Seda (Alter do Chão)
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Alentejo | |||||
| Sub-region : | Alto Alentejo | |||||
| District : | Portalegre | |||||
| Concelho : | Alter do Chão | |||||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 11 ′ N , 7 ° 47 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 352 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 112.43 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 3.1 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 7440-225 | |||||
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| Mayor : | Alexandre dos Anjos Rosa | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Seda R. Poço, 28 7440-225 Seda |
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Seda is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Alter do Chão . It has 352 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
history
Various antas and other finds show that the area was settled in prehistoric times. The Romans left some traces, especially a bridge that is still intact today. The Moors built a fortress here.
In the course of the Reconquista , Portugal's first king, D.Afonso Henriques , presumably conquered the place himself in 1160 . He gave it to the Knights Templar before Seda came to the Order of Avis . This gave the place its first Portuguese town charter ( Foral ) in 1271 , which was confirmed by King D. João I in 1427 and renewed by King Manuel I in 1510 as part of his administrative reforms.
Since 1527 , Seda was the seat of an independent district, which was dissolved in 1836 and was incorporated into the district of Alter do Chão as an independent municipality.
Attractions
The Roman bridge Ponte do Seda (also Ponte Vila Formosa ) is one of the best preserved Roman bridges on the Iberian Peninsula . It has been a listed building since 1910. The monuments of the community also include various megalithic systems ( Portuguese : Antas ), wells, water reservoirs, the preserved fortress ruins, and various sacred buildings , including the parish church Igreja Paroquial de Seda (also Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Espinheiro ) from the 18th century .
The Miradouro de Seda viewpoint, not far from the fortress ruins, offers a wide view of the landscape of the municipality around the Rio Seda river .
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 May 30, 2013
- ↑ www.cm-alter-chao.pt , accessed May 30, 2013
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on May 30, 2013
- ↑ ditto
- ↑ www.igogo.pt , accessed May 30, 2013
