Castro Daire 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 Castro Daire is a small town ( Vila ) and a circle ( concelho ) in Portugal with 4713 inhabitants (as at 30 June 2011).
Geography
Castro Daire is located on the Rio Paiva, below the up to 1,381 meters high Serra de Montemuro. About 30 km to the south is the district capital of Viseu, about 30 km north Lamego.
History
Findings and excavations indicate a prehistoric settlement in the present-day county area, including Neolithic Antas and dolmens in the community Monteiras, Mamoas in Almofala, and petroglyphs in Picão. From the Castro culture, the hill forts ( Maga Castro da ) originate in Moledo and Cabril (Castro de Canbril ).
In the 2nd century BC, the territory became Roman. A Roman road ran through the present district area, including Roman pottery and coins have been found here. The 19th-century Ponte Pedrinha also goes back to a Roman bridge. After the invasion of Germanic tribes in the 5th century, the area was in connection Arabic, after taking the Iberian Peninsula by the Moors in the 8th century.
The present district was established in the course of 1139 from successful endeavor independence of the Kingdom of Portugal. First City rights were granted Castro Daire Portugal's first king, Afonso Henriques, but no exact date has been handed down. The city rights were renewed in 1514 by King Manuel I.. In the course of administrative reform by the Liberal Revolution in 1822 and the subsequent Miguelistenkrieg the municipality of Castro Daire has also undergone significant expansion.
Culture and sights
Numerous excavations and finds can be seen in the circle, including the archaeological site Portas de Montamuro in the community Cabril.
In the community Mamouros the spa Termas do Carvalhal is. Various, partly thematic trails are created in the circle. In addition, offer a range equipped Miradouros ( viewpoints ) wide views.
Architectural monuments include, inter alia, some stately homes, historic public buildings, bridges, wells, mills, and a variety of religious buildings. The historical town center as a whole is a listed building.
The Casa- Museu Maria da Fontinha is an art museum that has distinguished itself since its completion in 1984, in particular through its links with the Brazilian art scene. More culturally relevant places are the city museum Museu Municipal de Castro Daire, the Museum Exposição Etnografica do Mezio that the traditions and folk culture is dedicated to, and the ethnographic museum Museu Etnográfico do Rancho Folclórico "As Morenitas " de Alva of the local folk dance club.
Sports
The football club Grupo Desportivo Parada played (2012/2013) in the Série C III ª Divisão ( 4.Liga ).
Management
The circle
Castro Daire is the seat of the homonymous district. The neighboring districts are (clockwise starting from the north ): Cinfães, Resende, Lamego, Tarouca, Vila Nova de Paiva Viseu, São Pedro do Sul and Arouca.
The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the municipality of Castro Daire:
- Almofala
- Alva
- Cabril
- Castro Daire
- Cujo
- Ermida
- Ester
- Gafanhão
- Gosende
- Mamouros
- Mezio
- Moes
- Moledo
- Monteiras
- Moura Morta
- Parada de Ester
- Pepim
- Picão
- Pinheiro
- Reriz
- Ribolhos
- São Joaninho
Demographics
Local holiday
- June 29
Traffic
Castro Daire is located on the A24 motorway and along the national road N228.
The village is part of the nationwide bus network of speech Expressos.
A separate connection to the railway network of the country has not the place of the nearest railway station is Viseu.
Sons and daughters
- Aboab Isaac da Fonseca (1605-1693), scholar, kabbalist and writer, first Rabbi of America
- Joaquim Rodrigues da Cunha (1915-1972), clergyman and writer
- Abílio Pereira de Carvalho ( born 1939 ), high school teacher, historian and author
- Manuel da Rocha Felício ( b. 1947 ), Bishop of Guarda
- Luis Carlos Pereira Carneiro (* 1988), football player