Piódão
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| Region : | Centro | |||||
| Sub-region : | Region of Coimbra | |||||
| District : | Coimbra | |||||
| Concelho : | Arganil | |||||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 14 ′ N , 7 ° 50 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 178 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 36.57 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 4.9 inhabitants per km² | |||||
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| Mayor : | José da Conceição Lopes | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Piódão Largo Cónego Manuel Fernandes Nogueira, 6285 - 018 Piódão |
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| Website: | piodao.no.sapo.pt | |||||
Piódão is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district of Arganil . 178 inhabitants live in it (as of June 30, 2011). It is known nationwide for its slate architecture, and is one of the twelve historic villages, the Aldeias Históricas .
geography
Piódão is located in the far east of the Coimbra district , 29 km from the district town of Arganil. The village is located on an elevation of the Serra do Açor , one of the foothills of the Iberian Divide Mountains .
history
The place is officially mentioned for the first time in a survey made for King D. João III from 1527, as Casal do Piodão with only two families living here, and belonging to Villa da Voo ( Avô ). The inaccessible seclusion of the place often attracted refugees from the judiciary, such as Diogo Lopes Pacheco, one of the alleged murderers of Inês de Castro (1320–1355), or the rebel officer José do Telhado (1818–1875).
Since 1676 Piodão is an independent municipality. After the dissolution of the Avô district ( concelho ) in 1855, the parish became part of the Arganil district. At about the same time, the extensive isolation of Piodão ended after the royal road from Covilhã to Coimbra was built. In 1906 the seminary preschool of Piódão was closed and the place fell again into stagnation, which Father Manuel Fernandes Nogueira, who arrived here in 1886, tackled with numerous initiatives, such as innovations in vegetable cultivation and the renovation of the main church, which was threatened with decay. It was not until 1972, with the connection to today's county road, and the arrival of electricity, radio and television in 1976, that the place opened up and developed further.
The historic core of the village of Piódão has been a listed building since 1978.
Partial view of the village of Piódão
Craft shop in Piodão
River bath in Piodão
Culture, sports and sights
The city museum Núcleo Museológico do Piódão deals with the history of the place. One of the municipality's nine river baths has been set up on the river below the village, and there are six natural swimming pools in the municipality.
The main church ( Igreja Matriz ) of the village dates from the 17th century and is modeled on the main churches in the Alentejo , in particular that of Mértola , in the Mudéjar style. With its white, blue contrasting exterior, the church also stands out from the surrounding dark slate buildings. It was renovated in the 19th century and is now a listed building.
The biogenetic reserve of the Mata da Magaraça forest area, recognized by the Council of Europe , is 50 hectares in size and offers, in addition to its trees ( elms , Portuguese oaks , chestnuts , Portuguese cherry laurel ), the Fraga da Pena waterfall and old mills.
Various hiking trails run through the municipality, including the signposted, 4 km long percurso pedestre (German: footpath) from Piódão to Foz d'Égua, and the 10 km long Caminho de Xisto de Benfeita (German: slate path from Benfeita ), which as PR1 / AGN (Pequena Rota 1 / Arganil, Ger .: Small Round 1, Arganil) is marked.
The discovery of the nearby Bronze Age rock carvings , ( spirals ) and cart tracks in Chãs de Égua has increased the recreational value of the region.
administration
Piódão is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Arganil in the Coimbra district . 178 inhabitants live in the municipality on an area of 37 km² (as of June 30, 2011).
The localities are in the municipality
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economy
Located in the wooded Açor Mountains, forestry and wood processing are carried out in the municipality. In addition to regional types of chestnuts and pines , olive trees are also important. Agriculture (corn, potatoes, beans, wine) is also important. The structurally weak community is characterized by rural exodus. Since the 1960s in particular, numerous residents have emigrated to find jobs as guest workers, particularly in France.
Tourism has a high priority, especially for the nationally advertised place Piódão, for example in gastronomic establishments or those of trade and handicrafts. So which maintains Inatel here institutions. Piódão is part of the Aldeias Históricas , a series of particularly well-preserved, historically grown villages that are specially protected and promoted by the state. It is also part of the hiking trails grouped under the name Rota das Aldeias do Xisto (English: Route of the Slate Villages), which connect the traditional slate villages ( Aldeias do Xisto ).
Nearby is since 2004 the wind farm Parque eólico do Açor , a project of EDP -owned subsidiary for renewable energy , the ENERNOVA . After an initial 2 MW, the wind farm should achieve an output of 40 MW after completion of all expansion phases.
See also
literature
- Piódão . In: Isabel Silva (ed.): Dicionário Enciclopédico das Freguesias . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : Aveiro, Coimbra, Leiria, Santarém e Viseu . Minha Terra, Matosinhos 1997, ISBN 972-96087-5-X , pp. 148-149 (Portuguese).
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Piódão at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Official website
- Spirals
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c 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
- ^ Margarida Magalhães Ramalho, António Homem Cardoso: Aldeias Histórica. 1st edition, Edições Inapa / medialivros, Lisbon 2006, ISBN 972-797-097-4 , p. 121 ff.
- ↑ monumentos.pt , accessed on November 1, 2012.
- ↑ monumentos.pt , accessed on November 1, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.ancient-wisdom.com/portopiodao.htm
- ↑ Susana Falhas: Aldeias Históricas de Portugal. 1st edition, Olho de Turista, Mêda 2010, ISBN 978-989-96743-0-1 , p. 13 f.
- ↑ ambienteonline.pt ( memento of March 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 1, 2012.
