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
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
21/06/2022
Fernão Cardim (Father)
Fernão Cardim was born in the decade of 1540, maybe in 1548, in Viana do Alentejo. He was the son of Gaspar Clemente and his wife Inês Cardim. He was brother of Dr. Jorge Cardim Fr&oac...
NOTABLE PEOPLE
24/06/2022
Simão Gonçalves Preto
A figure of the 16th/17th century, born in Viana do Alentejo. The palace of the Azevedo Coutinho family, in Lisbon, was built in the early 17th century, probably by initiave of Simão Gonç...
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