo
- Praia das Maçãs
- Ulgueira
Sons and daughters of the church
- Francisco de Melo e Castro (1600–1664), colonial administrator
Web links
- Official website of the local government
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
- ↑ History page of the community website , accessed December 10, 2013
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