Mesão Frio

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Template: Infobox city in Portugal / maintenance / management location is empty Template: Infobox city in Portugal / Maintenance / Web page is blank Mesão Frio is a small town ( Vila ) and a circle ( concelho ) in Portugal with 4423 inhabitants (as at 30 June 2011). It belongs to the Upper Douro Valley, the first protected wine region in the world, and has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001.

History

A found here, prehistoric Castro ( Portuguese for local hill forts ) was used to since the 2nd century BC. incident here Romans as a settlement point that persisted until the Middle Ages. Here is a hostel on a Roman road was established, in which travelers could warm up and catering, and the frigidae as Mansionis was known. The first official mention of the village dates from the year 1059 as Mansion Frigido. Probably let D.Mafalda build a church, of which today's local church São Nicolau has the name. Queen D.Mafalda was the wife of the first king of the independent Kingdom of Portugal, D.Afonso Henriques, who Mesão Frio in 1152 gave the city rights. 1217 confirmed King II D.Afonso city rights by King D.Manuel I. in 1513 renewed.

During the Napoleonic invasions, the place suffered some damage in 1809 by French troops under General Loison. 1821 Mesão Frio seat of its own circle.

Culture and sights

Among the monuments of the circle are a variety mansions, stone fountains, a Roman bridge, an archaeological site, some historic public buildings, and numerous chapels and other religious buildings, including the Baroque church Igreja Paroquial de Mesão Frio (also Igreja de São Nicolau ). The single-nave parish church contains, inter alia, Altarpieces of gilded wood ( Talha dourada ) and Rococo paintings in the coffered ceilings part.

In addition, the historical town center as a whole is under monument protection.

In the circle introduces ausgeschildeter, 12 km long trail of hills, vineyards, villages and chapels along the milestones of 1756 established the first protected wine region in the world, is today a UNESCO World Heritage Alto Douro. Hotels, Pousadas and houses of rural tourism are particularly geared to individual travelers and wine tourists, and the tourist office ( Portuguese: Turismo ) offers thematic guided tours of.

Management

Circle

Mesão Frio is the seat of the homonymous district. The neighboring districts are ( clockwise beginning in the north): Peso da Régua, Lamego, Resende and baião.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) lying in circle Mesão Frio:

• Barqueiros
• Cidadelhe
• Oliveira
• São Nicolau ( municipality )
• Santa Cristina ( municipality )
• Vila JUSA
• Vila Marim

Demographics

Local holiday

• November 30

Sons and daughters

• José Maria de Alpoim Cerqueira Borges Cabral (1858-1916), progressive and Republican politician, Minister of Justice
• Ramalho Júnior (1859-1916), painter from Barqueiros
• Domingos Monteiro (1903-1980), lawyer, poet and writer from Barqueiros
• Vítor Rua ( born 1961 ), guitarist, composer and music producer