Cruz Quebrada - Dafundo
| Cruz Quebrada - Dafundo | ||||||
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Lisboa | |||||
| Sub-region : | Lisbon metropolitan area | |||||
| District : | Lisbon | |||||
| Concelho : | Oeiras | |||||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 43 ′ N , 9 ° 15 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 6401 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 2.92 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 2192 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 1495 | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Cruz Quebrada - Dafundo Rua Policarpo Anjos, Nº50 1495-207 Cruz Quebrada |
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| Website: | www.jf-cruzquebrada-dafundo.pt | |||||
Cruz Quebrada - Dafundo is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Oeiras with 6401 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011) on an area of 2.9 km². The population density is 2,194.9 inhabitants per km².
The parish was formed on June 11, 1993 by splitting up the Carnaxide parish . As can be deduced from the name, it consists of the villages of Cruz Quebrada and Dafundo as well as some smaller hamlets . The patron saint of the community is Senhor Jesus dos Aflitos ( the afflicted ).
Buildings
- 17th century bridge over the Jamor River
- Vasco da Gama aquarium
- Manor house (Palacete) Santa Sophia
- Vineyard and Palace of S. Matthew
- Sports Complex, which is home to the Estádio Nacional , but also various facilities such as an Olympic swimming pool, several golf courses, tennis (in which the Estoril Open, ATP Estoril and WTA Estoril take place), rugby and golf, bowling, canoeing, shooting and a mountain bike route .
- Faculty of Sports Science of the Technical University of Lisbon .
Dafundo in literature
Almeida Garrett lived in the Rodízio winery, where he wrote the work “Folhas Caídas” (1853). Other comedies created here are “As Profecias do Bandarra” and “O Noivado no Dafundo”.
Aquilino Ribeiro lived in Cruz Quebrada, where he wrote some works.
José Maria Eça de Queiroz speaks in his books about Dafundo as a place with 'good air (..de bons ares ..)'. Examples are in
- “ Os Maias ”, Chapter IV,
- (- Está na mesma, vai ámanhã para o Dáfundo. Mas realmente esse nicht se acha de todo inutilisado. Ainda hontem eu lhe dizia: «Você parte para o Dáfundo, leva os seus papeis, os seus documentos […]» -)
- “ O Primo Basílio ”, Chapter II
- (- Quando penso que aquela desavergonhada vem a minha casa! Uma criatura que tem mais amantes que camisas, que anda pelo Dafundo em troças, que passeava nos bailes, este ano, de dominó, com um tenor! A mulher do Zagalão, um devasso que falsificou uma letra! -)
- “ A Relíquia ”, Chapter II
- (- Ah! Se tu conhecesses a minha pátria!… E olha que sou capaz de te levar! Em Lisboa é que é! Vai-se ao Dafundo, ceia-se no Silva… Isto aqui é uma choldra! […] -)
to find.
Personalities
The composer and publisher Alain Oulman (1928–1990) was born in Dafundo. He was the author of numerous fados for Amália Rodrigues .
Roberto Ivens (1850–1898), a Portuguese explorer and navigator, lived and died in Casa do Cedro no Dafundo . In 1884 he went on a 14-month expedition through the interior of Africa, from Angola to Mozambique, with Hernandogildo Augusto de Brito Capello . During the expedition, fossils, minerals and natural history were explored. After their return (September 16, 1885) they published the book De Angola à Contra-costa .
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Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Cruz Quebrada - Dafundo at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Community website
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Information page of the Estoril Open (English), accessed on February 2, 2010
- ^ Biography and bibliography of Almeida Garrett (Portuguese), accessed February 1, 2010
- ^ Book references De Angola à Contra-costa at Stanford.edu (English), accessed on February 1, 2010
