Odivelas (Ferreira do Alentejo)

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Template: Infobox city in Portugal / maintenance / management location is empty Template: Infobox city in Portugal / Maintenance / Web page is blank Odivelas is a place and a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Baixo Alentejo in Portugal. The village belongs to the district of Ferreira do Alentejo and has an area of ​​110.1 km ² with a population of 555 (as at 30 June 2011). This gives a population density of 5 inh. / Km ².

History

At the time of the Roman province of Lusitania crossed a Roman road of Antoninus Pius, the current community. From this period were found here, among others Pottery, coins, building material, mosaics and tombs. The Dominican André de Resende (1500-1573), an archaeologist and historian of classical music, found here a Roman distance column ( Miliarium ) that took a local course of the Roman road.

1308 Odivelas was first officially mentioned.

Culture and sights

Worth to see the nearby reservoir ( Portuguese: Barragem ) of Odivelas also a historical "Roman bridge" over the river Ribeira de Odivelas. Built from 1816 to 1826 stone bridge is based on the Roman Bridge architecture and is a listed building .. Also worth seeing is the church Igreja de Santo Estevão Paroquial on the outskirts of the village.