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.
HERITAGE
23/05/2022
Hermitage of St. Sebastian or of St. Francis
This hermitage existed already in 1537 but the date of its foundation as well as who ordered its construction are unknown. In the 18th century it was used as the headquarters of the Veneráve...
NOTABLE PEOPLE
28/06/2022
André Gonçalves (Father)
He was born in Viana do Alentejo and was son fo Custódio Gonçalves and Bertolesa Cansada. He was member of the brotherhood Companhia de Jesus and he was amongst the martyrs of 1...
NOTABLE PEOPLE
21/06/2022
Fernão Cardim (Father)
Fernão Cardim was born in the decade of 1540, maybe in 1548, in Viana do Alentejo. He was the son of Gaspar Clemente and his wife Inês Cardim. He was brother of Dr. Jorge Cardim Fr&oac...
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