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Montemor-o-Novo
Montemor-o-Novo () is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 17,437, in an area of 1232.97 km2. The city itself had a population of 8,928 in 2001. The present Mayor is Olímpio Manuel Vidigal Galvão, elected in 2021 by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is March 8, after Saint John of God, a 16th-century saint, who was born in Montemor-o-Novo. Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (''freguesias''): * Cabrela * Ciborro * Cortiçadas de Lavre e Lavre * Foros de Vale de Figueira * Nossa Senhora da Vila, Nossa Senhora do Bispo e Silveiras * Santiago do Escoural * São Cristóvão Gallery Image:Castelo de Montemor-o-Novo6.jpg, The city castle. Image:Montemor-o-Novo2.jpg, Town square. Image:Castelo de Montemor-o-Novo5.jpg, The local landscape. Notable people * Vasco Gil Sodré (c.1450 — c.1500) a Portuguese navigator, early settler of the Azores island of Graciosa * Saint John of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luís Capoulas Santos
Luís Manuel Capoulas Santos (born 22 August 1951, in Montemor-o-Novo), commonly known as Capoulas Santos, is a Portuguese politician, presently serving as Minister of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development. Life before politics Capoulas Santos was born in Montemor-o-Novo. He is a licenciate in Sociology from the University of Évora. He worked as a secondary education teacher before taking a position as a technician in the Ministry of Agriculture. Political activity His political career started in 1976, after being elected as an alderman in his home city of Montemor-o-Novo. He was first elected to the Assembly of the Republic in 1991, and took office as Minister of Agriculture in 1998, replacing Fernando Gomes da Silva, under whom he was Secretary of State. He kept the office until 2002, when the government led by António Guterres resigned after a landslide defeat in local elections. Capoulas Santos was elected Member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Party; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalidás Barreto
Luís Maria Kalidás da Costa Barreto GOL (16 October 1932 – 30 October 2020) was a Portuguese accountant and unionist. Barreto was one of the founders of Portuguese trades union confederation, the CGTP, some five decades earlier, and died on 30 October 2020 in Castanheira de Pera, fourteen days after his 88th birthday. Biography Kalidás Barreto was born on 16 October 1932, in Montemor-o-Novo, Évora district. Montemor-o-Novo, distrito de Évora. The son of the Goan intellectual Adeodato Barreto, his third name was a reference to Kalidasa, a renowned classical Sanskrit poet and playwright. Education He underwent the Complementary Accounting and Commerce Course in Coimbra, and settled in Castanheira de Pera. He worked as a commercial director in several companies in that region, namely in the textile industry. Political participation He began his political participation early. He participated in initiatives to oppose the then long-term dictatorship of António Salazar a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nossa Senhora Da Vila, Nossa Senhora Do Bispo E Silveiras
Nossa Senhora da Vila, Nossa Senhora do Bispo e Silveiras is a civil parish in the municipality of Montemor-o-Novo Montemor-o-Novo () is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 17,437, in an area of 1232.97 km2. The city itself had a population of 8,928 in 2001. The present Mayor is Olímpio Manuel Vidigal Galvão, ..., Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Nossa Senhora da Vila, Nossa Senhora do Bispo and Silveiras. The population in 2011 was 11,568,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 419.49 km2. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago Do Escoural
Santiago do Escoural, also ''Escoural'', is a civil parish in the municipality of Montemor-o-Novo, in the district of Évora, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,335, in an area of 138.70 km2. The Escoural cave The Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of Escoural Cave ( pt, Estação Arqueológica da Herdade da Sala/Gruta do Escoural, links=no) is a structure known for its Paleolithic-era rock-art and funerary burial site, located in the Portuguese municipality of ... is a couple kilometres from the town. The cave is known for its Paleolithic rock art and burial site. References Freguesias of Montemor-o-Novo {{Évora-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Of God
John of God ( pt, João de Deus; es, Juan de Dios; lat, Joannes Dei; March 8, 1495 – March 8, 1550) was a Portuguese soldier turned health-care worker in Spain, whose followers later formed the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God, a worldwide Catholic religious institute dedicated to the care of the poor, sick, and those suffering from mental disorders. He has been canonized by the Catholic Church, and is considered one of the leading religious figures in the Iberian Peninsula. Biography The first biography of John of God was written by Francisco de Castro, the chaplain at John of God's hospital in Granada, Spain. He drew from his personal knowledge of John as a young man and also used material gathered from eyewitnesses and contemporaries of his subject. It was published at the express wish of the Archbishop of Granada, who gave financial backing to its publication. Castro began writing in 1579, 29 years after John of God's death, but he did not live to see it p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Clara Correia Alves
Maria Clara Correia Alves (18691948) was a Portuguese feminist. She was one of the founders of the National Council of Portuguese Women in 1914 and both the Secretary-General of the Council and the editor of its newsletter from 1914 to 1920. Early life and activism Maria Clara Correia Alves was born in Montemor-o-Novo in the Evora District of Portugal in 1869. She became a feminist, a Freethinker, and a Freemason. Combining feminism and freethinking, she made a presentation at the 17th International Free Thought Congress on the subject of ''La Libre Pensée et L´Emancipacion de la Femme'' (Free thought and the Emancipation of Women). Anti-clerical, with a strong interest in education, she was an early proponent of the secularisation of education in Portugal. She also campaigned in favour of divorce. National Council of Portuguese Women Alves joined the Republican League of Portuguese Women, which both sought the end of the Portuguese monarchy and advocated for women's suffra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Martins Mascarenhas
Fernando Martins Mascarenhas (otherwise referred to as Fernão Martins Mascarenhas; c. 1548 – 20 January 1628) was a Portuguese scholar, theologian, and church leader. King Philip I appointed him Rector of the University of Coimbra and, later, Bishop of Faro; he later resigned to take up the post of Inquisitor General of Portugal. Biography Fernão Martins de Mascarenhas was born in Montemor-o-Novo, Alentejo, the second-born of D. Vasco Mascarenhas, Keeper of the Wardrobe (''Reposteiro-mor'') of Prince John (son of King John III), and Maria de Mendonça. He studied Philosophy in the University of Évora, earning the degree of '' Artium Magister'' and, later, a doctorate in Theology from the University of Coimbra as a student (''porcionista'') in the Royal College of Saint Paul. On 15 May 1586, he was made Rector of the University of Coimbra by decree of King Philip I. On 3 January 1594 he was nominated Bishop of Faro, a vacant see since the death of his predecessor, Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alentejo Central
The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alentejo Central () is an administrative division in Portugal. It was created in 2009. The seat of the intermunicipal community is Évora, the main city. Other cities are Estremoz, Montemor-o-Novo, Vendas Novas and Reguengos de Monsaraz. Alentejo Central is coterminous with the former Évora District. The population in 2011 was 166,726, in an area of 7,393.46 km2. Alentejo Central is also a NUTS3 subregion of Alentejo Region, in Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of .... Since January 2015, the NUTS 3 subregion covers the same area as the intermunicipal community. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasco Gil Sodré
Vasco Gil Sodré (c. 1450 – c. 1500) was a Portuguese navigator and one of the first settlers of the island of Graciosa. Although he attempted to obtain the Donatary captaincy of the island, he and his progenitors were the origin of many of the families of the island. Early life Born in Montemor-o-Novo, the son of Gil Sodré and nephew of the English nobleman John de Sudley (transliterated to ''João de Sodré'', where ''Sodré'' was corrupted from the English ''Sudeley'' or ''Sudley''. John Sudley was a descendant of William le Boteler, which explains the commonality of his coat-of-arms in England and Portugal, between the Boteler (Butler) and Sodré families. Marriage Vasco Gil Sodré was married twice: first to Iria Vaz do Couto, daughter of Duarte Barreto do Couto, the first Donatary captain of Graciosa; and the second to Beatriz Gonçalves da Silva, who accompanied him to the island. He had one daughter named Isabel (Sodre). Beatriz Gonçalves da Silva was referred to, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brothers Hospitallers Of Saint John Of God
The Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God, officially the Hospitaller Order of the Brothers of Saint John of God (abbreviated as O.H.), are a Catholic religious order founded in 1572. In Italian they are also known commonly as the Fatebenefratelli, meaning "Do-Good Brothers", and elsewhere as the "Brothers of Mercy", the "Merciful Brothers" and the "John of God Brothers". The order carries out a wide range of health and social service activities in 389 centres and services in 46 countries. Founder St John of God, the founder of the order, was born 8 March 1495 at Montemor-o-Novo in Portugal. Twice he enlisted in the Spanish army against the French and later the Turks."Saint John of God", Saint John of God Hospitaller Services, UK After years of living a highly religious way of lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Évora District
Évora District ( pt, Distrito de Évora ) is located in Alentejo, in southern Portugal. The district capital is the city of Évora. Municipalities The district is composed by 14 municipalities: * Alandroal * Arraiolos * Borba * Estremoz * Évora * Montemor-o-Novo * Mora * Mourão * Portel * Redondo * Reguengos de Monsaraz * Vendas Novas * Viana do Alentejo * Vila Viçosa Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2022 , - class="unsortable" !rowspan=2, Parties!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S , - class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 , 1976 !colspan=2 , 1979 !colspan=2 , 1980 !colspan=2 , 1983 !colspan=2 , 1985 !colspan=2 , 1987 !colspan=2 , 1991 !colspan=2 , 1995 !colspan=2 , 1999 !colspan=2 , 2002 !colspan=2 , 2005 !colspan=2 , 2009 !colspan=2 , 2011 !colspan=2 , 2015 !colspan=2 , 2019 !colspan=2 , 2022 , - , align="left", PS , , 30.3 , , 2 , , 16.9 , , 1 , , 18.7 , , 1 , , 23.9 , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei (, ; born 28 August 1957) is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist. Ai grew up in the far northwest of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been openly critical of the Chinese Government's stance on democracy and human rights. He investigated government corruption and cover-ups, in particular the Sichuan schools corruption scandal following the collapse of " tofu-dreg schools" in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In 2011, Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Capital International Airport on 3 April, for "economic crimes". He was detained for 81 days without charge. Ai Weiwei emerged as a vital instigator in Chinese cultural development, an architect of Chinese modernism, and one of the nation's most vocal political commentators. Ai Weiwei encapsulates political conviction and his personal poetry in his many sculptures, photographs, and public works. In doing this, he makes use of Chinese art for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
