Almeirim Municipality
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Almeirim is a city in the Portuguese region of Ribatejo. It is ( as Sopa Pedra ) known in the country as the capital of stone soup, a nationally popular specialty.
History
Finds evidence of a settlement since the Paleolithic period, particularly numerous in the circle are excavations of the Iron Age. During the Roman conquest in the 2nd century BC outsourced Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus here, in connection with his crossing of the Tagus River in Santarém. The Romans practiced here in connection livestock and built especially for cereals and olives. The Roman road from Olisipo (now Lisbon ) to Emerita Augusta (now Mérida ) was here. After the conquest of the Roman Lusitania by Germanic tribes from the 5th century, the trace of the place largely loses.
Today's Almerim built in the 15th century, in the year 1411. Way, King D. João I build the royal palace and the first houses 1411-1423, and King D. Manuel I was here in the 16th century a more residence and the monastery of Nossa Senhora da Serra build. The nobility had here already traditional hunting grounds. The Royal Assembly, which Cortes was convened twice here. For the first time of King D. João III. the occasion of the swearing in of Prince D. João, the king D. Sebastião later father, and a second time by the Cardinal and transition regent King D. Henrique I. to discuss the succession to the throne after the death momentous D. Sebastiãos. A number of royal celebrations were held here, including the 1526 wedding of Princess Isabella of Portugal with Emperor Charles V, and the Portuguese part of the wedding celebration of the Spanish King Philip II to Maria of Portugal in 1543.
After the kings Almeirim often sought out in the winter, the place was also appreciated as a summer resort, about of writers such as Garcia de Resende, or Gil Vicente, who performed some of his pieces in the town hall of Almeirim.
The former small-town ( Vila ) Almeirim became a town ( Cidade ) 1991.
Management
The circle
Almeirim is the administrative seat of the homonymous district ( concelho ) in the district of Santarém. June 30, 2011 had the circle 23,403 inhabitants in an area of 222.1 km ².
The neighboring districts are ( clockwise beginning in the north): Alpiarça, Chamusca, Coruche, Salvaterra de Magos, Santarém Cartaxo as well.
The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) lying in circle Almeirim:
Raposa
Demographics
Local holiday
- Ascension of Christ
Traffic
The A13 motorway ends here, coming from south Marateca, and connects the village to the motorway network in the country. About the removed from Expressway IC10 Almeirim is also connected to the 8 km north -lying district capital of Santarém. There is also the nearest railway connection to the Linha do Norte.
The city is in the nationwide long-distance bus network, inter alia, the speech Expressos involved.
The municipal transport company TUA - Transportes Urbanos de Almeirim maintains a bus route that the city leave every morning 8:00 to 19:00 (Sunday 8:00 to 14:00 ) on a circular route every half hour. Private bus companies provide the other, regionally integrated public transport system.
The Stone Soup
- Sopa da pedra ( dt: " Stone Soup " )
The name of this soup is based on a fairy tale that exists in several versions. The basic idea: A monk is very hungry, but has nothing to eat, only a pot. Since no one wants to give him food, he says, then he would just cook stone soup. He fills the pot with water, puts into a stone, and put it on the fire. When the water boils, he explains that one can still improve the taste by some salt. One of the curious brings it; then explains the arms that succession also carrots, cabbage, potatoes, sausage, etc. would each continue to improve the taste. These ingredients are successively brought him so that he can eat a complete, tasty and nutritious soup, finally, in which the basic ingredient, the stone, the end is left for a new " stone soup ".
Sons and daughters of the town
- Ferdinand of Portugal (1433-1470), second son of King D. Duarte, military and sailors, 2nd Earl of Viseu
- Edward of Portugal (1541-1576), grandson of King D. Manuel I, 5th Duke of Guimarães
- Ernesto Júlio de Carvalho e Vasconcelos (1852-1930), Vice- Admiral, Freemasons, geographer and historian
- Moita Macedo (1930-1983), painter
- Custódio Castelo (born 1966 ), composer, well-known players of the Portuguese guitar
- Cristina Branco ( b. 1972 ), fado singer
Ernesto Júlio de Carvalho e Vasconcelos
Moita Macedo
Cristina Branco at the World Music Festival 2005 Sines