Oliveira de Frades 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 Oliveira de Frades is a small town ( Vila ) and a circle ( concelho ) in Portugal with 2893 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011 ).
History
Finds indicate a prehistoric settlement. Smaller Iron Age settlements existed here during the Castro culture. From Roman times parts have been preserved Roman roads running here.
The present town developed only in the course of consolidating the independent kingdom of Portugal (from 1140 ). The place was known as Ulveira, with the addition of de Frades (Portuguese for: the monks ), probably because the area since 1123 belonged to the monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra. It is also a connection with the monastery Lafões on the other side of the watercourse. In 1169 Portugal's first king D.Afonso Henriques confirmed the ownership of the area Ulveira the Santa Cruz Monastery, which is considered the first official documentation of the place. From the former Ulveira was in the course of time today Oliveira, while the addition was maintained.
The current county Oliveira de Frades arose in the course of administrative reform by the Liberal Revolution in 1822 in 1834, when the county Lafões dissolved and was split into the districts of São Pedro do Sul, Vouzela and Oliveira de Frades. After short-term resolution 1836 1837 Queen D.Maria II confirmed the existing circle until today.
Culture and sights
Among the monuments of Oliveira de Frades include various religious buildings, historic homes and public buildings. The historical town center as a whole is a listed building.
The Ponte Luís Bandeira over the Rio Vouga was at the beginning of the 20th century, the first concrete bridge in Portugal. It also offers a remarkable view over the landscape of verdant riverside.
With the de Anta pintada Antelas and Anta da Arca two megalithic sites can be visited.
Sports
The sports club Grupo Desportivo de Oliveira De Frades founded in 1945, also operates a Tennischule addition to his various football and futsal divisions. The first football team of the club to pay its home games in the 2,500 -seat Parque Desportivo De Oliveira De Frades. After a few seasons in the 4th Portuguese league (III ª Divisão ) the club was after the season 2012/ 2013 barely avoid a re- descent into the highest regional league of the Association in the District of Viseu ( Campeonato Distrital ).
Management
Circle
Oliveira de Frades is the seat of the homonymous district. The county, in turn, is one of the few that are divided into two areas: the main area in which the municipality is located Oliveira de Frades, and an exclave is a smaller area, a few kilometers to the southeast.
The neighboring districts of the main area are (clockwise starting from the north ): São Pedro do Sul, Vouzela, Agueda, Sever do Vouga and Vale de Cambra. The smaller area has the neighboring districts Vouzela, Tondela and Agueda.
The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the county Oliveira de Frades:
- Arca ( enclave )
- Arcozelo the Maias
- Destriz
- Oliveira de Frades
- Pinheiro
- Reigoso
- Ribeiradio
- São João da Serra
- São Vicente de Lafões
- Sejães
- Souto de Lafões
- Varzielas ( enclave )
Demographics
Local holiday
- October 7
Economy
The most important companies in the district is the Martifer Group, whose companies in the renewable energy and metal have their particular fields of activity.
Sons and daughters
- Armando Pereira da Silva ( born 1940 ), journalist
- Carlos Caldas ( b. 1960 ), physician and scientist
- Vítor Simões da Vinha ( born 1986 ), football player