Santo António das Areias
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Alentejo | |||||
| Sub-region : | Alto Alentejo | |||||
| District : | Portalegre | |||||
| Concelho : | Marvão | |||||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 25 ′ N , 7 ° 21 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 1102 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 35.99 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 31 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 7330-262 | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Mayor : | José Luís Bengala Andrade ( PS ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Santo António das Areias Rua de Olivença 7330-262 Santo António das Areias |
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| Website: | www.freg-santoantoniodasareias.pt | |||||
Santo António das Areias is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Marvão . It has a population of 1102 (as of June 30, 2011).
history
The prehistoric settlement of the area is documented, in addition to evidence of an abandoned Castro culture settlement , especially through Neolithic grave sites. The most important of these Antas is now in the Museu Etnológico in Lisbon . Since then, people have probably only lived here permanently in the 5th century, after the fall of the nearby Roman city of Ammaia (today São Salvador da Aramenha ). The place was not officially documented for the first time until 1569 , as an already independent municipality. At the beginning of the 18th century the community grew and, according to the church chronicle, now developed a more lively life of its own.
Santo António das Areias has been part of the Marvão County since the municipality was founded, with an interruption from 1895 to 1898 when it was part of Castelo de Vide .
Culture and sights
The municipality is located in the nature reserve of the Serra de São Mamede . Hiking trails traverse the mountainous and forested area, and lookout points offer sweeping views.
The place has a listed bullring (Portuguese: Praça de Touros ) of the third category, in which the large corridas of the country do not take place, but regular annual bullfights .
Other architectural monuments of the place are some public buildings, religious buildings , stone fountains, a bridge, and the hotel building Hotel Boutique O Poejo , which is now a four-star hotel and was the first hotel in the district in 1919.
The Água da Cuba menhir can be seen in the municipality , along with five megalithic structures called Antas . The municipal multifunctional sports hall, the municipal swimming pool, the municipality's football field, a weekly market on the Praça de Hortaliça ( Eng .: Square of the Vegetables), and a lookout point (Portuguese: Miradouro ) are further attractions for residents and visitors. There is also a campsite in the municipality, in Asseiceira.
administration
Santo António das Areias is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ). It consists of the following localities:
- Abegoa
- Cabeçudos
- Ranginha
- Asseiceira or Relva da Asseiceira
- Santo António das Areias
There are also individual, scattered living areas in the municipality.
Web links
- Official website
- German-language portrait of the municipality on the website of the Asseiceira campsite
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
- ↑ History of the community on the community website ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 29, 2013
- ↑ History page about the municipality on the website of the district administration , accessed on July 29, 2013
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on July 29, 2013
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on July 29, 2013
- ^ Hotel website (English and Portuguese), accessed on July 29, 2013
- ↑ Community website ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 29, 2013
- ↑ Website of the campsite ( Memento of the original from August 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (German), accessed on July 29, 2013
