Viseu (Portugal)

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Viseu
coat of arms map
Viseu coat of arms
Viseu (Portugal)
Viseu
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Dão-Lafoes
District : Viseu
Concelho : Viseu
Coordinates : 40 ° 39 ′  N , 7 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 39 ′  N , 7 ° 55 ′  W
Residents: 99,369 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 507.1 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 196 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 3500-3519
politics
Mayor : Almeida Henriques
Viseu district
flag map
Flag of Viseu Location of the district of Viseu
Residents: 99,369 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 507.1 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 196 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 25th
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Viseu
Praça da República
3514-501 Viseu
President of the Câmara Municipal: Almeida Henriques
Website: www.cm-viseu.pt

Viseu (formerly Vizeu ) ( IPA [ vi'zeu ]) is a city and also the administrative seat of the district of the same name in central Portugal on the Rio Pavia . The urban population is 99,369 (as of June 30, 2011), with suburbs 395,000 (2008).

history

Finds prove a settlement since the Castro culture . Chief Viriathus (port .: Viriato) led the Lusitans here successfully in the resistance against the advancing Romans in the second century BC. Until they were able to kill Viriathus by a trick and also take this area. Various milestones of Roman roads crossing here have been preserved. After the invasion of the Suebi and Visigoths in the 6th century AD, Viseu became a bishopric.

Since the beginning of the 8th century, the region was ruled by the Moors or the Aftasids from Badajoz and Viseu was given the name Bazu. In the course of the Reconquista , Viseu remained contested. In 1027 King Alfonso V (León) fell during the siege of Viseus. Ferdinand I (León) was finally able to conquer the region from the Arabs together with Lamego in 1057 .

Viseu received its first town charter ( Foral ) in 1123 from Theresa of Castile (port .: D.Teresa). After the independence of the Kingdom of Portugal in 1139, her son D.Afonso Henriques renewed the city rights of Viseus in his capacity as the first Portuguese king in 1187 , which his grandson, King D.Afonso II , confirmed in 1217 .

In the course of the revolution of 1383 Viseu suffered some destruction, after which King D. João I had the place re-fortified. In 1513 King D. Manuel I renewed the city rights of Viseus in the course of his administrative reforms.

Grão Vasco founded the painting school of Viseu at the beginning of the 16th century, which made Viseu known as the city of painters through numerous masters of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.

In the 19th century the city continued to grow and the new town hall was built on the new Rossio Square. The center of the city now shifted from the higher old part down towards the river. The Rua Direita shopping street , which has now been converted into a pedestrian zone, connects the higher parts with the lower district.

  • cathedral

  • Misericórdia Church

  • Altar of the Misericórdia Church

  • Old town

Culture and sights

The most important museums in the city include the Museum of Sacred Art ( Museu de Arte Sacra ), the Museu Grão Vasco , created between 2001 and 2003 by Eduardo Souto de Moura in a historic building next to the cathedral , and the Museu de Almeida Moreira .

The Sé de Viseu Cathedral has been preserved from the Middle Ages , and despite numerous additions and alterations, it still retained parts of its Romanesque portals and the south tower. Other important architectural monuments are the Roman-Lusitan fortress remains Cava de Viriato and the theater Teatro Viriato (formerly Teatro Boa União ) from the 19th century, in addition to a large number of sacred buildings and historical public and private buildings. The restored old town around the central Rossio town hall square is well worth seeing. Carriages are available for exploring the traffic-calmed city center.

Various Antas and other megalithic systems can be seen in the Viseus area . Various hiking trails, some of which are thematically sorted, are laid out in a circle and lead through the mountainous forests, some also to the historic old town of Viseus.

  • Hospital Hospital de São Teotónio

  • Viseus Town Hall (port .: Câmara Municipal )

  • Parque da Cidade city ​​park

  • Map of Viseus and its parishes

  • City gate Porta dos Cavaleiros

  • Fórum Viseu shopping center in the city center

Sports

The football club Académico Viseu Futebol Club plays in the Second Portuguese League and plays its home games at the Estádio do Fontelo .

administration

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Viseu is the seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Castro Daire , Vila Nova de Paiva , Sátão , Penalva do Castelo , Mangualde , Nelas , Carregal do Sal , Tondela , Vouzela , São Pedro do Sul . The following municipalities ( freguesias ) are in the Viseu district:

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 34 to 25.

Viseu district
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Abraveses 8,539 12.23 698 182301
Barreiros e Cepões 1,584 35.19 45 182335
Boa Aldeia, Farminhão e Torredeita 2,823 35.13 80 182336
Bodiosa 3,047 25.39 120 182304
Calde 1,469 35.06 42 182305
Campo 5,025 16.24 309 182306
Cavernães 1,348 13.14 103 182307
Cota 974 41.55 23 182310
Couto de Baixo e Couto de Cima 1,607 24.41 66 182337
Faíl e Vila Chã de Sá 2,673 15.70 170 182338
Fragosela 2,665 11.04 241 182315
Lordosa 1,792 22.31 80 182316
Mundão 2,389 14.45 165 182318
Orgens 3,487 8.90 392 182319
Povolide 1,753 20.80 84 182320
Ranhados 4,960 6.23 796 182321
Repeses e São Salvador 6.316 10.01 631 182339
Ribafeita 1,240 18.12 68 182322
Rio de Loba 9,421 17.75 531 182323
Santos Evos 1,567 11.86 132 182325
São Cipriano e Vil de Souto 1,950 20.71 94 182340
Sao Joao de Lourosa 4,701 26.00 181 182327
Sao Pedro de France 1,359 18.75 72 182329
Silgueiros 3,250 36.17 90 182317
Viseu 23,430 9.96 2,352 182341
Viseu district 99,369 507.10 196 1823

Population development

Population of Viseu (1801-2008)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2004 2005 2008
33,699 36,049 54,047 61.140 79,890 83,261 83,601 93.501 96,810 97.218 100.167

Town twinning

Viseu has a number of international city ​​partnerships :

city country since
Abidjan Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast 2011
Arezzo ItalyItaly Italy 2005
Campinas BrazilBrazil Brazil 2010
Cantagalo Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe 2009
Haskovo BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 2008
Lublin PolandPoland Poland 1998
Marly-le-Roi FranceFrance France 1996
Matola MozambiqueMozambique Mozambique 2011
Rio de Janeiro BrazilBrazil Brazil 2012
Sao Filipe Cape VerdeCape Verde Cape Verde 1994

Municipal holiday

  • 21st September

traffic

Long-distance transport

The New Viseu Airport, which was Viseu Airfield until 2015 , was renovated for around € 30 million by the end of 2014 and all Category 3 security tests were carried out and passed. According to the city of Viseu on the Portuguese television broadcaster RTP , the airport will be used for national and international flights with De Havilland DHC- 8-200 and ATR 42 from the beginning of 2015 . The airport is located around 10 kilometers north of Viseu. It is also used by the Portuguese Army as a flight school location with a Lockheed C-130 and by sport and private aircraft.

Viseu is an important transshipment point in the center of Portugal, here the important European overland connections IP3 / A24 ( Autoestrada A24 ) and IP5 / A25 ( Autoestrada A25 , here also European route 80 ), which connect the seaport Aveiro and Guarda with Spain and Salamanca .

With the closure of the Linha do Dão line for passenger traffic in 1988 and the closure of the Ramal de Viseu as a connection to the Linha do Vouga in 1990, the city lost its connection to the country's rail network. The plans for a European network of high-speed lines envisaged Viseu as a stop on the Salamanca-Aveiro line, but in view of the budget problems in Portugal and Spain as a result of the ongoing banking and financial crisis, no further planning steps have become known.

The Funicular de Viseu cable car

Viseu is integrated into the national bus network of Rede Expressos . Other companies also offer national bus connections from the central bus station.

Local public transport

The electric, rail-bound cable car Funicular de Viseu opened in 2009. It brings passengers free of charge from the lower historical city center on the river bank to the 400 meter high church square by the cathedral. It runs along the Rua Direita, a pedestrianized shopping street, and runs every half hour.

The Palácio do Gelo shopping center

In the historic city center, electric minibuses run on two lines marked in blue (port .: Linha azul ), while another 22 bus routes ensure local transport throughout the city and district. The cable car and all 24 bus routes are operated by the municipal transport company Serviço de Transportes Urbanos de Viseu (STUV), which has granted the bus service to Empresa Berrelhas de Camionagem, Lda. from Viseu has awarded.

economy

Industry includes the textile industry, furniture manufacturing and metal processing companies, including suppliers to the automotive industry. In the near Mangualde maintains PSA Peugeot Citroën a work. The Portuguese Martifer Group is also a major employer here. With Visabeira , one of the most important corporate groups in the country is also based here.

Wine ( Dão ) is particularly well-known among agricultural products . As a regional center , in addition to authorities and administration, trade provides economic impetus. A number of shopping centers have sprung up here, including the Fórum Viseu in the city center and the eight-story Palácio do Gelo Shopping just outside . In addition, tourism has gained in importance.

Daughters and sons of the city

The painter Vasco Fernandes, called Grão Vasco

Web links

Commons : Viseu  - 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. ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ↑ [1] , accessed on August 2, 2018
  4. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed June 30, 2013
  5. ↑ History page of the Viseus website ( memento of the original from September 25, 2015 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 June 30, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cm-viseu.pt
  6. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on June 30, 2013
  7. ↑ ditto
  8. ↑ Hans-Peter Burmeister: Portugal - DuMont Art Travel Guide 3rd edition, DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2008, page 228f
  9. ^ Lydia Hohenberger, Jürgen Strohmaier: Portugal. 2nd edition, DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2009, page 216ff
  10. ↑ www.cm-viseu.pt ( Memento of the original dated May 30, 2013 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 June 30, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cm-viseu.pt
  11. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
  12. ↑ List of partnerships Viseus , Association of Portuguese District Governments (ANMP), accessed on January 5, 2019
  13. ↑ Website of the city of Viseu ( Memento of the original dated May 30, 2013 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 June 30, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cm-viseu.pt
  14. ↑ ditto ( memento of the original dated May 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cm-viseu.pt
  15. ↑ www.stuv.weebly.com , accessed June 30, 2013
  16. ↑ www.transpor.pt , accessed June 30, 2013