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. 

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. 


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ACTIVITIES

In this section is the information regarding the project’s activities: colloquia, exhibitions, guided tours, conferences, workshops, tertulias and thematic events.


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BE INFORMED

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.


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NOTABLE PEOPLE

22/06/2022

João Cardim (Father)

He was son of  Dr. Jorge Cardim Fróis – inspector general, ombudsman and appeal court’s judge in different instances of the royal administration, and of his wife, Catarina Andr...

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NOTABLE PEOPLE

28/06/2022

Joana da Gama

Joana da Gama was born around 1520 in Viana, daughter of Manuel Casco and of Filipa da Gama. She founded, in Évora, the seclusion Salvador do Mundo (Savior of the World) that, later on and i...

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NOTABLE PEOPLE

22/06/2022

Father Plácido Cardim

Plácido Cardim was son of Jorge Cardim Fróis – inspector general, ombudsman and an appeal court’s judge in different instances of the royal administration, and of his wife Ca...

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Scientific Coordination: Fátima Farrica     ::    All rights reserved: Conhecer a História@2017