OLIVEIRA DE FRADES (VISEU)

 

OLIVEIRA DE FRADES

40°43′N 8°11′W

Oliveira de Frades is a municipality in the district Viseu in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 10,261, in an area of 145.35 km2.

The municipality was created in 1836 by splitting the former municipality of Lafões into the current municipalities of Oliveira de Frades, Sao Pedro do Sul, and Vouzela.

It is one of the few municipalities in Portugal without territorial continuity (the other being Montijo and Vila Real de Santo António): its territory comprehends two parts, with the town of Oliveira de Frades located in the bigger part, and Arca e Varzielas in the smaller part.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 8 civil parishes (freguesias):

Arca e Varzielas

Arcozelo das Maias

Destriz e Reigoso

Oliveira de Frades, Souto de Lafões e Sejães

Pinheiro

Ribeiradio

São João da Serra

São Vicente de Lafões

https://turismo.cm-ofrades.pt/

https://turismodocentro.pt/concelho/oliveira-de-frades/

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RIODADES (SÃO JOÃO DA PESQUEIRA)

RIODADES

41° 01' 18" N ; 7° 29' 56" W

Riodades is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of São João da Pesqueira, with an area of 19.20 km² and 462 inhabitants (2011). Its population density is 24.1 inhabitants/km².
The origins of this population are remote, they go beyond the founding of the nationality itself. Many people would have passed through there, always leaving the mark of their passage, either in physical traces of architectural works, or in their own and characteristic words, or even in cultural aspects that have resisted the passage of time, constituting a powerful heritage of who receives them.


To speak of the history of Riodades is to speak of a history traversed step by step with Paredes da Beira, the neighboring town of Riodades, always linked to it with cultural, life, or even blood ties, since the very genesis of the two populations. It has always been like this and it is expected that it will always be like this, due to the close connection that exists between the inhabitants of the two localities. This fact does not mean that their relationship over time has always been cordial and peaceful. Since the most remote times, both disputed primacy over the other, provoking those very characteristic animosities between neighboring towns but which, deep down, always served to keep alive the spirit of union that characterizes them.

Geography and morphology
Parish of the municipality of São João da Pesqueira, district of Viseu, 22 km southwest of the county seat.

Compact parish, located in a pleasant and sunny location, with wide and expansive views, in an area of Beira characterized by huge granite outcrops, which provide an interesting landscape from a geological point of view.

Once densely populated by pine trees, it is today one of the areas most martyred by the forest fires that year after year proliferate through the Portuguese woods and forests. Extremely rich and widely known for its valleys of vineyards and olive groves, mainly for its unique quality, we are faced today, in many cases, with an arid and little cultivated vision resulting from the constant abandonment of agriculture and/or the desertification of the Portuguese interior, which really feels in localities without any type of industry or services.

Much can be said about Riodades, as its history is rich and extensive. Founded before the Portuguese monarchy, it was rescued from the Moors by D. Thedon and D. Rauzendo, in the mid-11th century.

Patrimony
Castelo Velho – to the west, close to Távora;
Castelo (Castle) Chen de Murganho – at the site of Carvas;
Castelo de Nossa Senhora – this, the main one, its former name was Castelo da Fraga da Alcávia.

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ERVEDOSA DO DOURO + SÃO XISTO

ERVEDOSA DO DOURO

41° 10' N; 7° 29' W

Ervedosa do Douro is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of São João da Pesqueira, with an area of 39.71 km² and 1029 inhabitants (2021). Its population density is 25.9 inhabitants/km².

Geography
About 7 km west of São João da Pesqueira, Ervedosa do Douro is the largest producer of fortified wine in the Douro Demarcated Region and the parish with the largest area in the World Heritage spot.

Monuments
The Church of S. Vicente, rebuilt in 1841, features a magnificent baroque gilded carved throne. In the baptistery, there are old images of S. Miguel and S. Sebastião, pre-national cults.

Casa do Cão, an emblazoned house, is a building that stands out from the civil architecture with some apparatus and has stones from the Saavedras coat of arms. From the zoomorphic insignia that appears on the crest, over the coat of arms, came the name with which the people baptized it.

Saavedras'

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SÃO XISTO

N 41.1415801º,  W 7.3423548º

São Xisto, in São João da Pesqueira, right in the heart of the Douro Wine Region, is one of our favorite villages in the region. Despite being small, mostly dedicated to tourism and easily visited in 1 to 2 hours, this village wins over for the scenery it offers and the calm it offers.

The predominance of schist is visible right at the entrance to the village, where there is a plaque with its name. From here, the road continues for a few more metres, through twists and turns, to the entrance to the village, where there is an atrium where you can leave your cars. Although there are other parking lots inside the village, we recommend leaving your car here and walking.

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SÃO MARTINHO DE MOUROS (RESENDE)

 

SÃO MARTINHO DE MOUROS

41° 06' 19" N; 7° 53' 47" W

São Martinho de Mouros is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Resende, with an area of 14.67 km² and 1333 inhabitants (2021). Its population density is 90.9 inhabitants/km²

It was the county seat between 1121 and 1855. It was made up of the parishes of the seat, Barrô, Fontoura and Paus. In 1801 it had 5503 inhabitants and in 1849 it had 6122.

The parish of S. Martinho de Mouros is one of the oldest in the county. It is almost entirely on the slope of the right bank of the Bestança river, on the way to the Douro, which limits it to the north.

Toponymy

At the beginning of the 11th century, with Almançor dead, Christian troops definitively reconquered the lands on the banks of the Douro from the Moors, from Foz to Aregos and Resende, on the left bank. They were Gascos from the Ribadouro lineage and ancestors of Egas Moniz.

S. Martinho, however, continued to belong to the Moorish military defense area of Lamego until the middle of that century.

Patrimony

Church of Sao Martinho de Mouros

Soenga House

Pillory of Sao Martinho de Mouros

Mogueira Archaeological Station or São Martinho de Mouros

Castle of Sao Martinho de Mouros

Chapel of Senhor do Calvario

Niche of the Imaculado Coração de Maria

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