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
23/05/2022
Hermitage of St. Sebastian or of St. Francis
This hermitage existed already in 1537 but the date of its foundation as well as who ordered its construction are unknown. In the 18th century it was used as the headquarters of the Veneráve...
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...
NOTABLE PEOPLE
22/06/2022
Manuel Cardim (Dr.)
He was son of Gaspar Clemente and his wife, Inês Cardim, of noble origin. He was the brother of Dr Jorge Cardim Fróis, corregidor, ombudsman and associate judge in diferente instances ...
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