Terena (Sao Pedro)

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Terena (Sao Pedro)
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Terena (São Pedro)
Terena (São Pedro) (Portugal)
Terena (Sao Pedro)
Basic data
Region : Alentejo
Sub-region : Alentejo Central
District : Évora
Concelho : Alandroal
Coordinates : 38 ° 37 ′  N , 7 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 37 ′  N , 7 ° 25 ′  W
Residents: 767 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 82.97 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 9.2 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 7250-065
politics
Mayor : Manuel José Veladas Ramalho ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Terena (São Pedro)
Bairro do Rossio, lot 116
7250-065 Terena (São Pedro)

Terena (São Pedro) is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district of Alandroal . It has 767 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

View of the historic center of Terena

history

Finds prove a settlement since the Copper Age , and the Romans also settled here. Today's place was created during the resettlement after the Reconquista . Terena received its first town charter in 1262 from King D.Afonso III. , which King Manuel I renewed as part of his administrative reforms in 1514 .

In the course of the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 , the Terene district was dissolved in the mid-19th century and Alandroal was incorporated.

Culture and sights

The archaeological site of Castro de Castelo Velho goes back to the Copper Age through the Castro culture . Traces of Roman settlement and remains of an early Christian basilica can be seen at the Povoado fortificado e Santuário de Endovélico excavations .

Other architectural monuments are fortifications, the historic town hall and various sacred buildings , including the parish church Igreja Paroquial de Terena (also Igreja de São Pedro ) , which dates back to a church built before 1394 and was newly built in the 16th century .

The historic town center as a whole is also a listed building.

gallery

  • The historic town hall ( Paços de Concelho )

  • Impressions from Terena (2011)

  • The Misericórdia Church

  • View of the castle

  • Impressions from Terena (2011)

Web links

Commons : Terena  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on July 14, 2013
  4. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed July 12, 2013
  5. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on July 12, 2013
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