Torre de Dona Chama

Torre de Dona Chama
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Terras de Trás-os-Montes
District :	Bragança
Concelho :	Mirandela
Coordinates :	41 ° 39 ′  N , 7 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 39 ′  N , 7 ° 8 ′  W
Residents:	1105 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	27.68 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	40 inhabitants per km²

Torre de Dona Chama is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the northern Portuguese district of Mirandela . It has a population of 1105 (as of June 30, 2011).

The Pelourinho ( stake ) stands on a square in the village , as a symbol of the past community sovereignty. Next to it is the sculpture of a pig known as Porca da Vila , similar to the Porca de Murça. The pig is part of the municipal coat of arms.

The old bridge over the Rio Tuela

To the north of the place where the São Brás chapel stands, there was apparently a Castro culture complex . In addition to Iron Age and Roman Age pottery, signs of fortification walls have been found. The sculpture, which may have come from the Castro, is also dated to this period,

literature

• JR Santos Júnior: Berroes proto-históricos no Nordeste de Portugal 1975, pp. 29-34.
• 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. 78

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