Rabaçal (Penela)
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Centro | |||||
| Sub-region : | Region of Coimbra | |||||
| District : | Coimbra | |||||
| Concelho : | Penela | |||||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 2 ′ N , 8 ° 27 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 291 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 8.98 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 32 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 3230-544 | |||||
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| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Rabaçal Rua da Junta 3230-544 Rabaçal |
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| Website: | www.rabacal.net | |||||
Rabaçal is a locality and former municipality in Portugal . The place is known for its cheese and historical sites.
history
Roman roads and a late Roman villa from the 4th century AD are traces of the Roman settlement in today's municipality.
Germanelo Castle was built in 1142 as part of the Reconquista and was the seat of a district. With the conquest of Santarém in 1147, the castle lost its strategic importance again. The settlement efforts were discontinued and the district was dissolved. In the 14th century the castle was completely abandoned and left to decay.
In the early 1940s, the historian Salvador Dias Arnaut (1913–1995) from Penela acquired the castle ruins and partially rebuilt them using original stones found on site, according to original plans, such as the north wall and gates. Since 2000 , the municipality, district and monument protection agencies have been trying to preserve the castle, which is still privately owned. Together with the cheese and the excavations that have been carried out in batches at the Villa Romana since 1984 , the castle has become an essential figurehead of today's community.
Culture and sights
In the municipality you can see the Roman Villa of Rabaçal and other Roman excavations, and their finds exhibited in the Museu da Villa Romana . You can also visit stalactite caves, partially restored windmills and the ruins of the castle with the Miradouro , a viewpoint over the whole valley. There are also a number of listed sacred buildings , including the classicist parish church Igreja Paroquial de Rabaçal (also Igreja de Santa Maria Madalena ) from the 16th century , which was rebuilt in the 18th century.
Signposted tours and hiking trails are laid out in the community. The Caminho Português , a Portuguese Way of St. James , also leads through Rabaçal.
Cheese and Cheese Market
The place is known for its origin-protected cheese, the Queijo Rabaçal . It is made from sheep and goat milk and gets its aroma from the locally growing herbs Erva de Santa Maria , a type of goosefoot . It is available both fresh and as hard cheese.
The community has been holding an annual spring cheese market at Villa Romana since 2010. The Mercado do Queijo do Rabaçal is both a fair, where products are displayed and traded, and a festival, where folklore , folk dancing and local gastronomy are offered, and where performances commemorate the Roman legacy of the place.
administration
Rabaçal was a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Penela . On June 30, 2011 the community had 291 inhabitants on an area of 9 km².
The following localities belonged to the Rabaçal municipality:
- Chanca
- Fartosa
- Legacão
- Ordem
- Rabaçal
As part of the municipal reorganization of Portugal on September 29, 2013, the municipality of Rabaçal was merged with Santa Eufémia and São Miguel to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de São Miguel, Santa Eufémia e Rabaçal . The seat of the new municipality was São Miguel.
literature
- Thomas G. Schattner (Ed.): Archaeological guide through Portugal (= cultural history of the ancient world . Vol. 74). Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1998, ISBN 3-8053-2313-1 p. 108
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 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
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on December 31, 2012
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on December 31, 2012
- ↑ www.rabacal.net , accessed on December 31, 2012
- ↑ Legal text (Portuguese, PDF download 2.4 MB), accessed on February 20, 2015