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
22/06/2022
Father António Cardim Fróis
António Cardim Fróis, son of João Dias Tosquiado and Maria Cardim Fróis, he submitted himself the so-called "minor orders" and of "epistole" in 1592. ...
NOTABLE PEOPLE
24/06/2022
João António de Sampaio Cogominho (Dr.)
Born in Viana do Alentejo in 1701, son of João de Sampaio Cogominho and Lady Maria Teresa Valada. Graduated in Law, through a private exam, in 1727. Along his judiciary carrer he was appo...
HERITAGE
07/06/2022
Hermitage of St. Peter or of the Sequeiras
The hermitage already existed in 1536, having been founded by Luísa Rodrigues, widow of Luís de Mira de Sequeira, a member of the local elite. It was bought, in 1675, by the Fragoso d...
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