Eiras (Chaves)
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| Region : | Norte | |||||
| Sub-region : | Alto Tâmega | |||||
| District : | Vila Real | |||||
| Concelho : | Chaves | |||||
| Freguesia : | União das Freguesias das Eiras, São Julião de Montenegro e Cela | |||||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 44 ′ N , 7 ° 26 ′ W | |||||
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| Website: | eirense.blogs.sapo.pt | |||||
Eiras is a place and a former municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district of Chaves . The community had 545 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
On September 29, 2013, the municipalities of Eiras, São Julião de Montenegro and Cela merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias das Eiras, São Julião de Montenegro e Cela .
Attractions
Cruzeiro de Eiras
On the square at the entrance to the village is one of the oldest crosses in the region, dating from 1650. Its arms ending in lilies find their closest parallel in a cross in front of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela . It is believed that this place was part of one of the pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela .
Igreja Matriz
The mother church is a Romanesque church, which has the woman of expectation as patron. It is located in the place of the pipa.
Quinta da Senhora da Conceição
Near the crossroads is the heavily destroyed Quinta da Senhora da Conceição , of which a small chapel with a beautiful Manueline- style window has been preserved.
The founder of the quinta was the governor of Praça de Chaves , Francisco de Morais Madureira Lobo Liz e Prado, who had a daughter, Dona Rita Lobo Liz e Prado, who was the mother of the last landlord of Quinta das Eiras and Casa da Santa Cabeça de Chaves, whose coat of arms is kept in the Flaviense Regional Museum.
Another notable figure of this village was Manuel de Morais Madureira. Manuel de Morais Madureira, brother of Rita Lobo Liz e Prado, was a cavalry officer and adjutant to D. Miguel de Bragança. According to the Évora Monte Convention , through which D. Miguel was exiled, he accompanied the king and also died in exile.
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014