Mangualde

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Mangualde is a city and county ( concelho ) in Portugal with 9385 inhabitants (as at 30 June 2011).

History

Dolmens and other finds indicate a prehistoric settlement. Chief Viriathus operated here in his successful fight the Lusitanians against the Romans. After his assassination 139 BC Decimus Brutus conquered these lands for the Romans. Roman roads ran here, especially the Strait of Bracara Augusta (Braga ) to Emerita Augusta (Mérida ). The extraction of minerals in mines operated by the Romans.

After the invasion of the Visigoths in the 5th century AD, the Moors conquered in the 8th century, the region of today Mangualde. They built from the local fort and named the place after her governor Zurara or Azurara. During the Reconquista conquered Ferdinand I ( Leon ) the place in 1058 from the Arabs.

First of town rights in 1102, of D.Teresa and her son D.Afonso Henriques, who later became the first king of the country Azurara. First city rights since 1140 the independent Kingdom of Portugal was the site in 1217 by King D.Afonso II, Manuel I. confirmed in the course of its administrative reform in 1514.

During the 17th century Azurara experienced some development after the family Paes do Amaral settled here with a palace and subsequently resulted in a number of public facilities, including jurisdiction, market and church buildings and auxiliary facilities. In the 19th century the place now called Mangualde took another upswing, especially after the connection to the newly constructed road to Guarda. The origin of the present name after the disappearance of the variants of the original Arabic name Azurara is unclear.

In 1986, the former Vila ( town ) Mangualde the Cidade (City) has been charged.

Culture and sights

Among the various monuments of the city of rococo palace Palácio Anadia (also Solar dos Pais de Amaral ) of Paes do Amaral family from the 17th century, the L-shaped scale Mannerist - Baroque church Igreja da Misericordia de Mangualde from the 18. century, and the Kinobau Cine - Teatro de Mangualde of 1947. well as the old town center as a whole is a listed building.

With the megalithic site Anta da Cunha Baixa, the finds of the Roman villa Citânia because Raposeira from the 1st century BC, and the Castro do Bom Sucesso, the castle ruins at the Sanctuary Sanctuary of Our Lady de Nossa Senhora do Castelo, are three archaeological sites to visit.

Sports

The football club Grupo Desportivo de Mangualde Founded in 1945, unterklassig playing plays its home matches at the 1,500 -seat Estádio Municipal de Mangualde.

2003 was Mangualde a venue for the U -17 Football Championship.

Management

Circle

Mangualde is the seat of the homonymous district. The neighboring districts are (clockwise starting from the north ): Penalva do Castelo, Fornos de Algodres, Gouveia, Seia, Nelas and Viseu.

The following parishes ( freguesias ) lying in circle Mangualde:

Demographics

Local holiday

  • September 8

Twinning

  • United States United States: Hartford ( Connecticut )

Economy

In Mangualde is the Portuguese production plant of PSA Peugeot Citroën, Citroën under the name Lusitania SA. Here the last Citroën 2CV (as the duck known ) On July 27, 1990 produced. At other factories metal processing industry, textile and footwear industry, a fertilizer factory of the group CUF ( Companhia União Fabril ), logistics companies, furniture manufacturing and wooden and stone processing are mentioned. A large part is located in the commercial area Zona Industrial do Salgueiro.

Traffic

In Mangualde the A35 ends ( under construction: as of April 2010), which will connect the city with Mira on the Atlantic. In addition, the city lies on the A25, which connects the villages of Gafanha da Nazaré (suburb Barra ) and Vilar Formoso. A rail connection is with the Linha da Beira Alta available with endpoints Vilar Formoso and Pampilhosa.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • João Ferreira de Almeida (1628-1691), missionary, Protestant, translator of the Bible into Portuguese
  • Ana de Castro Osório (1872-1935), Republican- feminist writer, children's author and educator
  • José Albuquerque ( * 1916), cyclist, two time winner of the Tour of Portugal
  • Eduardo de Abranches Soveral (1927-2003), philosopher and university teachers
  • Jorge Coelho (born 1954 ), socialist politician, several times Minister
  • Manuel de Oliveira ( born October 20, 1940), Athlete
  • José Loureiro ( born 1961 ), painter
  • Lio ( born June 17, 1962), the French- Belgian singer and actress
  • Ricardo Jorge Marques Duarte ( b. 1982 ), football player
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