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
21/06/2022
Francisco António Lagarto (Master)
Francisco António Lagarto is the most relevant reference in what concerns the traditional pottery in Viana do Alentejo. Born in Viana in 1909, he took his degree in pottery in the pottery sc...
NOTABLE PEOPLE
05/07/2022
Church of the Misericordia of Alcáçovas
Túlio Espanca stated that the church of the Misericórdia of Alcáçovas started in 1551, the year in which, on the 13th of June, a donation was made for the purpose of the ho...
NOTABLE PEOPLE
20/05/2022
Hermitage of St. Teotónio
The hermitage of St. Teotónio was founded by the Dean of the See of Évora, Lord Teotónio Manuel, presumably in the decade of 1650, near to the noble homes of the...
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