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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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...

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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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HERITAGE

05/07/2022

Church of the Misericordia of Alcáçovas

Túlio Espanca stated that the church of the Misericórdia of Alcáçovas started in 1551, the year in which, on the 13th of June, a donation was made for the purpose of the ho...

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