Vimieiro (Arraiolos)
| Vimieiro (Arraiolos) | ||||||
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Alentejo | |||||
| Sub-region : | Alentejo Central | |||||
| District : | Évora | |||||
| Concelho : | Arraiolos | |||||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 50 ′ N , 7 ° 50 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 1589 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 252.56 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 6.3 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 7040-621 | |||||
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| Mayor : | Maria Palmira Lourenço Chaveiro | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Vimieiro (Arraiolos) Praça Dr. Teófilo Salvado 7040-621 Vimieiro (Arraiolos) |
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| Website: | www.freguesiavimieiro.com | |||||
Vimieiro is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Arraiolos . It has 1589 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
history
More than 5000 years old tombs ( Antas ) and other finds prove a prehistoric settlement, such as the Antas da Caeira or the Antas da Herdade dos Prates .
The area was part of the Roman province of Lusitania . The Romans built bridges here and a Roman road led here.
The current place was probably created in the course of the resettlement policy in connection with the Reconquista . 1257 Vimieiro received city rights for the first time and became the seat of an independent district. King Manuel I renewed the town charter in 1512 .
Vimieiro took off when in the 18th century D.Sancho Faro e Sousa, Count of Vimieiro (Portuguese: Conde do Vimieiro) converted a former military quarter into a palace. In particular, his wife, the writer Teresa de Mello Breyner, ensured a cultural bloom in the place. (The writer Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004) and the actor Nicolau Breyner (* 1940) later descended from her family line .)
1801 died out with the childless D. João de Faro e Sousa also the title of Count of Vimieiro. The circle went to the crown, and the place increasingly lost its importance. In the course of the various administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 , the Vimieiro district was dissolved in 1855 and Arraiolos was incorporated.
Culture and sights
The megalithic complex Anta da Venda do Duque from the 4th to 3rd millennium BC , located in the village of Venda do Duque . Can be visited.
The in the 18th century mansion developed Palácio e Quinta dos Condes do Vimieiro goes to a military building from the 16th century and is now privately owned, and the surrounding park ( Quinta ) is accessible.
Various sacred buildings are listed in the parish, including the parish church Igreja Paroquial do Vimieiro (also Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Encarnação do Sobral ) built in 1557 , which combines elements of Manueline and Mudejár style.
The centrally located Centro Interpretativo Mundo Rural is housed in an old, listed olive oil press and deals with traditional rural life and work in exhibitions and events.
administration
Vimieiro is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ). The following localities are in the municipality:
- Bardeira
- Venda do Duque
- Vimieiro
Web links
- Official website
- Freguesia de Vimieiro. In: cm-arraiolos.pt. September 28, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2018 (Portuguese).
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 page of the parish website , accessed July 14, 2013
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on July 14, 2013
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- ↑ Virtual tour of the center , accessed on July 14, 2013
