Leiria
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Template: Infobox city in Portugal / maintenance / management location is empty Template: Infobox city in Portugal / Maintenance / Web page is blank Leiria (IPA [ lɐi'ɾiɐ ] ) is a city in central Portugal in Extremadura in the district of Leiria. It has 14,939 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011 ) and has mainly tourist importance as the starting point for trips to Fatima, Alcobaca and Batalha.
Geographical Location
Leiria is located between Lisbon (140 km ) and Porto (179 km), about 55 km south-west of Coimbra. The Lis River flows from south to north-west through the city. West of the town flows into the river Lena in the lists.
History
Leiria founded as the Roman city Collipo, which in turn was founded in the 1st century BC. 1135 conquered the first Portuguese King Alfonso I the city from the Moors during the Reconquista. He and his successor Sancho I fortified the city and built the castle of Leiria. The sixth King of Portugal in the 14th century Dionysius was a royal residence in Leiria build. He gave the city as a fief to his wife Elizabeth of Portugal. John I had in the late 15th century, a royal palace and a Gothic church Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Pena build within the castle walls. The city charter was Leiria in 1545 and was also the seat of the diocese. In the late 16th century, the Cathedral of Leiria was built.
Traffic
Leiria is connected via the A8 motorway to the motorway network. The city is crossed by the National Road N1 which connects Lisbon to Porto. In the east, the A1 which connects Lisbon and Porto also runs. The railway line Linha do Oeste connects with Leiria Figueira da Foz, Coimbra and Lisbon.
Public institutions
The former city castle now serves as a youth hostel Pousada de Juventude de Leiria.
Culture and sights
Sports
The football club União Leiria played for many years in the first division until he dismounted, 2012. Its home ground is the Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, which was opened to the European Football Championship 2004. Since then, concerts and other sporting events took place there alongside national and international football matches, such as the track and field team championship in 2009.
Management
County Leiria
Leiria is the capital of the district of the same name, as well as a circle of the same name. The neighboring districts are ( starting in the north clockwise) Pombal, Vila Nova de Ourém, Batalha, Porto de Mos, Alcobaça and Marinha Grande.
The following parishes belong to the circle Leiria:
- Cupid
- Arrabal
- Azoia
- Bajouca
- Barosa (Leiria )
- Barreira (Leiria )
- Bidoeira de Cima
- Boa Vista
- Caranguejeira
- Carreira
- Carvide
- Chainça
- Coimbrão
- Colmeias
- Cortes
- Leiria
- Maceira
- Marrazes (Leiria )
- Memória
- Milagres
- Monte Real
- Monte Redondo
- Ortigosa
- Parceiros (Leiria )
- Pousos (Leiria )
- Regueira de Pontes
- Santa Catarina da Serra
- Eufémia
- Souto Carpalhosa
Demographics
Twinning
- Japan Japan: Tokushima (since 1969)
- Portugal: Setubal ( since 1982)
- France France: Saint- Maur- des-Fosses ( since 1982)
- Brazil Brazil: Maringá ( since 1982)
- Spain: Olivenza (since 1984)
- Cape Verde Cape Verde: São Filipe (since 1994)
- Germany Germany: Rheine (since 1996)
- United Kingdom United Kingdom: Halton (since 1997)
- People's Republic of China People's Republic of China: Tongling (since 1999, cooperation agreements)
- Mozambique Mozambique: Nampula (since 2002, cooperation agreements)
Sons and daughters of the town
- Francisco Rodrigues Lobo (1580 - 1622), writer
- Luís Brás de Abreu (1692 - 1756), physician and writer
- Patrício da Silva (1756 - 1830), Bishop and Patriarch of Lisbon
- José Joaquim de Paiva Cabral Couceiro (1830 - 1916), architect and military officer
- Joaquim de Almeida Henriques (1875 - 1945), naval officer and first Portuguese submarine commander
- Afonso Lopes Vieira (1878-1946), writer
- Américo Cortez Pinto (1896 - 1979), physician and writer
- António Lino (1898 - 1974), painter
- Artur Portela (1901-1959), journalist and writer
- António José Saraiva (1917 - 1993), historian and literary scholar
- Miguel Franco (1918 - 1988), actor and playwright
- José Hermano Saraiva (1919 - 2012), historian, politician, diplomat, jurist and author
- António Campos (1922 - 1999), Film Director
- Braula João Reis (1927 - 1989), architect
- Francisco de Oliveira Dias ( born 1930 ), physician and politician
- José Luís Tinoco ( born 1932 ), architect, illustrator, painter, composer and lyricist
- António Cardoso e Cunha ( born 1933), politician
- José Mattoso ( born 1933), historian
- José de Sá Caetano ( born 1933), director
- Pedro Pires de Miranda ( b. 1933 ), engineer and politician
- Joaquim Carreira das Neves ( born 1934 ), theologian
- António - Pedro Vasconcelos ( b. 1939 ), director and film producer
- Anselmo Cardoso Gonçalves ( born 1946 ), Bishop of Viana do Castelo
- Joaquim Justino Carreira (1950-2013), Bishop of Guarulhos, Brazil
- Lino de Carvalho (1946 - 2004), politician
- Paulo Morgado ( born 1963 ), manager, economist and author
- David Fonseca (born 1973 ), Pop
- Isabel Caetano ( b. 1979 ), cyclist
- João Paulo Andrade ( born 1981 ), football player
- Sofia Lisboa, singer of the pop band Silence 4
- Bruno Miguel Jorge da Silva ( born 1984 ), football player
- Rui Patrício (* 1988), footballer, goalkeeper
- Ricardo Fernandes ( * 1989), Portuguese footballer
- Pedro Andre Caseiro Portela (* 1990), handball players
- Irina Rodrigues ( * 1991), track and field athlete
- Jani Zhao (* 1992), actress and model