Alandroal Municipality

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Template: Infobox city in Portugal / maintenance / management location is empty Template: Infobox city in Portugal / Maintenance / Web page is blank Alandroal is a small town ( Vila ) and a circle ( concelho ) in Portugal with 5928 inhabitants (as at 30 June 2011). .

History

The Order of Avis erected here in 1298 a castle, at the behest of King D.Dinis. The, in the wake village was named Alandroal, probably going back to a local Oleandergarten ( Portuguese: Alandroal ) of the friars of Avis. The town received its town charter ( Foral ) in 1486 by King D.João II King D.Manuel I. renewed the city rights in 1514 as part of its administrative reforms.

The town suffered some damage during the earthquake of Lisbon 1755. Subsequently, a series buildings are new, including the town hall.

Culture and sights

In addition to two stone fountains, the fort and some historic public buildings mainly includes a number sacred to the monuments in Alandroal, including going back to one built in 1320 Gothic parish church Igreja Matriz do Alandroal The guided as Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in the 16. century newly built, single-nave church shows elements of the Manueline and Baroque. The historical town center as a whole is a listed building.

Next to the castle of Alandroal more fortifications exist in the circuit, such as in Terena.

Management

Circle

Alandroal is the seat of an eponymous district, which borders to the east with Spain. The neighboring districts are (clockwise starting from the north ): Vila Viçosa, Mourão, Reguengos de Monsaraz and Redondo.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) lying in circle Alandroal:

  • Capelins
  • Nossa Senhora da Conceição ( local church Alandroal )
  • Juromenha ( Nossa Senhora do Loreto )
  • Santiago Maior
  • São Brás dos Matos
  • Terena (São Pedro)

In the course of administrative reform in Portugal, the communities were Nossa Senhora da Conceição ( Alandroal ) Juromenha and São Brás dos Matos to the new community Alandroal ( officially: the União de Freguesias Alandroal ( Nossa Senhora da Conceição ), São Brás dos Matos ( Mina do Bugalho ) e Juromenha ) united. The full implementation is, however, still lacking. Thus, the affected local governments are not yet resolved, and the circle are still all communities individually (as of July 2013 ).

Demographics

Local holiday

  • Easter Monday

Twinning

  • Cape Verde Cape Verde: Santa Cruz, Santiago Island
  • Cuba Cuba: Regla, Havana Province
  • Brazil Brazil: Jerumenha, State of Piauí
  • Brazil Brazil: Curitiba, State of Parana
  • Spain: Olivença ( cooperation agreement since February 21, 2013)

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Diogo Lopes de Sequeira (1465-1530), Portuguese navigator and explorer
  • João Lopes de Sequeira (* 1480, † 1529-1544 ) was born, sailors, founder of the Fortaleza de Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué, from Agadir
  • Gomes Freire de Andrade, Count of Bobadela (1685-1763), of aristocratic military and colonial administrator, First Earl of Bobadela
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