Knowing the History is a project of Viana do Alentejo Municipality, set in motion in 2013, whose goals are the knowledge, preservation and divulgation of Viana do Alentejo county’s history and heritage - parishes of Aguiar, Alcáçovas and Viana do Alentejo. This is the project’s website, created in 2017, with a double aim: on the one hand, to divulge the activities and results of the project itself; on the other hand, to gather and to publicly provide, in a single platform, pertinent scientific information within the scope of the municipal history and heritage.
In this section is the scientific base information regarding the municipality’s history and heritage, subdivided into five separators: Institutions, Heritage, Notable People, Publications and Information Repositories.
In this section is the information regarding the project’s activities: colloquia, exhibitions, guided tours, conferences, workshops, tertulias and thematic events.
This section provides the schedule of the project Knowing the History activities, and news regarding these activities.
The information in this section has not been translated.
NOTABLE PEOPLE
24/06/2022
Simão Gonçalves Preto
A figure of the 16th/17th century, born in Viana do Alentejo. The palace of the Azevedo Coutinho family, in Lisbon, was built in the early 17th century, probably by initiave of Simão Gonç...
NOTABLE PEOPLE
24/06/2022
António de Sampaio Cogominho e Vasconcelos (Dr.)
Born in Viana do Alentejo in 1678, son of João de Sampaio Cogominho and Lady Teresa Margarida Vilas Boas. He took a bachelor’s degree in canons in 1708. Along his judiciary ca...
HERITAGE
13/05/2022
Dolmen of Zambujeiro
Known as the dolmen of Zambujeiro, the dolmen of Aguiar is located a few meters away from the urban perimeter of the village and is one of the most ancient testimonies of the human presence in the Mun...
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