Vizela Municipality
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History
The Romans used the 3rd century BC, the bubbling hot springs here. A bridge has been preserved from the period. After the conquest by the Suebi in the early 5th century AD, the area became part of the Western Goth. When setting up the dioceses and communities 607 was one of the newly established municipalities Ocullis, later called Caldas da Vizela ( thermal baths Vizela ).
1361 Vizela was as Riba Vizela headquarters of an independent circuit. 1372 a treaty of alliance between England and Portugal was signed in the town of Tagilde. The circle of Caldas da Vizela was dissolved again in 1408.
The thermal springs came in the following centuries largely forgotten before they were rediscovered in the 18th century. 1785 was the first time created with simple Hüttenbauten in Lameira facilities for the use of the thermal baths. After some improvement, but remains very limited facilities allowed a royal decree of the circle in the 19th century, construction and operation of regular thermal baths at the site. The built since 1870 Founded in 1873, the facilities and bathrooms company Companhia dos Banhos de Vizela solved since then from a major economic and urban development.
1929 Vizela was raised to the small town ( Vila ). The growing population pressed in sequence according to a re-establishment of an independent circle Vizela, but the citizens' initiative also founded in 1964 MRCV ( Movimento para a Restauração Concelho de Vizela, dt: Movement for the restoration of the circle Vizela ) could the authorities of the Estado Novo regime not convincing. With the Carnation Revolution on April 25, 1974, the promise of administrative reform failed, however such requests regarding Vizela in the Portuguese Parliament. After another unsuccessful forays in 1982 decided on 19 March 1998, the Parliament Vizelas the collection to the city ( Cidade ) and the creation of the circle of Vizela, which was celebrated by 6,000 residents had traveled Vizelas outside the parliament building. The citizens' initiative MRCV organized on the occasion of the fulfillment of its founding objective, a great feast in Vizela with fireworks.
Sports
The place is home to the football club founded in 1939 Futebol Clube Vizela. It plays its home matches at the 6,565 -seat stadium Estádio Futebol Clube Vizela. The FC Vizela played (2013/2014) in the Série B of the third division, the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores.
Management
The circle
Vizela is the seat of an eponymous district ( concelho ) in the district of Braga. June 30, 2011 had the circle 23 708 inhabitants in an area of 24.7 km ².
The neighboring districts are (clockwise starting from the north ): Guimarães, Felgueiras, Lousada and Santo Tirso.
The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) lying in circle Vizela:
- Infias
- São João de Caldas de Vizela
- São Miguel de Caldas de Vizela
- São Paio de Vizela
- Santa Eulalia
- Santo Adrião de Vizela
- Tagilde
Demographics
The circle Vizela was created only on 19 March 1998.
Local holiday
Twinning
- France Frontignan, France ( since 2007)
- Spain Caldas de Reis, Galicia, Spain (since 2013)
Traffic
The city is holding station of the railway line Linha de Guimarães with the end stations Boavista in Porto and Fafe.
Vizela is connected by the A11 motorway to the motorway network in the country.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Gonçalo de Amarante (1187-1262), blessed of spoken clergyman, was particularly in Amarante
- Manuel Duarte Moreira de Sá e Melo (1892-1975), engineer, urban head of the Ministry of Construction in the Estado Novo regime