Fortios

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Fortios
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Fortios (Portugal)
Fortios
Basic data
Region : Alentejo
Sub-region : Alto Alentejo
District : Portalegre
Concelho : Portalegre
Coordinates : 39 ° 20 ′  N , 7 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 20 ′  N , 7 ° 30 ′  W
Residents: 2018 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 65.85 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 31 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 7300-654
politics
Mayor : Manuel Joaquim Lacão Carvalho ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Fortios
Largo da Boavista, 22A
7300-654 Fortios

Fortios is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Portalegre . In 2018, residents lived in it (as of June 30, 2011).

The Church of Saint Sebastian (São Sebastio)

history

Finds prove a prehistoric settlement, such as the Neolithic tombs ( port .: Antas ) of the Antas do Monte Nogueiro . Finds from Roman times have also been made here, including coins and references to houses.

The current place was probably built in the 15th / 16th centuries. Century. At the end of the 16th century, Fortios became an independent community, which gained importance as a regional pilgrimage site.

Culture and sights

Land estates and sacred buildings are among the monuments of the community . In addition to the pilgrimage church Santuário do Senhor dos Aflitos (also Santuário do Senhor dos Mártires ) with features of the Baroque and Rococo , the parish church Igreja Paroquial de Fortios , which is also called Igreja de São Sebastião after its patron saint of Saint Sebastian, should be mentioned in particular .

Web links

Commons : Fortios  - collection of pictures, 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. ↑ Freguesia de Fortios ( memento 20091218064923), accessed on July 28, 2013
  4. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on July 28, 2013
  5. ↑ ditto