Pragal
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| Region : | Lisboa | |||||
| Sub-region : | Lisbon metropolitan area | |||||
| District : | Setubal | |||||
| Concelho : | Almada | |||||
| Freguesia : | Almada, Cova da Piedade, Pragal e Cacilhas | |||||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 40 ′ N , 9 ° 11 ′ W | |||||
Pragal is a place and a former municipality in Portugal . The place belongs to the Almada district on the Margem Sul do Tejo , opposite the capital Lisbon .
The best-known landmark in the area is the 28-meter-high statue of Christ Cristo-Rei , high above the Tagus at the Ponte 25 de Abril . The statue is in the Almada district.
history
The seafarer, explorer and author Fernão Mendes Pinto from Montemor-o-Velho spent his old age in Pragal and wrote his much-noticed travel memories before he died here in 1583.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, Pragal experienced some economic boom due to wine growing, before a phylloxera plague in the 19th century largely put an end to this here. With the advent of industrialization at the end of the 19th century, the decline continued as many of the smallholders became workers and the community increasingly deteriorated. The self-help institutions established by the workers at the beginning of the 20th century represented an improvement, including the consumer cooperative ( Cooperativa de Consumo , 1918) and the leisure and cultural association ( Sociedade Recreativa União Pragalense , 1919). After the Carnation Revolution in 1974, a radical change began, due to increased investments by the new democratic government in education, health and transport infrastructure. In 1991 the Hospital Garcia de Orta was opened.
Since 1985 Pragal was an independent municipality in Almada County. With the territorial reform of 2013 , Pragal was merged with other municipalities to form the new municipality of Almada, Cova da Piedade, Pragal e Cacilhas .
administration
The municipality ( Freguesia ) Pragal belonged to the district ( concelho ) of Almada , in the district of Setúbal . It had an area of 2.27 km² and 7174 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
The following villages and residential areas belonged to the municipality of Pragal:
- Arrábida
- Arreinela
- Bacelinho
- Batateiro
- Casquilho
- Moinhos
- Palença de Baixo
- Palença de Cima
- Pinheiro
- Pragal
As part of the administrative reorganization in Portugal on September 29, 2013, the municipalities of Pragal, Almada , Cacilhas and Cova da Piedade were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Almada, Cova da Piedade, Pragal e Cacilhas .
education
In the municipality of Pragal there are two faculties of the private University Instituto Piaget :
- the college of education ( Escola Superior de Educação )
- the university for intercultural and interdisciplinary research ( Instituto de Estudos Interculturais e Transdisciplinares )
With the Escola das Belas Artes da Cooperativa Ar.Co there is also an art college in Pragal.
The Escola Secundária Fernão Mendes Pinto is a secondary school and a vocational school . She is also known for her German classes. It is one of five Portuguese schools taking part in the Foreign Office 's worldwide initiative “Schools: Partners for the Future” (PASCH). It also maintains direct international relationships and exchange projects, in Germany with the Max-Planck-Gymnasium (Dortmund) .
Two primary schools and three kindergartens and pre-schools are the other educational institutions of the municipality.
traffic
- Long-distance transport
Pragal has been connected to the Portuguese rail network via Linha do Sul since 1999 . In addition to Fertagus regional trains, the Pragal station is also served by CP Intercidades trains and is the only long-distance train station on the Margem Sul do Tejo .
Pragal is located at the A2 and A38 motorway junction .
- Local transport
The connection with the neighboring cities of Cacilhas and Almada is handled by the metro Sul do Tejo . Further public transport is operated with a number of local and regional bus routes.
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Pragal at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Website of the former municipal administration Pragal on the website of the new general municipality
Individual evidence
- ^ Map of the Freguesia Pragal at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- ^ Entry on Pragal at www.terrasdeportugal.com, accessed on October 2, 2015
- ↑ Brief portrait of the former municipality of Pragal on the Almada district administration website, accessed on October 2, 2015
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014
- ↑ List of the five participating schools on the website of the Goethe-Institut (German), accessed on October 2, 2015