Famalicão (Nazaré)
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Template: Infobox city in Portugal / maintenance / management location is empty Template: Infobox city in Portugal / Maintenance / Web page is blank Famalicão is a Portuguese parish ( freguesia ) in the district of Nazaré and in the District of Leiria. It has 1737 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011 ) and an area of 21.7 km ², thus a population density of 80 inhabitants per km ². Until the 18th century Famalicão was divided into Famalicão de Baixa (Lower Famalicão ) and Famalicão de Cima (upper Famalicão ), belonging to the first town to town Alfeizerão, the second to Pederneira (now Nazaré ).
Geography
The place Famalicão extends from the foot of the drawn-out there on the Atlantic ridge, which since Pescaria, from where one has a sweeping view of the Atlantic Ocean and the coastal region of Serra down to the almost 100 meter high hill. Therefore, taking in more recent times there the brisk construction activity. In the north the municipality borders on the city of Nazaré, on the east by the city Alfeizerão and on the south by the city of São Martinho do Porto. For sea Pescaria found with the Praia do Salgado one of the most beautiful beaches in the region with the Serra da towards the sprawling dune zone, at the northern side of the church of São Gião is. In the Serra da Pescaria and the inland subsequent municipal area, such as the district of Quinta Nova, agriculture and crop cultivation is operated. Also be found there woodworking and ceramics industries.
History
The residents of Famalicão de Cima came from about 15 km north also lies along the coast of his time city Paredes da Vitória, one of the thirteen cities of Couto de Alcobaça, the historical territory of the abbey of Alcobaça, and brought from there the worship of Nossa Senhora de Vitoria, an image of Mary that was lost and now by another in the Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Vitória ( Church of Our Lady of Victory) was replaced in Famalicão existing image. The resident in Famalicão de Baixa population belonged to Alfeizerão, another of the thirteen cities of Couto de Alcobaça, the worship of Nossa Senhora da Nazaré presented as in the whole area and especially by the abbey of Alcobaça in the foreground. Over the centuries, but the followers of the Nossa Senhora de Vitoria prevailed in Famalicão Famalicão and has since been the peculiarity of these worship still the only municipality in Portugal. The worship takes place in August. In the Church of Nossa Senhora da Vitória there is also a stone sculpture representing the Trinity and from the 15th/16th. Century dates. It is believed that the sculpture of which is also located in Famalicão probably early Christian church of São Gião stems and da Vitoria was taken at the beginning of their decline in the 18th century in the parish church of Our Lady of Famalicão. The parish church probably dates from the first half of the 17th century.
On the northern side Famalicão still limited to the Middle Ages to the Bay of Nazaré and the harbor lying there Pederneira, an area which is silted up over the last three hundred years. At this aggradation area is likely to include the entire dunes in Famalicão. In the former coastal zone is therefore also the Quinta de São Gião, the site of the church of the same. In this area utensils were found in both Roman and from Visigothic period. After by Portuguese authors, although bezweifelter but unrepresented by international archaeologists opinion of the Church of São Gião was built on a previously stationed there Roman Temple of Neptune. According to legend, the Roman consul Décio to Juno Bruto have built this temple to the gods for winning 140-130 BC battle from there thanks. This circumstantial evidence in any case that Famalicão was inhabited in Roman times.