Tomar
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Tomar [ tumaɾ ] is a Portuguese city ( Cidade ) and a circle ( concelho ), about 100 km north-east of Lisbon. It is located 40 862 people here (as at 30 June 2011). Tomar is part of the speech de Judiarias, a composite of places historically significant Jewish communities also operate a joint tourism marketing.
- 4.1 Railway
- 4.2 bus
- 4.3 roads
- 4.4 Inner-city transport
History
During the Reconquista of Portugal 's first king D.Afonso Henriques Tomar conquered in 1147 by the Moors, and gave up his place in 1159 to the Knights Templar. The present town was built with construction of the monastery fortress by the Knights Templar on March 1, 1160. His first city rights it received in 1162 by Gualdim Pais, who thus at the same time the independent circuit ( concelho ) of Tomar created, and is considered the founder of the city. With the dissolution of the Knights Templar King D.Dinis 1312 founded the Portuguese Order of Christ, as successors of the Templars. Under the Knights of Christ, Prince Henry, the future Henry the Navigator, Tomar experienced some revival in the 15th century, contributed to a growing Jewish community, which came in 1492 after being expelled from Castile to Portugal.
In 1510, King Manuel I. renewed the city rights, and Tomar was an important artist - place, working here with architects and painters such as João de Castilho, Diogo de Arruda and. 1844, the former town ( Vila ) became a town, on the occasion of the visit of the Queen Mary II.
Culture and sights
From the Gruta da Calderão ( cave ) at Tomar come burials of the Early Neolithic. The pottery dated 5300-5100 BC and belongs to the late cardial.
The city is known by the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Convento de Cristo ( Convent of Christ ), which also dominates the cityscape. It is a combination of castle and monastery of the Knights Templar on a hill to the west over the city, which passed after the dissolution of the Knights Templar in 1312 to the Order of Christ and its center was.
Nationally known Tomar is held for every four years in June / July City Festival Festa dos Tabuleiros. The city is then filled with many thousands of visitors who particularly want to see the parades in which girls and women decorated trays ( Tabuleiros ) carry with attached loaves in proportion to their body size on the head through the decorated streets. The centuries held, dedicated to the Holy Spirit festival dates back to the traditional procession was distributed in bread to the needy.
The city hosts, among others a curious Match Museum, with 80,000 matchsticks and boxes from 115 countries. Other museums include the Municipal Museu Municipal João de Castilho, which will focus on exhibitions of ancient and modern art, the Museu Hebraico Abraão Zacuto, which is housed in the medieval synagogue and Jewish history Tomar and Portugal devoted, and the Fotomuseum Arquivo Fotográfico Silva Magalhães.
On the inner-city river island Parque do Mouchão there is a green area with mature trees and an old water wheel. A small hotel is set up there.
Once a month, usually on the fourth and occasionally on the third Saturday of the month, a market for organic food takes place in the central pedestrian street Rua Serpa Pinto.
In Tomar, there are very many examples of the Portuguese pavement art. Calçada Portuguesa, both large-scale systems such as the space in front of the Town Hall and the Church of São João Baptista, as well as small-scale and elaborate examples on sidewalks and squares
South view of the Teutonic Castle
Alley of the Synagogue of Tomar
S. João Baptista church
In the pedestrian Rua Serpa Pinto ( 2007)
In the crusader castle of Tomar (2002)
Manueline windows on the Crusader Church
Crusaders Convention - claustro Felipe dos (2005)
Aqueduct - View from the Crusader castle of Tomar (2005)
Waterwheel in Tomar
Management
The circle
Tomar is also the administrative seat of the homonymous district. The neighboring districts are (clockwise starting from the north ): Ferreira do Zêzere, Abrantes, Vila Nova da Barquinha, Torres Novas and Ourém.
The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) lying in circle Tomar:
- Além da Ribeira
- Alviobeira
- Asseiceira
- Beselga
- Carregueiros
- Casais
- Junceira
- Madalena
- Olalhas
- Paialvo
- Pedreira
- Sabacheira
- Santa Maria dos Olivais
- São João Baptista
- São Pedro de Tomar
- Serra
Demographics
Twinning
Traffic
Railway
About the route Ramal de Tomar, the city is connected to the national rail network.
Bus
The city is part of the nationwide bus network of speech Expressos. In addition, the city is served by a number of regional bus lines of the Lisbon metropolitan area route network.
Tomar is located on the N113 national road and is about 20 km from the junction Atalaia the A23 motorway.
Inner-city transport
The urban transport companies TUTomar - Transportes Urbanos de Tomar travel the 24 stops in the historic center and the school, health and shopping centers in the north of the town with red minibuses in a 20 -minute intervals at peak times in 10 -minute intervals ( weekdays 7:00 to 20:00, Saturday 8:00 to 14:00, Sunday 14:00 to 20:00 ). A single ticket costs 0.70 euros, a 10-ticket 5,10 €, and a day ticket 2, - Euro. In addition, 3- day tickets, 5-day tickets and further subscriptions possible (as of January 2013).
Sons and daughters of the town
- João Anes († 1402), Archbishop of Lisbon
- Manuel Joaquim Nogueira (1787-1862), military and politicians
- José Ribeiro Faria e Silva (1855-1932), physician
- Tamagnini de Abreu (1856-1924), military commander of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps in World War I
- Fernando Lopes - Graça (1906-1994), composer and conductor
- Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio (1922-2011), Military, 1979-1981 Governor of Macau
- Isabel Ruth ( born 1940 ), actress
- Paulo Frischknecht ( b. 1961 ), Olympic swimmer
- Margarida Cardoso ( born 1963 ), director
- Ana lains ( b. 1979 ), the fado singer
- Melania Gomes ( born 1984 ), actress