Golegã Municipality
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Template: Infobox city in Portugal / Maintenance / Web page is blank Golegã [ ɡoɫɯɡɐ ] is a small town ( Vila ) in Portugal. The district is known for its horse and cattle ranches. Every year here with the Feira Nacional do Cavalo held a nationally renowned equestrian festival with exhibition and fair. Golegã is a major site of horse breeding the Portuguese Lusitano horse breed.
History
Finds evidence of a settlement since the Chalcolithic period. The location of rivers and later important routes favored the settlement. Thus, inter alia, from the Roman period Remains of houses found. After the conquest by the Moors from 711, the area experienced as a result some development, especially in agriculture. Excavations from this Arab time here are numerous, especially agricultural implements and houses with the typical courtyards.
During the Christian Reconquista Golegã gained strategic importance due to its location on the line of defense of the Templars between the castles of Almourol, Santarem and Tomar. This location on strategic communication paths and the fertile soils of the surrounding area made for an economic development which was also reflected in increasing trade, and growing population. 1520 Golegã received city rights by King D. Manuel I, who temporarily chose the place as a summer residence. 1534 King D. João III rose. the place to the small town ( Vila ).
Golegã perceived as a typical region of Ribatejo, and since the 19th century, famous in particular for his horse and bull breeding for bullfighting. In addition to this day is known in the fertile soil in a circle the fruit, vegetable and grain production.
Horse breeding
Azinhaga Golegã and are known for their long tradition of horse breeding. Even Sancho I (1154-1211), the second king of Portugal from the house of Burgundy, had as a prince in the region a stud. For St. Martin's Market ( Feira de São Martinho ) to 11 November ( Martinmas ), the Portuguese horse lovers meet for the Feira Nacional do Cavalo in Golegã. The also Feira Internacional do Cavalo Lusitano designated horse show takes place every year since the 17th century and established the reputation of the place as a nationally known horse town, devote their surroundings, a number of stud farms in particular the discipline of Lusitanopferdes.
Management
The circle
Golegã is the administrative seat of the homonymous district ( concelho ) in the district of Santarém. June 30, 2011 had the circle 5482 inhabitants in an area of 76.6 km ².
The neighboring districts are (clockwise starting from the north ): Vila Nova da Barquinha, Chamusca, Santarém, Torres Novas and Entroncamento.
The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) lying in circle Golegã:
- Azinhaga
- Golegã
- Pombalinho
Demographics
Local holiday
- Ascension of Christ
Twinning
- France Villeneuve d' Olmes in the department of Ariège, France
Traffic
With Mato de Miranda, a town in the municipality Azinhaga, the circle has a railway station of the most important railway line in the country, the Linha do Norte.
The national road N365 connects Golegã with the 10 km northern junction 5 ( Atalaia ) of the east-west running A23 motorway. After crossing the A23, the N365 is also in the highway IC3 Tomar.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Carlos Augusto Mascarenhas Relvas de Campos (1838-1894), photographer and landowners
- José Carlos de Mascarenhas Relvas (1858-1929), politician, prime minister in 1919
- Martins Correia (1910-1999), sculptor
- Carlos Cacho Madeira (1919-1976), nuclear physicist
- Augusto do Souto Barreiros (1922-2012), writer
- Manuel Bento (1948-2007), football player ( goalkeeper )
- José Saramago (1922-2010), born in Azinhaga writer, Nobel Prize for Literature
The famous bullfighter Manuel dos Santos ( born February 11, 1925 in Lisbon, † February 18, 1973 in Golegã ) grew up here and lived here also of his life.
José Relvas
José Saramago (2008)
Augusto Barreiros do Souto (2008)
Statue of Manuel dos Santos in Golegã