Ponte da Barca 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 Ponte da Barca is a small town ( Vila ) and a circle ( concelho ) in the north of Portugal on the Rio Lima near the Spanish border. In the circle of life 12,027 inhabitants (as of 30 June 2011).
Geography
On the left side of the Rio Lima located, the place 72 km north of the city of Porto and 40 km east of the district capital of Viana do Castelo is removed.
History
Various finds and excavations indicate a prehistoric settlement, including the remains of dolmens and hill forts of the Castro culture. 1979 were also discovered in the municipality Lindoso rock engravings.
After the conquest of 137 BC, Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus the territory became Roman. From that time, coins, pottery and sculptures were found, and a bridge has been preserved. Known as Anobrega Roman administration area had stock as Terra de Nóbrega to the Middle Ages. Theresa of Castile gave him 1125 first city rights ( Foral ).
In the years (from 1139 ) to the independence of the Kingdom of Portugal also pilgrims were augmented by on the way to Santiago de Compostela. They had the river in a ferry boat ( Portuguese: Barca ) cross. 1220 for the first time a settlement Barca was mentioned in the district Terra de Nóbrega. As of 1386 the place was as Ponte da Barca known after it was built a bridge over the Lima in previous years here, and he became the seat of the district Terra da Nóbrega, who later got its name. 1513 was King Manuel I to the Ponte da Barca its first Portuguese city rights ( Foral ).
Culture and sights
The circle Ponte da Barca is partly in the Peneda -Gerês. Trails are created, and river pools provide swimming.
Among the monuments of the place include stately homes, historic public buildings, stone fountains, a Roman and a late medieval bridge, and a number of religious buildings, including the nave, mannerist - Baroque main church Igreja Matriz de Ponte da Barca (also Igreja de São João Baptista ) from the 16th century. The historical town center as a whole is a listed building.
Among the archaeological sites of the circle is mentioned in particular the Statuenmenhir of Ermida in Otsmuseum of Ermida.
Places of culture are, inter alia, Chess Association CXAM - Clube de Xadrez do Alto Minho, the city archives ( Arquivo Municipal), the municipal event center Auditório Municipal - Casa de Santo António do Buraquinho, the exhibition and sales center for regional products (Centro de Exposição e Venda de Produtos Regionais ) the quartz crystal museum Museu de Cristais de Quartzo in Vila Cha (Santiago), and the historical and archaeological museums in Ermida and in the castle of Lindoso.
Every year on the last weekend in July, is in place with the Festival Folk Celta de Ponte da Barca a music festival for Celtic inspired music instead, which is accompanied by an alternative market, including with international folk dance performances, booths, and acupuncture, yoga, reiki and massage services. Among the musicians announced in 2013 include the Irish violinist Niamh Ni Charra and the pianist and bagpipes player Cristina Pato from Galicia.
Management
Circle
The circle Ponte da Barca is bordered to the east by Spain. The neighboring districts are ( clockwise beginning in the north): Arcos de Valdevez, Terras de Bouro, Vila Verde and Ponte de Lima.
The following parishes ( freguesias ) lying in circle Ponte da Barca:
- Azias
- Boivães
- Bravães
- Britelo
- Crasto
- Cuide de Vila Verde
- Ermida
- Germil
- Grovelas
- Lavradas
- Lindoso
- Nogueira
- Oleiros
- Paço Vedro de Magalhães
- Ponte da Barca
- Ruivos
- Sampriz
- Touvedo ( S. Lourenço )
- Touvedo ( Salvador)
- Vade ( S. Pedro )
- Vade ( S. Tomé )
- Vila Cha ( S. João Baptista )
- Vila Cha (Santiago)
- Vila Nova da MUIA
Demographics
Local holiday
- August 24
Twinning
- France France: Les Clayes -sous -Bois in the Yvelines department (since 2003)
Economy
The circle is dominated by agriculture, livestock farming is one of the focal points. Is known of the local wine, in particular the Vinho Verde. The industry is represented here primarily with wood processing companies and with companies in the food industry, especially dairy products are mentioned.
Traffic
Ponte da Barca is the end of the coming of Viana do Castelo A27 motorway. The national road N101 crosses the place and here are connections to the A27.
Several private bus companies offer regional and national bus services.
Sons and daughters
- Diogo Bernardes (1530-1605), poet
- Agostinho da Cruz (1540-1619), monk and poet
- João Pimenta de Abreu († 1632), Bishop of the Azores
- Thomaz Xavier Ferreira de Menezes (1818-1891), building contractor in Brazil, ancestor of Helô Pinheiro, the Girl from Ipanema
- Casimiro de Sousa e Menezes D' Ascensão (1834-1910), engineer and philosopher
- Manuel Bento de Sousa (1835-1899), physician and author
- Júlio Cardoso ( born 1938 ), actor and theater director
- Rosa do Canto ( born 1953 ), actress
- Leonor Carneiro (born 1978 ), athlete
Gallery
- Some impressions from the communities of Ponte da Barca
Espigueiros in Lindoso - old grain store on stilts - the landmark of northern Portugal
Castelo do Lindoso
Tower with a drawbridge to the Castelo do Lindoso
Reservoir of the Rio Lima in Lindoso, view from Castelo north. In the mountains: the span border town Olelas
Passage of the Rio Lima at the dam at Parada
Igreja do São Salvador ( Bravães )
West portal of the Igreja do São Salvador ( Bravães )
Bell tower of Igreja do São Salvador ( Bravães )