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

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. ...

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NOTABLE PEOPLE

24/06/2022

António de Sampaio Cogominho e Vasconcelos (Dr.)

Born in Viana do Alentejo in 1678, son of João de Sampaio Cogominho and Lady Teresa Margarida Vilas Boas. He took a bachelor’s degree in canons in 1708.  Along his judiciary ca...

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NOTABLE PEOPLE

21/06/2022

Lourenço Cardim (Father)

Lourenço Cardim was one of the sons of Gaspar Clemente and his wife Inês Cardim. He was also the brother of Dr. Jorge Cardim Fróis, inspector judge, client ombudsman e associate ju...

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