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
24/06/2022
João da Fonseca (Father)
Born in Viana do Alentejo, João da Fonseca was son of Bartolomeu Soudo and Ana Coelho. He joined the brotherhood of the Companhia the Jesus at the age of seventeen for his o novitiate in &Ea...
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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