Vale de Telhas

Vale de Telhas
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Terras de Trás-os-Montes
District :	Bragança
Concelho :	Mirandela
Coordinates :	41 ° 37 ′  N , 7 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 37 ′  N , 7 ° 14 ′  W
Residents:	283 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	15.17 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	19 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	5385-140
politics
Mayor :	Joaquim António Morais Clemente ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Vale de Telhas Rua Direita, 53 5385-140 Vale de Telhas

Vale de Telhas is a town and municipality in northern Portugal .

Tourism is only slowly gaining importance here, on the one hand for the regional population, who are looking for relaxation here at the river swimming pool, and on the other hand for tourists from more distant places who travel individually , who mostly stay in small facilities of the rural tourism or on the campsite.

history

Old house in Vale de Telhas

Presumably, people settled here on the Rio Rabaçal in ancient times. From Roman times, miliarium , signs and ruins have been found that indicate a Roman settlement on a local Roman bridge . A miliarium at the fountain in the village comes from the nearby Roman road ( Via XVII or Via Nova ), which led from Bracara Augusta (today Braga ) to Asturica Augusta (today Astorga ).

In the royal surveys under D. AFonso III. An already existing bridge is mentioned here from 1258, and as late as 1758 the parish priest mentions the existence of two Roman-looking columns as remains of the bridge next to the bridge that was newly built in the 17th century. In 1882 the historian Pinho Leal found three Roman gravestones ( cippos ) under the bridge , one of which bore legible Roman inscriptions.

Attractions

For one, the parish of the Vale de Telhas has some natural attractions, including an extensive river pool with near campsite. Hiking trails run by the Mirandela district administration also lead through the municipality.

There are also some architectural monuments in the municipality of Vale de Telhas:

• Ponte de Vale de Telhas , bridge over the Rabaçal from the 17th century, built on an ancient Roman bridge
• Igreja de Santo Ildefonso , the parish church of Vale de Telhas
• Capela de São Sebastião , chapel
• Fonte de Vale de Telhas , public fountain in the center of the village, where there is also a Roman miliarium on the nearby Roman road

administration

Population development in the municipality of Vale de Telhas (1864–2011)

Vale de Telhas is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Mirandela in the Bragança district . 283 inhabitants live in it on an area of ​​15 km² (as of June 30, 2011).

The community consists only of the eponymous place.

Web links

Commons : Vale de Telhas  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website on the municipality of Vale de Telhas at the Mirandela County Council
• Entry to Vale de Telhas in the Mapas de Portugal

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. ↑ Entry of the Fonte de Vale de Telhas in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA (under Observações ), accessed on March 7, 2020
4. ^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras. 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, p. 265 ( ISBN 978-9724617305 )
5. ↑ Entry on Ponte de Vale de Telhas in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA (under Cronologia ), accessed on March 7, 2020
6. ↑ Entry on Ponte de Vale de Telhas in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 7, 2020
7. ^ Entry on the parish church of Vale de Telhas in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 7, 2020
8. ↑ Entry of the Capela de São Sebastião in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 7, 2020
9. ↑ Entry of the Fonte de Vale de Telhas in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 7, 2020