Covas do Barroso

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Covas do Barroso
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Covas do Barroso (Portugal)
Covas do Barroso
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Alto Tâmega
District : Vila Real
Concelho : Boticas
Coordinates : 41 ° 38 ′  N , 7 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 38 ′  N , 7 ° 47 ′  W
Residents: 262 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 29.58 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 8.9 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 5460-381
politics
Mayor : Lúcia Martins Dias Mó ( PSD )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Covas do Barroso
Largo Cruzeiro
5460-381 Covas do Barroso
Website: cbarroso.jfreguesia.com

Covas do Barroso is a town and municipality in northern Portugal . It is located in the Trás-os-Montes region, which is particularly remote and structurally weak, and is characterized by rural exodus and emigration . The World Food Organization declared the region, to which Covas do Barroso belongs, to be an agricultural world heritage due to its traditionally sustainable agriculture and the quality of its agricultural products.

The community caught the attention of international reporting in 2019 due to the unyielding resistance of the local population to the economically tempting but environmentally problematic mining of the lithium found here , a coveted metal that is of great importance for the production of rechargeable batteries and batteries. The largest lithium deposits in Europe are believed to be here, which the multinational lithium mining consortium Savannah Resources, based in London, would like to promote here. In German-speaking countries, u. a. the ARD television , the Deutschlandfunk , the television station arte , the newspaper TAZ and the magazine auto motor und sport about the resistance of Covas do Barroso.

history

Finds prove a prehistoric settlement at least since the Iron Age , as finds from the Castro culture show. Coins and other finds then prove a Roman settlement, while the find of a Byzantine coin with an image of Emperor Dukas suggests a settlement in the early 10th century. The first documents about the present-day place Covas do Barroso date from the 12th century.

In the 13th century the place became an independent municipality.

It remained a municipality of the Montalegre district until 1836, when the independent district of Boticas was created in the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution from 1821 and the following Miguelistenkrieg (civil war 1832-1834), to which Covas do Barroso has belonged since then.

In 1839 the community received its first school. An electric generator had been supplying some households with electric light since 1946, and it was connected to the power grid in 1966.

Until 1967 Covas do Barroso was the largest municipality in the Boticas district in terms of area, then the municipality of São Salvador de Viveiro was created by spinning off the municipality of Covas do Barroso.

Attractions

The parish church of Santa Maria

A number of architectural monuments and archaeological sites are located in the municipality:

  • Church of Santa Maria, from the 13th century, Romanesque core
  • Listed old stone bridge Ponte sobre o Rio Couto
  • Granite communal oven, 19th century
  • Covas do Barroso primary school, built in 1961
  • Public granite roller mill
  • Stone cross (in Rua Acúrcio Amando de Castro ) made of granite, 18th century
  • Stone cross in the center of the village (Weg-Kreuz) made of granite, erected in 1776
  • Way of the Cross at Covas do Barroso, 18th century
  • Chapel of Capela de Nossa Senhora da Saúde , built in 1692
  • Mannerist Chapel Capela de São José , 17th century
  • Granite community center and kindergarten, 19th century
  • Alto do Castro , archaeological site of the remains of a fortification of the Castro culture
  • Castro do Poio , remains of a fortified settlement of the Castro culture on the border between the municipality of Covas do Barroso and the municipality of Dornelas
  • Povoado de S. Martinho , ruins of an abandoned village
  • There are 21 watermills in the community, some of them still functional, eight are still in use.
Population development in the municipality of Covas do Barroso (1864–2011)

administration

Covas do Barroso is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Boticas in the Vila Real district . 262 inhabitants live in it on an area of ​​30 km² (as of June 30, 2011).

The following localities are in the municipality:

  • Covas do Barroso
  • Muro
  • Romainho

Web links

Commons : Covas do Barroso  - 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. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ↑ a b The uprising against the "White Gold" , article from September 19, 2019 on www.tagesschau.de, accessed on February 28, 2020
  4. ↑ Re: Lithium mining in Portugal - A village on the barricades , report on arte , accessed on February 28, 2020
  5. ↑ Lithium mining in Portugal: Bad mines for a good game , article from January 21, 2020 of the TAZ , accessed on February 28, 2020
  6. ↑ Lithium dismantling: E-car manufacturer in a dilemma , article in the magazine auto motor und sport , accessed on February 28, 2020
  7. ↑ a b c Covas do Barroso history webpage on the community website , accessed February 28, 2020
  8. ↑ Entry of the Church of Santa Maria (under Cronologia ) in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on February 28, 2020
  9. ^ Entry of the Church of Santa Maria in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on February 28, 2020
  10. ^ Entry of the Ponte sobre o Rio Couto in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on February 28, 2020
  11. ↑ Entry of Forno do Povo de Covas do Barroso in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on February 28, 2020
  12. ↑ Entry of the Escola Primária de Covas do Barroso in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on February 28, 2020
  13. ↑ Entry of Maçadouro do Linho in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on February 28, 2020
  14. ↑ Entry of the Cruzeiro na Rua Acúrcio Amando de Castro in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on February 28, 2020
  15. ^ Entry of the Cruzeiro de Covas de Barroso in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on February 28, 2020
  16. ^ Entry of the Calvário de Covas do Barroso in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on February 28, 2020
  17. ↑ Entry of the Capela de Nossa Senhora da Saúde in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on February 28, 2020
  18. ↑ Entry of the Capela de São José in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on February 28, 2020
  19. ↑ Entry by Casa Paroquial / Infantário de Covas do Barroso in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on February 28, 2020