São Brás de Alportel Municipality
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São Brás de Alportel is a small town ( Vila ) and a circle ( concelho ) in Portugal. On 30 June 2011, the city had 10,693 inhabitants ² in an area of 153.4 km.
History
Discoveries prove the presence of man since the Paleolithic. From the 2nd century BC Romans lived here. In addition to excavations of tombs, a villa and other buildings and parts of a Roman road have been preserved, as Calçadinha Romana (English about: Roman pavement) can be visited.
The Moors settled here at least the 11th century, as excavations, among others Arab country estates, and finds of pottery and coins show. During the Reconquista of the called by the Arabs Xanbras place in 1249 fell to the Kingdom of Portugal. Is not much over the following time on São Brás known. In 1518 it became the seat of an independent community. In connection with the relocation of the bishopric of Silves to Faro in 1581 the bishop in São Brás had a bishop's palace built ( Portuguese: Paço Episcopal ).
In the 19th century the local cork gained some importance, enabling economic prosperity of the place. São Brás was henceforth regarded as one of the world 's most important production of cork. In 1914 the previously belonging to Faro municipality of São Brás became the seat of its own circle called Aportel. Since then, the city bears his name in its present form.
Management
Circle
São Brás de Alportel is the seat of an eponymous district ( Municipio ). The neighboring districts are (clockwise starting from the north ): Tavira, Olhão, Faro and Loulé.
The circle São Brás de Alportel consists only of the community ( Freguesia ) São Brás.
Demographics
Local holiday
Sports
The first men's team in the football section of the club was founded in 1970 União Desportiva e Recreativa Sambrasense carrying out their home games at Campo de Futebol Sousa Uva in São Brás de Alportel. In the 2013/14 season she played in the top division of the Football Association of the Algarve for the promotion to the lowest national league, the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores ( 3.Liga ).
The football section of the club was founded in 1990 Grupo Desportivo Cultural Machado, from the village of Machado, participates in the schedule of the District Association of the Algarve.
From the 6th - 9th September 2013 took place in São Brás de Alportel the Portuguese championships ( Taça de Portugal) held in the downhill mountain bike cycling race.
Economy
To date, the production and processing of cork is an essential factor. Inter alia the corks for the Moët & Chandon champagne bottles are manufactured here. Agriculture is total represents the main economic area in the district, especially carob, fig, almond, and olive tree with olive oil production. Even the strawberry tree for the production of Medronhos, a traditional liquor specialty of the region is to call. For local business include the limestone and breccia quarries contribute in a circle.
Tourism has, won away from the mass tourism of the world-famous Algarve beaches in importance. In particular, as near-natural individual tourism it is operated here, as to the hiking trails of the Rota da Cortiça (English about: Korkwanderroute ), the almond blossom to gastronomic events, or as Erhohlungsurlaub in institutions of rural tourism.
Traffic
The National Road N2 leads to the 8 km south -lying junction No. 14 ( " Faro / Estoi ") of the A22 motorway (also called Algarve motorway), and further to a total of about 15 km south -lying district capital Faro. There is also the nearest railway connecting the Linha do Algarve and Faro International Airport.
The public transport of the circle is ensured by three bus routes of the city administration, the start of the central market hall ( Mercado Municipal). These offer private bus lines to regional and national bus services.
Sons and daughters of the city
- Bernardo de Passos (1876-1930), poet and local politicians
- Manuel Viegas Carrascalão senior (1905 - ), founder of an important family of politicians in East Timor
- João Braz (1912-1993), poet, journalist and writer
- Mariana Villar (1927-1998), actress
- José Manuel dos Santos Encarnação ( b. 1944 ), historian and archaeologist
- Hugo Faria ( b. 1983 ), football player
The Arab poet and statesman Muhammad ibn Ammar (1031-1086) may have been born in Xanbras (present-day São Brás de Alportel ) and ( Silves today ) only registered in Xilb. Also in 1922 a world-famous Atlantic flyer become Admiral Gago Coutinho and historian ( 1869-1959 ) was probably born here, and finally registered in Lisbon.