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.
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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...
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
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...
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