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
06/06/2022
Hermitage of St. Geraldo
The hermitage of St. Geraldo was founded in 1599 by a neighborhood committee that converted it afterwards into a brotherhood for the cult of his patron saint. As from the early years of the 20th ce...
NOTABLE PEOPLE
22/06/2022
João Cardim (Father)
He was son of Dr. Jorge Cardim Fróis – inspector general, ombudsman and appeal court’s judge in different instances of the royal administration, and of his wife, Catarina Andr...
NOTABLE PEOPLE
22/06/2022
Diogo Fróis (Father)
Diogo Fróis was son of Gaspar Clemente and his wife Inês Cardim. He was also brother of Jorge Cardim Fróis, inspector judge, client ombudsman e associate judge in different instanc...
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