Vimieiro (Santa Comba Dão)
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Centro | |||||
| Sub-region : | Dão-Lafoes | |||||
| District : | Viseu | |||||
| Concelho : | Santa Comba Dão | |||||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 23 ′ N , 8 ° 7 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 804 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 5.77 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 139 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 3440-613 | |||||
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| Mayor : | Paula Cristina Massano Nunes Correia | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Vimieiro Rua Dr. António Perestrelo Botelheiro, nº 8 3440 - 613 Vimieiro |
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| Website: | www.cm-santacombadao.pt/vimieiro | |||||
Vimieiro is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Santa Comba Dão . It has 804 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
Dictator Salazar (1889–1970) was born here.
geography
The place is 2 km south of the district town of Santa Comba Dão.
history
The most significant event in the history of the place was the resistance of the local population against the French invading forces under General Masséna . In the course of the Napoleonic Wars on the Iberian Peninsula , they came through Vimieiro in 1810, where the population u. a. the bridge over the Rio Dão destroyed to the Napoleonic troops unstoppable.
The place is best known today after Salazar, born here in 1889, became Minister of Finance in 1927 and Prime Minister in 1932 with dictatorial powers. To this day, part of the country's population holds him responsible for the repressive Estado Novo regime, the Portuguese colonial wars and a policy of underdevelopment in the country that has turned away from Europe. Another section admires him as the virtuous and assertive statesman who kept Portugal out of World War II . For example, in the Portuguese version of the television program for the election of the "greatest" of the country ( Os Grandes Portugueses ), he was voted both the greatest and the worst Portuguese of all time.
Culture and sights
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Salazar's birthplace is located here. Although the community has not advertised Salazar since the Carnation Revolution in 1974 and has largely kept its name out of official community life, a number of visitors are drawn here. The community is planning to set up a study institute on the person of Salazar, but there are fears that it could be reinterpreted as a Salazar museum and a real place of pilgrimage. Salazar's birthplace is not open to the public. However, it is also a listed building, as is his grave in the local cemetery. A street in the village is named after him ( Avenida Dr. António de Oliveira Salazar ), as is the Escola Cantina Salazar school complex, built in 1946 , which has also been a listed building since 1999.
Various churches and fountains in the village are registered as architectural monuments. Remnants of a Roman road have been excavated here.
Web links
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.retratoserecantos.pt ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 26, 2012
- ↑ Article from March 3, 2007 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the daily newspaper Diário de Notícias , accessed on November 26, 2012
- ↑ Information from the Portuguese embassy in Germany (as of September 2011)
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on November 26, 2012
- ↑ ditto
